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Elsie Italia
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1870 federal census, Benton Twp, Berrien Co., MI, images through Library of Michigan:
Bury John D., M, 66, Farmer, born Penn, male citizen of US;
Fanny, F, Keeps House, 45, born New York;
Byers, M, 8, born Mich, attended school;
John, M, 7, born Mich, attended school;
Elsie, F, 5, born Mich.
Bury Notes and Anecdotes by J. M. Warwick, U.E., Lambton Settlers Series Volume 2, More Early Days Along the St. Clair, published by the Lambton Branch of the OGS (These articles were originally published in 1948-1949 as part of the Lambton
Centennial Series in the Sarnia Observer):
John Darling Bury...married in 1830 in Howard township (now in Kent County) Martha Green...
...Later he emigrated to Benton township, Berrien County, in Michigan. After the death of his first wife there, he married Fannie Byers on August 16, 1860. By her he had three more children, again two sons and a daughter, Clellan Byers Bury, born June 17, 1862; John Darling Bury Jr., born 12 May, 1864; and Elsie Italia Bury, born 23 December, 1865. Elsie Italia Bury still resides near Benton Harbour in Michigan, as do the children of her two brothers.
The Bury Bulletin, 1952, p. 32:
In 1830 John Darling Bury married Martha Green...Early in 1835 he and Martha Green and their three children moved to St. Joseph [Michigan] and in 1837 moved to a farm in nearby Berrien township. This farm is still the home of his grandson, John D. Bury, Traver Chief of the Bury clan. Following the death of Martha Green, John D. Bury married, in 1860, Fanny Byers, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Byers, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to western Michigan in 1857. By this second marriage he became father of Clellan Byers Bury, John Darling Bury, Jr., and Elsie Italia Bury. Elsie Italia Bury, last surviving grandchild of John Darling Bury, died near Benton Harbour in June, 1951...
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