Richard Elliott GARLAND & Sylvia SCOTT

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Richard Elliott GARLAND
Sylvia SCOTT

Husband: Richard Elliott GARLAND
Birth: 22 May 1829, Poland, Cumberland Co., ME
Death: 20 Apr 1893, Quincy, Plumas Co., CA
Occupation: gold miner, keeper of livery stable, mail agent
Father: Benjamin GARLAND (1799-1850) of ME
Mother: Hope STEVENS (1802-1883) of ME

Assuming secondary sources are correct regarding the identity of our subject's parents, then it does appear Richard was born in ME, not MA.

Marriage: 24 Feb 1869

Wife: Sylvia / Silvia "Silvie" SCOTT
Birth: Mar 1849, NJ — probably Van Vorst Twp., Hudson Co., NJ
Death apparently: 1910-20, Quincy, Plumas Co., CA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 1900-1906, Marcus Stein LIGHT
Father: John SCOTT, b. 1819/20, Sweden
Mother: Catherine __?__, b. Aug 1823, Prussia

Children — born in Quincy, Plumas Twp., Plumas Co., CA:

1. Benjamin Quincy GARLAND, b. Jan 1870; d. by 1880
2. Silvia / Sylvia "Silvie" GARLAND, b. 29 Aug 1871; d. 7 Nov 1948, Yuba Co., CA; m. Leonard Oscar GARNER (1870-1935)
3. Roy E. GARLAND, b. 1 Jun 1873; m. 1905, [Charlotte/Charlotta] Lotta V. "Lottie" MULLEN (1878- )
4. (Child) GARLAND; died young
5. (Child) GARLAND; died young

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; FRG, Germany, DEU, Deutschland, Pruessen; SWE, SE; USA, US, United States, California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey

Sources:

1. Blaine R. Bake, ed. 1996. Marriage Index: AZ, CA, ID, NV, 1850-1951. (Broderbund CD-225): not found.

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Benjamin GARLAND (æ 30-40) is living in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME (p. 233), with his family.

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Benjn GARLAND (æ 40-50) is living in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME (p. 262B), with his family.

4a. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Benjamin GARLAND (æ 50, b. ME) and his wife, Hope (æ 48, b. ME), are living in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME (p. 42A).

4b. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 86): Butte Co., CA, Roll M432_33, p. 15A, 23/23, enumerated 16 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Rich^d E Garland 22 M W Miner Mass

One of 21 young, single men boarding together in a mining camp, among many other such groups of men. It's likelly that Richard is fibbing about his age to be legally adult.

4c. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Silvie SCOTT (æ 1, b. NJ) is living in Van Vorst Twp., Hudson Co., NJ, with her parents, John SCOTT (æ 30, b. Sweden; seaman) & Catharine (æ 26, b. Germany).

5a. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 5): Quincy P.O., Quincy, Plumas Co., CA, Roll M653_62, p. 915, PN 17, 289/289, enumerated 17 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Richard Garland 29 M Livery Stable Keep 2500 2000 Massachusetts

5b. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Sylva SCOTT (æ 11, b. NJ) is living in Foster's Bar Twp., Yuba Co., CA (p. 824), with her parents, John SCOTT (æ 34, b. MD; farmer) & Catharine (æ 33, b. Prussia), plus siblings.

6. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 16): Quincy P.O., Plumas Twp., Plumas Co., CA, Roll M593_77, p. 28B, PN 6, 66/69, enumerated 9 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: 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 7 8 9 10 13 19

66 69 Garland Richard 39 M W Mail Agent 500 2500 Massachusetts /

Silva 21 F W Keeping House New Jersey

Benj Quincy 5/12 M W California Jan

6. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 9): Town of Quincy, Plumas Twp., Plumas Co., CA, Roll 70, p. 405C, PN 7, SD 3, ED 81, enumerated 2 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 21 24 25 26

54 54 Garland Richard E W M 50 / Miner Maine Me Me

_______ Silvia W F 30 Wife / Keeping house N Jersey Sweden Prussia

_______ Silvia W F 8 Dau / attends school / Cal^a Maine N J

_______ Roy E W M 7 Son / at home / Cal^a Me N J

8. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 18): Plumas Twp., Plumas Co., CA, Roll 96, p. 50A, SN 7, SD 3, ED 102, enumerated 27-29 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: 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 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

174 178 Garland Silvia Head W F Mar 1849 51 Wd 2 2 NJ SWE GER Y Y Y O F H

Light Marcus S Boarder W M Jul 1848 51 Wd PA PA PA Blacksmith 0 Y Y Y

_____ William B Boarder W M Jun 1881 18 S CA PA VT Blacksmith 0 Y Y Y

_____ Dela E Boarder W F Mar 1888 12 S CA PA VT At School 6 Y Y Y

10. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 26): Plumas Twp., Plumas Co., CA, Roll T624_91, p. 67, SN 19A, SD 1, ED 79, enumerated 11 May 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910: 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 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28

176 187 Light Sylvia Head F W 61 Wd2 41 5 2 New Jersey Germany Germany Eng Boarders Home OA N 0 Y Y O H

_____ William B Son M W 29 S California Pennsylvania New Jersey Eng Blacksmith Shop W N 0 Y Y

Sylvia's father was born in Sweden. William is Sylvia's stepson, not her son, and his mother was born in Vermont.

11. "Death/Obituary Index, 1892-1899." Plumas National Bulletin (Quincy, CA), p. 3, col. 4 (online at the Lahontan Images web site; Tim I. Purdy, webmaster):

Garland, Richard Elliott - 20 April 1893

12. CADI: California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com):

Last
Name First
Name Middle Birth Date Mother
Maiden Father
Last Sex Birth
Place Death Place
(County) Death Date SSN Age Post-em
Placed

GARNER Silvie 08/29/1871 SCOTT GARLAND F CA Yuba 11/07/1948 77 Yes

13. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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

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