Austin GILBERT & Margaret CRAWFORD & Juliette ALGEIER

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Austin GILBERT
Margaret CRAWFORD
Juliette ALGEIER

WARNING: There are many problems with this family group sheet, problems I have not resolved. The difficulties concern especially Austin's children with his second wife, Juliette. The two eldest are surnamed GILBERT as children in 1850, but surnamed HANLEY as teenages in 1860, making it very likely they are adopted, and most likely that they are Juliette's children by a prior marriage to a Mr. HANLEY. We desperately need Juliette's marriage records to both men and Juliette's 1850 census record showing her with her parents. Unfortunately, I've so far been unable to find any of these. The inconsistency of birthplaces doesn't help. The court records of LaGrange Co., IN, could probably resolve the adoption/guardianship issues. These are not my blood kin, so I will probably not pursue this avenue further, but I welcome additions and corrections.

Husband: Austin GILBERT
Birth: 1 Oct 1816, Springfield, Clark Co., OH
Death (æ 87): 3 Jan 1905, LaGrange, Co., IN
Occupation: farmer
Father: Allen GILBERT
Mother: Sabra BENNETT

Marriage-1: 22 Jan 1848, LaGrange Co., IN

Wife-1: Margaret CRAWFORD
Birth: 1825-30, Congress Twp., Wayne Co., OH
Death: 1848-50, Springfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Joseph CRAWFORD
Mother: Rebecca SMITH

Marriage-2:

Wife-2: Juliette / Julia ALGEIER / ALLGEIER / ALLGEYER / ALGIRE / ALKIER / ALGER / ALLGAIER / ALGYER / ALLGYER / ALLGUYER / ALLGIRE / ELGIRE
Birth: 29 Jan 1832 or 1830, VT?
Death: 20 Mar 1882
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse(?): m1? Mr. HANLEY

Child with Margaret CRAWFORD — born in Springfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN:

1. George Washington GILBERT, b. 1848/9

Adopted Children of Juliette (ALGEIER) HANLEY:

2. Joseph HANLEY - GILBERT, b. 1852/3
3. Charles A. HANLY - GILBERT, b. 1854/5

Children with Juliette ALGEIER — born in Springfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN:

4. Lydia Ann GILBERT, b. 1856/7
5. Leanora / Lenora GILBERT, b. 1857/8
6. Nora GILBERT, b. 1862/3

Relationship Uncertain (Adopted? Illegitimate? Non-existant?):

. Seymour GILBERT, b. 1857/8, IN
. Ernest M. GILBERT, b. Sep 1877, IN? IL?

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Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Indiana Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-228):

Gilbert, Austin Crawford, Margaret 22 Jan 1848 Lagrange Co.

1b. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Austin GILBERT
Birth: 01 Oct 1816, Springfield, Clark, Ohio
Father: Allen GILBERT; Mother: Sabra BENNET
Marriage: 22 Jan 1848
Spouse: Margaret CRAWFORD
Source: patron submission

Austin GILBERT
Birth: 01 Oct 1816, Mechiesburg, Champaign, Ohio
Death: 1905, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana
Father: Allen GILBERT; Mother: Sabra BENNETT
Spouse: Juliette ALGEIER
Birth: 19 Jan 1832, of Lima, Adams, Illinois
Death: 20 Mar 1882

2a. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3-4 of 19): Town[ship] of Springfield (T37N.R11E), LaGrange Co., IN, Roll M432_157, pp. 65A-65B, 861/865, enumerated 16 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Elias Gilbert 41 M 3000 New York

[Elias's wife and children et al.]

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Austin Gilbert 33 M Farmer Ohio

Elias GILBERT is Austin's brother. Austin is now a widower, and his son is living with his in-laws (see next source), just four households away.

2b. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 19): Town[ship] of Springfield (T37N.R11E), LaGrange Co., IN, Roll M432_157, p. 65A, 857/861, enumerated 16 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Joseph Crawford 54 M Farmer Ohio

Rebecca Crawford 44 F Ohio

[Joseph & Rebecca's children]

Washington Gilbert 1 M Ohio

Joseph & Rebecca (SMITH) CRAWFORD are Washington's maternal grandparents (Austin's in-laws) — Washington was born in Indiana, not Ohio.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 20): Mongoquinong P.O., Springfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN, Roll M653_274, p. 507, PN 61, 455/448, enumerated 29 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Austin Gilbert 43 M Farmer 6600 800 New York

Julia     " 28 F Vermont

George W " 11 M Indiana

Joseph    " 7 M Indiana

Charles   " 5 M Indiana

Lydeann   " 3 F Indiana

Leanora   " 2 F Indiana

Peoba Johns 17 F Servent Indiana

Frank Lang 19 M Farm Laborer Germany

George is Austin's son from his prior marriage. Given that Joseph and Charles are surnamed HANLEY in the 1860 census, it appears they are adopted, presumably the children of a prior marriage by Juliette.

5. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2-3 of 24 — indexed "Austine"): Mongoquinong P.O., Springfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN, Roll M593_333, pp. 293B-294A, PN 2-3, 18/18, enumerated 1 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Gilbert Austin 52 M W Farmer 12800 2660 Ohio

_______ Juliett 40 F W Keeping house Vermont

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_______ Washington 20 M W Farm Laborer Indiana

_______ Lydia 13 F W Indiana

_______ Seymour 12 M W Indiana

_______ Nora 7 F W Indiana

Hanley Chas 15 M W Farm Laborer Indiana

______ Joseph 17 M W Farm Laborer Indiana

Kuller Eliza 19 F W House Keeper Ohio

It appears Charles and Joseph are Juliette's children from a prior marriage, who chose to adopt their biological father's surname as they grew up. But where did Seymour come from? He wasn't with them in 1860, nor can I find any Seymore GILBERT in the 1850 census. Is he adopted, too? And Nora should be 12, not 7. Is Seymour actually Leanora? I've seen enumerators make errors at least as bad. The question then is whether the 7-year-old is a mistake or another child (i.e., is there a Lenora and a Nora?).

6. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 23): Springfield Twp., Lagrange Co., IN, Roll T9_290, p. 350D, PN 24, SD 6, ED 16, enumerated 19 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 25 26

205 211 Gilbert Austin W M 61 / Farmer Ind Ind Ind

_______ Juliette W F 50 Wife / Keeping house Ind Ind Ind

_______ Chas A W M 23 Son / Farmer Ind Ind Ind

_______ Henora W F 17 Dau / At home Ind Ind Ind

_______ Ernest W M 2 / Ind Ind Ind

_______ Lydia W F 22 Dau / At home Ind Ind Ind

Juliette is too old to be Ernest's mother, so where did he come from? Is he Lenora's illegitimate child?

7. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

8. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 35 — Austin is indexed as being age "32"): LaGrange, Bloomfield Twp., LaGrange Co., IN, Roll T623_383, p. 16B, SN 5, SD 12, ED 70, enumerated 7/8 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 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27

147 148 Gilbert Austin Head W M Oct 1817 82 Wd OH NY NY Y Y Y O F H

_______ Ernest Son W M Sep 1877 22 M 1 IL OH NY Oar Finisher 0 Y Y Y

_______ Mary Dau W F Dec 1880 19 M 1 1 1 IN OH OH Y Y Y

_______ Thelma GDau W F Jan 1900 ?/12 S IN IL IN

Mary (DAVID) GILBERT is obviously not Austin's daughter because she's Ernest's wife, but Ernest's relationship to Austin is more problematic. He's too young to be a child of Gilbert's wife; and, as the 1880 census also shows, his relationship to Austin is unclear. It seems almost certain he was adopted. Could Ernest be Austin's illegitimate grandson?

9. Anon. 1938-41. Various Indiana County Death Records Indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration (online at Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com):

Name: Austin Gilbert

Date: Jan 03, 1905

Location: La Grange

Age: 87 yr

Gender: Male

Race: W

Source Location: County Health Office, La Grange

Source Notes: The source of this record is the book H14 on page 37 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.

Other Sources:

. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there are two Austin GILBERT's indexed in the 1840 census, one in Virginia and one in Missouri, so it appears neither is our subject.

. Anon. Floyd County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Records. Indiana Works Progress Administration (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):

Austin Gilbert Sabin Martha M May 29 1851 Bk. 3, p. 341

There were only two Austin GILBERTs in the entire 1850 census of Indiana: our subject and an Austin L. GILBERT (æ 23, b. MA, unmarried) in New Albany, Floyd Co., IN, who apparently is the one who married Martha SABIN in there in 1851.

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