Agnes M. JARDINE^{[1, 2]}

1857 - 1928  (71 years)

• Name	Agnes M. JARDINE  [3, 4, 5]
  Born	16 Nov 1857	Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Arrival	1859  [5]
  Arrival	1867  [7]
  Arrival	1889  [4]
  Name	Agnes EDWARD  [8]
  Name	Agnes EDWARDS  [7]
  Name	Agnes EDWARDS  [6]
  Name	Agnes Elizabeth
  Residence	1900	Alliance, Blinsmon & Enterprise Townships, Moody, South Dakota   [5]
  Residence	1910	Sioux Ward 5, Woodbury, Iowa   [4]
  Residence	1920	Sioux City Precinct 2, Woodbury, Iowa   [7]
  Residence	Jan 1925	Sioux City   [6]
  _UID	85400FA6FC0A4217BAB1B0EB5A0DB99D9CED
  Died	28 Nov 1928	Sioux City, Iowa   [3]
  Person ID	I216	tag3
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family ID

  F416

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  Family	Edward EDWARDS,   b. 19 Oct 1856, Brock, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1932, Sioux City, Iowa  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1878	Canada   [3, 9]
  	After marrying Edward Edwards, Agnes and Edwards lived on a farm near Batavia, New York; then, to Washington, D.C., then Sioux City, Iowa; Jasper, and Tracy, Minnesota, then back to Sioux City.  Edward was a teamster. [3]
  Children	1. Jennie EDWARDS,   b. 9 Nov 1879, Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States ,   d. 20 Feb 1880  (Age 0 years)   2. Henry Frank EDWARDS,   b. 7 Aug 1881, Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States ,   d. 1930, Sodus Township, Lyon, Minnesota, United States  (Age 48 years)   3. Charles C. EDWARDS,   b. 30 Jul 1883, Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States ,   d. Mar 1884, Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States  (Age 0 years)   4. Mary Margaret EDWARDS,   b. 25 Oct 1885, New York ,   d. 25 Jun 1974, Lyon County  (Age 88 years)   5. Ada Pearl EDWARDS,   b. 23 Sep 1888, Sioux City, Iowa ,   d. 5 Jun 1965, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 76 years)   6. Anna Laura EDWARDS,   b. 9 Feb 1891, Sioux City, Iowa ,   d. 6 Feb 1992, Sioux City, Iowa  (Age 100 years)   7. John EDWARDS,   b. 26 Jun 1893, Sioux City, Iowa ,   d. 1919  (Age 25 years)   8. Della Mae EDWARDS,   b. 23 Oct 1895, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA ,   d. 1 May 1983, Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington, United States Of America  (Age 87 years)   9. Robert S. EDWARDS,   b. 9 Apr 1898, Sioux City, Iowa ,   d. Dec 1941  (Age 43 years)   10. Agnes E. EDWARDS,   b. 20 Apr 1901, Amiret, Lyon, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 29 Jul 1965  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	26 May 2014
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Agnes was born 11/16/1857 in Hamilton City, Canada to John and Elizabeth Jardine. She was raised in Wisconsin. Della's daughter Coline related the story that when Agnes was a small girl, her parents left her (and perhaps siblings) with their friends, the Ferguson family, to be cared for while they were out for the evening to an event in a town in New York state. They told the Fergusons that if anything happened to them, please keep and care for Agnes. As fate would have it, the event's grandstand collapsed, and both of Agnes's parents died in the tragedy and the Fergusons cared for Agnes. Family lore relates other versions of the story including that there was a fire at the event and her parents died; also that only the mother was killed and that Agnes' father, a sailor, later drowned in Lake Michigan. Agnes' siblings were told other versions: that their parents were killed in a sleighing accident or that they died in a factory explosion when Elizabeth took lunch to her husband. However, the truth is that sometime before 1870, Agnes' mother, Elizabeth Jardine died and her father took the children to the Protestant Orphanage Asylum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is believed that Agnes went almost immediately to live with the Ferguson family as a servant. It is possible that Mary Ann also went to work quite soon after their arrival. John Henry, and Edward William lived at the orphanage until old enough to be placed as workers. In the 1870 Federal Census - Dodge, Wisc M593-1710; Page 127; Image 255: Wisconsin: Dodge County (part), Agnes Jardine is living with a Ferguson family. She is 13 and listed as having attended school that year. The family she is living with are: David Ferguson, 52, farmer, born in Scotland, US citizen; Jennett, 52, keeping house, born in Scotland; Ferguson, Drysdale, 27; Ferguson, Thomas, 24, farmer; Ferguson, Christine, 22, school teacher; Ferguson, William, 19, farm laborer; Jardine, Agnes, 13, domestic servant, born in Wisconsin, parents both of foreign birth. John, 7 and Edward, 5 are listed in the 1870 Census at the asylum as John and Edward JORDAN. The youngest sibling, Jennie, was adopted by Thomas and Henrietta Lyon. In the 1870 census, Jennie is living with the Lyon family as Jane, 4 years old. I have been unable to find Mary Ann (Molly) in the 1870 census. Note that she is shown as 4 months old in the June 1860 census, but her headstone shows she was born in Mar 1859. Either the 1860 census record is incorrect, or she may actually have been born in 1860, and her age was confused or 'made older' in order to be able to go to work sooner, because John Henry asks her in a letter when he is an adult to ask if she knows exactly how old he is, so obviously many facts about their childhood were lost. In the 1880 census, in Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, Mary Jardine, 21 years old, servant, born in Wisconsin, father born in Scotland, mother born in Canada West (as Ontario was known) living with a John H. Grant family: John, 33, Effie, 26, Lisa, 5, and Earl, 2. (1880 Census, Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisc., Roll: T9_1422) The Protestant Orphan Asylum was established in 1850 on Marshall Street near Biddle for the protection and support of destitute orphan children. This orphanage was run by a Board of Managers which consisted of women from different protestant denominations in the city and supported by voluntary contributions and the proceeds of fairs. When an infant boy was found on the doorstep of the institution in 1868, no one was too surprised, given the establishment's purpose. But after the orphanage moved to E. North Avenue the next year, babies were still left at the doors on Marshall Street, as newspapers of the day recounted. Agnes married Edward Edwards in 1878 in Canada. Edward and Agnes first lived on a farm near Batavia, New York. Their first four children were born there, from 1879 to 1885. In the 1880 U.S. Census taken in Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York*, Agnes listed her occupation as "at home". She was 22 years old at the time and noted that she was born in Canada, her father born in Scotland, and her mother in Canada - further confirming that the Jardine family found in the 1860 census may be Agnes' family. At the time of the census, the young married couple were living with Edward's parents and younger brother. Their oldest child, Jennie, born 11/9/1879, died when she was eleven months old. She is not listed on the census. From New York, the Edwards family they moved to Washington, D.C.; then Sioux City, Iowa; Jasper, Minnesota; Tracy Minnesota; then back to Sioux City, Iowa where they lived the rest of their lives. Ada, Anna, John, Della, and Robert were born in Sioux City, from 1888 to 1898 and Agnes was born in Amiret, Minnesota in 1901. In this 1937 letter Agnes wrote to Helen and Ernest and "the little mass", she tells of all the good food and friendship they had over the Christmas holiday. Agnes died in 11/28/1928 at her home in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 83. She is buried in Sioux City, Iowa. Note Agnes' mother and Edward's father were siblings. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] . [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782849052 [S2] . [S165] Year: 1910; Census Place: Sioux Ward 5, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  1858Birth place:  Canada EnglishResidence date:  1910Residence place:  Sioux Ward 5, Woodbury, IowaArrival date:  1889Arrival place: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=132455290&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S161] Year: 1900; Census Place: Alliance, Moody, South Dakota; Roll: T623_1553; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 269. (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  Nov 1857Birth place:  CanadaMarriage date:  1878Marriage place:  Residence date:  1900Residence place:  Alliance, Blinsmon & Enterprise Townships, Moody, South DakotaArrival date:  1859Arrival place: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=69759147&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S187] (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  abt 1857Birth place:  ScotlandResidence date:  Jan 1925Residence place:  Sioux City http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=iastatecen&h=7271928&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S163] Year: 1920; Census Place: Sioux City Precinct 2, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T625_520; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 198; Image: . (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  abt 1857Birth place:  CanadaResidence date:  1920Residence place:  Sioux City Precinct 2, Woodbury, IowaArrival date:  1867Arrival place: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=44610539&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S164] Year: 1930; Census Place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 689; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 598.0. (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  abt 1858Birth place:  Residence date:  1930Residence place:  Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1930usfedcen&h=32209346&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S161] Year: 1900; Census Place: Alliance, Moody, South Dakota; Roll: T623_1553; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 269. (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  Oct 1853Birth place:  CanadaMarriage date:  1878Marriage place:  Residence date:  1900Residence place:  Alliance, Blinsmon & Enterprise Townships, Moody, South DakotaArrival date:  1859Arrival place: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=69759146&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt