Elijah HOWARD & Louisa BLUNT

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Elijah HOWARD
Louisa BLUNT

Please Note: there are issues regarding this family group sheet that I was unable to resolve based on only the census records. Please consider this page tentative.

Husband: Elijah "Logie" HOWARD
Birth: Jan 1855, LA or MS
Occupation: farm laborer
Parents: born in VA or MS

Marriage:

Wife: Louisa BLUNT
Birth: 1855/6 or 1859/60 or Feb 1865, LA, possibly in Assumption Par., LA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Jefferson BLUNT
Mother: Eliza __?__

Children — born in Assumption Par., LA:

1. Fletcher HOWARD, b. Dec 1887; d. 1972; m. Viola JOHNSON (1900-1971)
2. Olivia HOWARD, b. Apr 1890
3. Rebecca HOWARD, b. Mar 1893; m. Adam JOSEPH
4. Chester HOWARD, b. Oct 1894; d. 1958
5. Mary Jane HOWARD, b. Oct 1895; d. 1988
6. Ingenetta / Ingerretta HOWARD, b. Sep 1896
7. Viola HOWARD, b. Sep 1897
8. Rufus HOWARD, b. Mar 1900; d. 1978
9. Annie HOWARD
10. Anastasia HOWARD

Step(?)-Children — born in LA:

. Eliza FOLSE, b. 1878/9
. Liza FOLSE, b. Mar 1882; m. Ernest WASHINGTON
. Jeff FOLSE, b. Sep 1883
. (Male) FOLSE, b. Aug 1885

Eliza and Liza are probably the same person. The fact that, in the 1900 census, Louisa indicates having had 13 children suggests she considered the three FOLSE children hers, though it could also mean that there were three more HOWARD children who died in infancy and whose names we do not know. It may be that the FOLSE children were adopted, but like many adoptive parents, they made an effort to make no distinction between their adopted children and their biological children.

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2a. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): if Elijah is in Louisiana, I sure can't find him.

2b. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 73): Ward 3, Assumption Par., LA, Roll T9_447, p. 211A, PN 9, SD 1, ED 98, enumerated 3 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).

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102 119 Blunt Eliza B F 60 / Laborer / / MD MD MD

Ann Julia B F 28 Dau Laborer LA VA MD

Blunt Louisia B F 24 Dau / / / LA VA MD

Blackson Fannie B F 1 Dau-in-law / LA LA LA

Folse Eliza Mu F 1 Dau-in-law / LA LA LA

Obviously, the enumerator was using "daughter-in-law" to mean something other than its current definition. Is this Eliza FOLSE in 1880 the Liza FOLSE in 1900?

3. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

4. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14 of 30 — indexed "Togie" at Ancestry.com and "Lozie" at Genealogy.com): [Napoleonville,] Third Ward, Assumption Par., LA, Roll T623_557, p. 49B, SN 7B, SD 2, ED 3, enumerated 6 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).

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135 144 Howard Logie Head B M Jan 1855 45 M 20 LA VA VA Farm Laborer 0 N N Y R H

       Luiza Wife B F Feb 1865 35 M 20 15 12 LA KY KY N N Y

Folse Liza Dau B F Mar 1882 18 S LA LA LA Cook 0 N N Y

      Jeff Son B M Sep 1883 16 S LA LA LA Farm Laborer 0 N N Y

      ?uestus? Son B M Aug 1885 14 S LA LA LA N N Y

Howard Fletcher Son B M Dec 1887 12 S LA LA LA N N Y

       Olivia Dau B F Apr 1890 10 S LA LA LA N N Y

       Rebecca Dau B F Mar 1893 7 S LA LA LA N N Y

       Chester Son B M Oct 1894 5 S LA LA LA N N Y

       Mary Jane Dau B F Oct 1895 4 S LA LA LA N N Y

       Ingerretta Dau B F Sep 1896 3 S LA LA LA N N Y

       Viola Dau B F Sep 1897 2 S LA LA LA N N N

       Rufus Son B M Mar 1900 1/12 S LA LA LA N N N

I can't make sense of this record, even if we grant that Louisa has shaved a decade off her age. It says our subjects have been married 20 years, yet the three FOLSE children would appear to be Louisa's from a former marriage. Or were they her niece and nephews? But if so, why are they not listed as step-children?

5. 1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #10 of 28): Bayou LaFourche Road, [Napoleonville,] Police Jury Ward 3, Assumption Par., LA, Roll 508 (Book 1), p. 64B, SN 5B, SD 2, ED 3, enumerated 19 Apr 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).

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* 92 93 Howard Elijah Head M B 47 M1 24 MS MS MS Eng Laborer General Farm W N 0 N N R H

______ Louisa Wife F B 4? M1 2? 13 8 LA LA LA Eng None N N

______ Rebecca Dau F B 16 S LA MS LA Eng None Y N N

______ Chester Son M B 15 S LA MS LA Eng Laborer General Farm W N 0 N N N

______ Mary ? Dau F B 1? S LA MS LA Eng None N N N

*Bayou Lafourche Road

This image was faded and very difficult to read at both Genealogy.com and at Ancestry.com. My extraction may not be entirely accurate.

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