1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1-2 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1840

WI

Jefferson Co.

Watertown Twp.

Roll M704_580

pp. 147A-147B

Ln. 4

Joseph Scruby

000 101 - 000 000

0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	15-19	1820-1825	= brother?
1 male	30-39	1800-1810	= Joseph (b. 1806/7)
2	persons employed in agriculture

Joseph had two brothers born between 1820 and 1825 (viz., William and George).

3.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #171 of 377 — indexed "Scruly"):  Town of Concord, Jefferson Co., WI, p. 89A, 1332/1347, enumerated 17 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Joseph Scruly?/Scruby?	43	M		Farmer	1000	England
Malinda   "	31	F				Canada
Joseph    "	6	M				Wisconsin
Louisa    "	4	F				Do
Emma      "	2	F				Do

4.  Wisconsin Census, 1820-90 (online at Ancestry.com):

1855 State Census

WI

Jefferson County

Concord

Joseph Scruby

p. 4

5.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #24 of 37 — indexed "Scruly"):  Concord P.O., Town of Concord, Jefferson Co., WI, Roll M653_1413 (Book 1), p. 70, PN 106, 862/774, enumerated 10 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Malinda Sceuly?	40	F					Canada
Emma	12	F					Wis
Elisabeth	9	F					Do
George	3	M					Do

6.  1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #59-60 of 121):  Grand Rapids P.O., Grand Rapids (Ward 2), Kent Co., MI, Roll 681, pp. 286A-286B, PN 59-60, 437/430, enumerated 2 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Scruby Melinda	51	F	W	Keeping House		900	Ohio
______ Emma	22	F	W				Wisconsin
______ Elizabeth	19	F	W				Wisconsin
______ George	13	M	W	At School			Wisconsin
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Hopkins David S	30	M	W	Architect		1500	New York
Hughes Edwin H	23	M	W	Ticket Agent			Michigan
Seales George	23	M	W	Printer			Michigan
Ladd John L	24	M	W	Book Keeper			New York
Fay Franklin	26	M	W	Carpenter		125	New York
Murphy William	35	M	W	Carpenter		100	New York

I've tried to identify David S. HOPKINS as one of Melinda's relatives, but I cannot find a likely David among her known kin, so he may simply be a boarder and the common surnames just a coincidence.  Melinda's first cousin, Samuel Holt HOPKINS, married a FAY, but I cannot make a connection to Franklin.

7.  1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 27):  285 College Avenue, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, Roll T9-0588, p. 359B, PN 2, SD 2, ED 141, enumerated 1 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

11

13

24

25

26

*

285

16

18

Scruby Eliza

W

F

62

/

Keeping House

NY

NY

NY

______ Lizzie

W

F

28

Dau

/

Dressmaker

WI

NY

Eng

______ George

W

M

23

Son

/

Works in Factory

WI

"

"

*College Avenue

There's so much wrong with this record that at first I didn't think it could be our subject, but it has to be — the only other SCRUBY in Michigan is a Charles in Mackinac County.  Or are we wrong about Melinda's full name?  Could she be "Eliza Melinda," instead of, "Charity Melinda"?  The children's father was born in England and their mother in Canada.

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

9a.  Anon.  1889.  Grand Rapids City Directory, 1889. R.L. Polk & Co., Grand Rapids, MI (online at Ancestry.com):

Name	Location	Year	City	State
Melinda Scruby (wid Joseph)	boards Homer G Cummings	1889	Grand Rapids	MI

9b.  Anon.  1890.  Grand Rapids City Directory, 1890. R.L. Polk & Co., Grand Rapids, MI (online at Ancestry.com):

Name	Location	Year	City	State
Melinda Scruby (wid Joseph)	boards Homer G Cummings	1890	Grand Rapids	MI

10.  Timothy Hopkins.  1932.  John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA (available as a facsimile reprint from Higginson Books and online by subscription at GenealogyLibrary.com), listed as one of the children of Norman⁷ & Cynthia (LOUCKS) HOPKINS:

p. 205

CHARITY MELINDA,8 b. 23 December 1818, at Detroit; m. there about 1843, Joseph Scruby, b. at Meldreth, County Cambridge, England, son of Joseph and Emma Scruby.  He d. at Watertown, Wisconsin, 7 March 1858; she d. at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 28 February 1900. A farmer of Watertown, Concord, and Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and a Whig.  He was an Episcopalian and of a religious turn of mind; his wife claimed to be a Universalist, although raised as a Presbyterian. Children surname Scruby:   I.  FRANK JOSEPH, b. 27 February 1844; d. in the army at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 27 December 1864.  II.  LOUISE, b. 10 April 1846; d. 23 Jul 1854, at Watertown, Wisconsin. III.  EMMA, b. 13 May 1848; m. at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 12 Dec 1870, Hertell Search Fitch; d. at Parsons, Kansas, 13 December 1908.  IV.  LIZZIE, b. 17 September 1850; m. at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 15 August 1882, Homer George Cummings; d. at Monterey Park, California, 5 March 1927.   V.  GEORGE ALBERT, b. 18 February 1856; m. Louisa Hall; d. at Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2 March 1917.

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

12.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

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