1880 federal census, Reford, Wayne Co., MI, LDS USA 1880 census
household record:
Cornwall Chas., M, Married, 43, born MI, father born Can, mother born VT,
Farmer;
Melinda, F, wife, Married, 33, born Can, fb Can, mb Can, Keeping
House;
Nellie, F, daughter, Single, 7, born MI, fb MI, mb Can, At School;
Ettie, F, daughter, Single, 3, born MI, fb MI, mb Can, At Home;
Sarah,
F, mother, Widowed, 77, born VT, fb VT, mb VT, Boarder.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H.
Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 490-491:
Francis E. Laramie, a prosperous farmer and owner of the brick and tile plant
in Malden township, County of Essex, as well as an extensive ranchman of the
North-West Territory, is a son of Alexander Laramie, a native of Quebec, of
French parentage. When a young man Alexander Laramie came to Colchester South, in 1843, and engaged in farming. Later he was a sailor for a time on the Great Lakes. In Colchester South he married Sarah Richardson, a member of one of the old families. For a time he conducted his father-in-law's farm, and later the
family went to Michigan, but returned after a few years. In fact, they were
much inclined to move, and during the thirty-nine years of their married life
it is claimed Mr. and Mrs. Laramie made thirty-nine changes. The father last
farmed in Malden township, where he died in 1889, aged seventy years. The
mother is still living, and is a resident of Colchester South. To them were
born: Mary Melinda married Charles Cornell, of Michigan; John died aged nine
years; Lucinda Ann (deceased) married William Van Brocklan, of Detroit;
Francis E. is mentioned below; George is a farmer of Malden township; William
Alexander is a resident of Laingsburg, Michigan; Edgar is a resident of
Gosfield South; Charles Wesley died in Anderdon, aged twenty-two years; Lewis
Arthur died in Anderdon, aged twenty years; Thomas is an engineer in Delray,
Michigan; Margaret Jane died aged two years; Norman died aged twenty-one
years; Sarah Delilah died aged three years.
Mary Melinda
Laramie
John Laramie ca 1848-ca 1857
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