Jane Elizabeth SPROUL^[1]

1839 - 1907  (67 years)

• Name	Jane Elizabeth SPROUL  [2]
  Born	Dec 1839	Brock, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	BETTY  [2]
  Name	Jane EDWARDS  [3]
  Name	Jane EDWARDS  [3]
  Residence	1880	Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States   [3]
  Residence	1880	Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States   [3]
  _UID	CD917048F277459893FF992EB787ADE1814F
  Died	1907	Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesse County, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I258	tag3
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Charles Henry EDWARDS,   b. 4 Mar 1831, Brock, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1907, Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesse County, New York  (Age 75 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1852	Brock, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Edward EDWARDS,   b. 19 Oct 1856, Brock, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1932, Sioux City, Iowa  (Age 75 years)   2. Elizabeth EDWARDS,   b. 4 May 1859, Brock, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charles Henry EDWARDS,   b. 29 Nov 1861, Cannington or Woodville, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1936  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	26 May 2014
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jane Sproul was born in December of 1839 in Canada West and grew up in the town of Brock, Ontario. She married Henry Edwards on Nov. 24th, 1852 (see marriage record) and they had three children. When the youngest was four, they moved to New York state (1865). In the 1870 U.S. Census, she and her husband Henry were living in the town of Hamburg in Erie County, New York with their three children: Edward (then 13), Elizabeth (11 yrs), and Charles (8). She was 31 at the time and reported that all of the family (Jane, Henry [Canada West], Edward, Elizbeth, and Charles) were born in Canada. Henry listed his occupation as a farmer and inventoired his real estate value as $4000 and his personal property value as $300. All three children were listed as attending school that year. During the 1880 U.S. Census taking in Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York*, her youngest son, Charles, was still living at home and her oldest son, Edward, and his wife, Agnes were living with her and Henry. She is noted as being 41 years of age and she listed her occupation as keeping house. She noted that she was born in Canada and that her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Canada. In the 1900 U.S. Census, Henry and Jane still lived in Batavia, New York. The household consisted of Henry, then 69, Jane, 62, their son, Charles (38) and his wife and their three children. Henry listed his occupation as farmer and Charles noted as farm laborer. In this census Jane noted that her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Canada West. They stated they had been married 48 years and that they had lost one child (4 live births, 3 children surviving). This census noted that they all could read and write. In 1902, Jane and Henry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family and friends who lived in the area. Jane died in November of 1907. She is interred in Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee County, New York. *1880 Census data from: Family History Library Film 1254948, NA Film Number T9-0948, Page 205A.

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] . [S2] . [S160] Year: 1880; Census Place: Orangeville, Wyoming, New York; Roll: 948; Family History Film: 1254948; Page: 205A; Enumeration District: 207; Image: 0412. (Reliability: 3). Birth date:  abt 1839Birth place:  CanadaResidence date:  1880Residence place:  Orangeville, Wyoming, New York, United States http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=4420471&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt