Michael DeCAMP & Alma JOHNSON

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Michael DeCAMP
Alma JOHNSON

Husband: Michael DeCAMP
Birth: 4 Sep 1817, NY — probably in Onondaga Co., NY
Death: 14 Aug 1885, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN
Disposition: buried City Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN
Occupations: machinist, millwright
Father: Charles DECAMP (1788-1869) of NJ
Mother: Dorcas "Dolly" DYGERT (1795-1880); m. ca. 1814, Onondaga Co., NY

Marriage: 24 Nov 1840, MI

Wife: Alma "Almy" JOHNSON
Birth: 1821/2, VT
Occupation: homemaker

Alma is said to have died 10 Jan 1880 in Dallas, IA, but she is living in Nebraska for the 1880 census on 1 Jun 1880. So, is this death date and place wrong, or have I made a bad connection?

Children:

— born in IN, presumably in South Bend, Portage Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN:
1. George DeCAMP, b. 1841/2
2. William DeCAMP, b. 1842/3
3. Mary DeCAMP, b. 1845/6
4. Alice DeCAMP, b. 1848/9

— born in South Bend, Portage Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN:
5. Charles DeCAMP, b. 1850/1

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): no Charles DeCAMP found.

3. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the only Charles DeCAMP in the entire census is in Madison Co., IL.

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the only Charles DeCAMP in the entire census is in Fayette Co., IN.

5. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the only Charles DeCAMP in the entire census is in Elkhart Co., IN.

6. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #34 of 52): Portage Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN, Roll M432_171, p. 17B, 250/250, enumerated 15 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Michael Decamp 31 M Mill Wright 700 New York

Alma Decamp 28 F Vermont

George Decamp 8 M Ind

William Decamp 7 M Ind

Mary Decamp 4 F Ind

Alice Decamp 2 F Ind

Michael's father, Charles DeCAMP (æ 61, b. NJ), is living in Concord, Elkhart Co., IN.

7. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #12 of 97): South Bend P.O., South Bend, Portage Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN, Roll M653_295, p. 12, PN 12, 85/85, enumerated 8 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Micheal Decamp 42 M Machinist 1500 100 NY

Elma       " 38 F VT

Wm         " 17 M Laborer Ind

Mary       " 14 F "

Alice      " 11 F "

Chas       " 9 M "

Margaret Curtis 32 F NY

Lorenzs?   " 9 M Mich

Michael's father, Charles DeCAMP (æ 72, b. NJ), is living in Concord, Elkhart Co., IN.

8. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #77 of 111): South Bend P.O., City of South Bend, Portage Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN, Roll M593_360, p. 490A, PN 77, 555/633, enumerated 17 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Decamp Michael 52 M W Mill wright 3000 100 New York

______ Alma 48 F W Keeping House Vermont

______ Charles 21 M W Carpenter Indiana

______ Alice 10 F W Indiana

Did the first Alice die? Or are the ages here simply wrong?

9. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 28): Seward, Seward Co., NE, Roll T9_756, p. 525A, PN 17, SD 1, ED 148, enumerated 10 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 24

199 204 Strub John W M 40 / Plastor PA

_____ Mary W F 34 Wife / Keeping House Ind

_____ Evy W F 6 Dau / Ind

Decamp Almy W F 59 Mother / Vermont

This enumerator simply didn't record parents' birthplaces.

10. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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