Mary Ann (6 Jun 1815-6 Jan 1913) — m. Gabriel Worden Northrup on 17 Oct 1830; m. Henry Horace Ames on 25 Oct 1889
Walter (~1816-????)
Jane DeMille (~1817-~1847) — m. George Matheis Fritch on 2 Feb 1837; m. Lawrence Schermerhorn on 11 Dec 1842
John Allen (~1818-????)
George Wallace (Oct 1819-19 May 1897) — m. Harriet Rebecca Grooms about 1848
Harriet Elizabeth (14 Sep 1824-4 Apr 1873) — m. Charles Wesley Fritch on 11 Oct 1843
William Francis (~1826-????)
Jacob William (3 Jan 1827-7 Oct 1857) — m. Sarah Isabelle Pine on 14 Nov 1850
Caleb Marshall (1829-1861) — m. ??? in 185x
Alexander was born in Waterborough Parish, Queens County (Kings County at the time), New Brunswick, the son of Alexander Clark, Sr. and Jane DeMille, British loyalists from the city of New York who were evacuated to New Brunswick in 1783. About 1786, his family settled roughly four miles south of the village of Newcastle Creek, on the western side of Grand Lake in Queens County.
Sarah Ann was born in New Brunswick to Isaac Perkins from Westchester County, New York and Rachel Allen from Hackensack, New Jersey, who married on 21 Jul 1769 in Hackensack. Like the Clark family, Isaac and Rachel were among the British loyalists evacuated from New York to New Brunswick in 1783. Some online accounts confuse Sarah’s father with at least one and possibly two contemporaries who shared his name: Isaac Perkins (4 Jun 1749-????) born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut to James Perkins and Margaret Andrews; and Isaac Perkins (4 Sep 1741-5 Sep 1795) born in Boston, Massachusetts to John Perkins and Abigail Lee and buried in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.
Alexander and Sarah married on 25 Jun 1814 in Kingston, Queens County, New Brunswick. The marriage was performed by Elias Scovil, the Anglican rector of Trinity Church in Kingston. The witnesses were George Lyon, who was probably an in-law of Sarah’s, and Alexander’s older sister Mary Brittain.
On 17 Jun 1823, Alexander and Sarah bought property on Range 1, Lot 4 along Pascobac Creek (aka Belleisle Creek) in Springfield Parish from a John Perkins, presumably Sarah’s brother. This location is about 15 miles southeast of Grand Lake. Another account says they lived about 40 miles north of Kingston, near the northern end of Grand Lake (aka Foshay Lake) – likely the area south of Newcastle Creek where Alexander’s parents had settled.
On 19 Oct 1836, Alexander and Sarah sold their property on Range 2, Lot 13 of Springfield Parish to Henry A. Scovil. Shortly afterward, they and their children Walter, Jane (mis-transcribed as James), George, Harriet, Jacob, and Caleb took ship to Passamaquoddy Bay on the border with Maine, bound for “Upper Canada”, better known today as Ontario. Given the season, the St. Lawrence River would not have been a viable route inland. They probably sailed southeast from Passamaquoddy along the US coast to New York and then up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal, which had opened in 1825.
They arrived in Ontario in December 1836. On 14 Jan 1837, Alexander bought 100 acres of land (the SE quarter and NW quarter of Concession 6, Lot 9) in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario from one Tamberlain Campbell. In most of southern Canada, counties are divided into townships, townships are divided into concessions, and concessions are divided into lots of varying size. Blenheim Township lots are 200 acres.
The 1842 census in Ontario didn’t find the Clark family. Alexander died in 1843. On 18 Oct 1843, his son George sold 50 acres of land from his father’s estate – the SE quarter of Concession 6, Lot 9 – to his mother Sarah and younger brothers Jacob and Caleb.
Sometime in the 1840s, Sarah remarried to US-born Daniel Eaton (1 Mar 1776-20 Apr 1858), whose second wife had died in 1845. The 1851 census listed the Eaton family in Burford, Brant County, Ontario, several miles east of London: Daniel (77) and Sarah Ann (60), with children Charles (18), Richard (16), Elam (14), and Mary Ann (10). The older children were Daniel’s from his previous marriage. The youngest, Mary Ann, was Sarah’s grand-daughter Mary Ann Fritch by way of her daughter Jane, who had lately died.
In 1858, Daniel Eaton died. He’s buried in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Oxford County. I can’t find Sarah in 1860 or 1861. In 1871, she was living with son George and his wife in Blenheim Township. She died in 1879. George was the reporting source listed on the death certificate filed in Toronto. There’s no record of Sarah’s burial.
On 17 Oct 1830, with the consent of her parents because she was just fifteen, Mary Ann married Gabriel Worden Northrup (2 Jan 1804-24 Dec 1883) in Springfield, Kings County, New Brunswick. Gabriel was born in York, New Brunswick, the second of 10 children of Zadock Northrup (1775-1855) & Charlotte Worden (1781-1855). They had a reported ten children, but I don’t have all their names, and have doubts about one of the names I do have:
John Worden William (20 May 1832-26 Feb 1901) — m. Phibe Ann Pine on 14 Feb 1855; m. Mary Kinslo on 12 Feb 1870; divorced 20 Nov 1870; m. Melvina Catherine “Catie” Dillman on 11 Feb 1875
Sarah Ann (30 Aug 1834-5 Jun 1923) — m. Charles E. Fairweather about 1854; m. Joseph Moses Donaldson on 9 Feb 1889
Charles (~1838-????) — m. Ida Brant on 9 Jun 1865 -- NOT SURE OF PARENTAGE
others
George Gabriel (25 Jun 1843/1844-16 Dec 1935) — m. Mary H. Klingensmith on 2 Dec 1867; m. Clarissia Ann Hubble in 187x
Clarissa/Caroline E./J. (~1847-????) — m. William Lonzo Julien in 1864
Harriet S. (11 May 1851-30 Oct 1889) — m. Orrin Sitts about 1870
They were still living in New Brunswick when their daughter Clarissa, sometimes listed as Caroline, was born. Between then and 1850, Mary Ann and Gabriel moved to Oxford County, Ontario, following in the footsteps of Mary Ann’s family. The 1851 census showed them in Oxford County with children John, Sarah, Gabriel, Clarissa, and Harriet. All but Harriet were born in New Brunswick.
The 1861 census for Harwich, Kent County, Ontario showed what was almost certainly them, if we assume an unusually slipshod census-taker: a Baptist family named “Northorp” living in a log cabin, headed by “William” (65) from New Brunswick and “M.” (55) from Nova Scotia, with son George (17) and daughters I./J. (12 – this was Clarissa) and A./H. (10 – this was Harriet).
The April 1871 census for Harwich showed Gabriel (70) and Mary Ann (53) “Northrupp” still there, with an unexplained child named Victoria Northrup (7). She might have been a grand-daughter, but was more likely a grand-niece or some similar connection to Gabriel; she appears to have been the daughter of a Daniel Northrup who died in 1870.
In the 1870s, Gabriel and Mary Ann moved to Imlay, Lapeer County, Michigan. Ella V. Northrup (16), the girl listed in 1871 as Victoria, married in Imlay in 1877 with Gabriel as one of the witnesses. The marriage didn’t last; a year later, her ex married someone else, and the 1880 census showed Ella (18) with Gabriel (77) and Mary Ann (65) in Imlay, using her maiden name and listed as their daughter.
Gabriel died in 1883. Mary Ann moved to Washington state, presumably because she had at least one child and one grandchild, John and his daughter Charity Ann Northrup Howard, living there. She became the third wife of former Union soldier Henry Horace Ames (23 Oct 1828-2 Sep 1916), reportedly on 29 Oct 1889 in Douglas County, Washington. (See the Henry Horace Ames section below.) They lived in Douglas County for at least 11 years. In the 1900 census, Mary Ann claimed ten children, three still living. That would be John, Sarah, and George.
Sometime after the turn of the century, Horace and Mary Ann moved to Whatcom County, Washington. Mary Ann died there in 1913, and is buried in Blaine Cemetery, Blaine, Whatcom County. Horace died of stomach cancer in 1916 and is buried with her. [Note: There was another Civil War veteran, Horace J. Ames, who died in Whatcom County in 1913. Different man.]
For more about Ella, listed in 1880 as a daughter of this family, see the section on Daniel Northrup farther down this page.
There’s no record of Walter after the 1836 voyage west. He was the eldest son, but didn’t inherit any of the land his father purchased, suggesting he probably died between 1837 and 1843.
Jane married George Matheis Fritch (9 Dec 1804-14 Jun 1842), a fellow emigré from Kings County, New Brunswick, on 2 Feb 1837 in Blenheim Township. They lived in Burford, near Princeton, Oxford County. Their children:
William Allen (5 Feb 1838-10 Feb 1922) — m. Elizabeth Jane French about 1865
John Wesley (8 Jul 1839-9 Mar 1924) — m. Phoebe Ann Rathbun on 1 Jan 1868; m. Anna S. Coulton on 7 Jan 1915
Mary Ann (6 Oct 1841-30 Sep 1917) — m. Charles Eaton about 1856
George Fritch died in the summer of 1842. On 11 Dec 1842, Jane married Lawrence Charles Schermerhorn (20 Aug 1792-21 Jan 1858), a widower from New York. They had two children:
Walter C. (1843-17 Jun 1862)
Melinda (~1846-1858)
Jane died about 1847. The 1851 Ontario census showed daughter Mary Ann (as Mary Ann Eaton) living with her grandmother Sarah, son John (as Wesley Fritch) living with Jane’s brother George, and son William (as Allon Fritch) living with a couple named Christopher and Sarah Rupert, ages 50 and 52. Jane’s husband Lawrence and his children, including Jane’s two youngest, were still in Blenheim Township.
In the 1850s they moved to Lapeer County, Michigan, where Lawrence and daughter Melinda both died in 1858. Son Walter was a corporal in the 14th Michigan Infantry, Company I, and died in Farmington, Mississippi in 1862.
John wasn’t among the family members who went west to Ontario in 1836-1837. No further information.
George settled in Blenheim Township, Oxford County on land inherited from his father. He married an Ontario-born woman of German descent named Harriet Rebecca Grooms (23 Jun 1831-16 Jun 1905) about 1848. They had one child:
John Alexander (9 May 1849-12 Jul 1891) — m. Dilly Ann Kennedy on 27 Nov 1867
George’s nephew Wesley Fritch, son of his late sister Jane, was living with them in 1851 and 1861. In the 1850s, George built a house on Concession 7, Lot 9 about 2 km east of Drumbo. This house, which has the modern address 787285 Township Road 6, Blandford-Blenheim Township, Oxford County, remained in the family until 1976.
In 1871, George’s twice-widowed mother Sarah was staying with him, along with his nephew Cicero Clark (15), Caleb’s son. Cicero died later that year, and Sarah died in 1879.
George retired from farming in 1891, moving to 5 Oxford Street East, Drumbo, Oxford County, at the corner with Wilmot Street. The 1891 census found him and Harriet there. It incorrectly listed his father as being from the US. He died in 1897. Harriet moved to Toronto to be near her grandson James, and died there in 1905.
Harriet married Charles Wesley Fritch (22 Nov 1813-13 Dec 1905), brother of her sister Jane’s husband, on 11 Nov 1843. Charles was a farmer, and the family was Baptist. Their children:
Albert (Sep 1844-19 Oct 1874) — dropped dead of stroke
Mary Jane (26 Feb 1846-15 Nov 1876) — m. Charles Hamilton on 11 Oct 1867
Sarah Ann (3 Dec 1847-12 Aug 1850)
James Alfred (24 Nov 1849-2 Dec 1938) — m. Adaline Corneala Graham on 16 Jan 1871
John Charles (10 Jan 1852-6 Jul 1948) — m. Sarah Elizabeth Innis on 18 Jan 1871
William Henry (8 Sep 1854-31 May 1911) — m. Frances Lucretia Fairweather on 1 Dec 1874
Harriet L. “Hattie” (30 Dec 1856-11 Jul 1947) — m. William J. Churchill on 1 Jan 1878
Lorenzo (1 Apr 1859-2 Apr 1859)
George Wallace (30 May 1860-13 Mar 1922) — m. Amanda Louisa Palmer on 13 Nov 1879; m. Hattie Shaul on 24 Apr 1906
Alexander B. (7 Aug 1863-15 May 1942) — m. Julia Mariah Rogers on 16 Mar 1886; m. Mary Jenny Harrington on 5 Oct 1929
Miles Franklin (19 Dec 1865-6 Oct 1924) — m. Edna Jane Parsons on 17 Oct 1885
The 1851 and 1861 censuses listed them in Blenheim Township, Oxford County. So did the 1871 census, although it mangled their surname to “Firtch”. Harriet died in Drumbo in 1873 of heart disease, which she had suffered for some two years. She’s buried in Riverside Baptist Cemetery, Richwood, Oxford County. Charles and most or all of the children moved to Michigan. Charles died in Imlay Township, Lapeer County, Michigan in 1905.
No records found. William probably died young.
Jacob has his own entry in the family tree.
The 1851 census in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario showed Caleb staying with his married brother Jacob, presumably on the land he and Jacob received from George in 1843. He married in the 1850s, wife unknown, and had one child:
Charles Cicero (Dec 1856-14 Oct 1871)
It’s unclear where Caleb settled after Jacob sold the farm in the early 1850s. Maybe, given his marriage, he had already moved out. He died in 1861 in Richwood Township, Oxford County. The 1871 census showed son Cicero living with his uncle George and grandmother Sarah in Blenheim Township, but he died that same year.
See the listing for John’s first wife Phibe Ann Pine on the Pine-Crumback family page.
This man is listed here on the off chance that he was a son of Gabriel Northrup and Mary Ann Clark, but he was probably some other relation to Gabriel. He was born in Canada, possibly to John and Sarah Northrup of Springfield, Kings County, New Brunswick, the same part of New Brunswick that Gabriel and Mary Ann came from. He married Julia Elvira McCloud (16 Jul 1839-3 Mar 1903) from New York. He and Julia had two children, both born in Wisconsin:
Elva Victoria (14 Oct 1861-3 Mar 1923) — m. Frank J. Bixby on 9 Sep 1883; divorced; m. Ezra L. Wethy in 1914; m. Eugene Adelbert McEwan on 5 Oct 1921
Merritt Elmer Northrup (21 Aug 1864-7 Jan 1940) — m. L. T. Mae Brosseau on 30 Jun 1910
The 1870 census (8 June) showed the family in Manistee County, Michigan, with children Elva (7) and Elmer (5), both born in Wisconsin. It listed Daniel as a carpenter. He probably died shortly after that, since the 1870 Michigan census (28 July) found his wife and children living with her parents, without him, in Kasson Township, Leelanau County.
In 1871, Gabriel & Mary Ann Northrup had an unexplained child named Victoria Northrup, age 7, with them in Ontario; in 1877, they witnessed the marriage of Ella V. Northrup, age 16, in Imlay County, Michigan; and in 1880, they had Ella, age 18, living with them, last name still Northrup. In 1883, Elva V. Northrup, age 22, married Frank J. Bixby in Leelanau County, Michigan, with Daniel and Julia Cleveland witnessing. She went on to marry twice more, and died in 1923. I think this was all the same person, except that the 1871 and 1880 censuses claimed Victoria/Ella was from Canada, while the 1870 and 1900-plus records said Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, on 10 Jun 1876, Daniel Northrup’s widow Julia married fellow New Yorker and widower Daniel Cleveland (6 Feb 1820-11 Aug 1893) in Leelanau County, Michigan. The 1880 census showed them back in Kasson Township, Leelanau County with Julia’s son Elmer Northrup, age 15, and mother Elner (Eleanor?) McCloud, age 60 — but not her daughter Elva/Ella. If Ella wasn’t the girl living with Gabriel & Mary Ann Northrup in 1880, I don’t know where she was.
Daniel Cleveland died in 1893. The 1900 census recorded Julia living in two separate households in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan: that of her married daughter Elva, and that of her unmarried son Elmer. She died in 1903 in Traverse City.
Mary Ann’s son George married Mary H. Klingensmith (1848-Oct 1870) on 2 Dec 1867. (Their daughter Amelia was reportedly born a few months earlier, according to Amelia’s death certificate many years later, but that could be a mistake.) They had two children:
Amelia (23 Aug 1867-3 Feb 1930) — m. John M. Betts on 9 Jul 1887; m. Eli William Evans on 6 May 1911
John William (4 May 1870-23 Oct 1933) — m. Mary Jane Ballard on 24 Dec 1889
Mary died in 1870. In 1871, the census showed George, a widower with his two small children, living with his late wife’s parents in Harwich, Kent County, Ontario. In the early 1870s, George married Clarissia Ann Hubbell (19 Aug 1850-31 May 1910) from Ontario, and they moved to Michigan – to Lapeer County, and then to Sanilac County. Known children:
Walter Vincent (Mar 1875-28 Feb 1928) — m. Rosa Bidwell on 28 Jun 1911
Florence Mae (11 Aug 1876-20 Aug 1965) — m. Edward Joseph Diehl on 13 Nov 1901; divorced; m. Ernest Jay Thuma on 21 Feb 1931
Wesley Alonzo (22 Nov 1877/1878/1879-30 Jul 1941) — m. Pearl E. Babcock on 23 Dec 1903; m. Anna E. Retherford on 21 Sep 1910
Effie Lovica (3 Sep 1884-19 Feb 1963) — m. Arthur E. Ogle on 1 Oct 1902
Roy George (25 Jan 1887-26 Aug 1955) — m. Clara Morgan on 8 Sep 1920
Fannie D. (4 Sep 1889-4 Apr 1958) — m. Joseph Beadle on 13 Jan 1915
The 1880 census showed them in Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan with five children. The 1900 census showed George (56) and “Cairsee” (supposedly 59) Northrup in Marlette Township with children Vincent, Wesley, Roy, and Fannie. Clarissia died in 1910, and is buried in McLeish Cemetery, Marlette Township. In 1920, George, a widower once again, was living with son Roy shortly before Roy’s marriage.
George died in 1935 in Marlette Township. He’s buried in McLeish Cemetery, the same place as Clarissia. Two of their sons, Vincent and Wesley, are buried in McLeish Cemetery as well. Effie, Fannie, and Roy are buried in Marlette City Cemetery. John W. is in Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan. Amelia is in Watertown Township Cemetery, Fostoria, Tuscola County, Michigan.
After Jane’s death, her daughter Mary Ann lived with her grandmother and her grandmother’s husband Daniel Eaton. About 1856, she married her grandmother’s stepson Charles Eaton (~1833-25 Aug 1894). They had ten children:
Melissa Jane (4 Jun 1856-5 Apr 1933) — m. George Arthur Oliver on 25 Dec 1876
Rosella Alice (12 Apr 1859-17 Aug 1946) — m. Emerson Ward Featherson on 20 Sep 1893
George Wesley (20 Jan 1861-20 Mar 1962) — m. Bessie Walkey on 11 Nov 1881
Minnie L. (20 Aug 1865-23 May 1947) — m. Henry Alexander Karn on 20 Sep 1893
Daniel Austin (12 Nov 1866-19xx) — m. Rose E. Allen on 11 Sep 1894
Oscar J. (~1869-3 Dec 1870)
Theresa Mildred Maud (10 Mar 1872-15 Dec 1951) — m. John G. Ulman on 28 Oct 1896
Ida Claire (29 Mar 1875-19 May 1973) — m. George Laird Struble on 14 Jun 1899
Vera Demille (11 Sep 1880-26 Jan 1919) — m. Walter Turner Dean
Gordon Seymour (21 May or 3 Jun 1885-26 Nov 1934) — m. Leota May Barnes on 25 Dec 1905
Charles was a farmer. The family were Methodist. Charles died in 1894 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario from sclerosis of the spinal cord. Mary Ann died in 1917 in North Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, probably while staying with daughter Vera, and is buried in Hillview Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford County.
George’s son John was incorrectly listed by the 1851 census with the surname Armstrong, but DNA tests have established that he was a Clark. He married Dilly Ann Kennedy (1848-1927) on 27 Nov 1867 in Oxford County, Ontario. She was the daughter of James M. Kennedy, the man John’s uncle Jacob Clark sold the Blenheim farm to when he moved to Michigan. John’s and Dilly’s children:
Mary Hattie (17 Jun 1869-7 Sep 1870)
George Wallace (20 Mar 1871-31 Jul 1936) — m. Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Erb on 21 Sep 1892
James McIntyre (4 Mar 1873-1939) — m. Maud Rorke on 24 Nov 1897
Ella/Ellen Eliza (19 Jan 1875-12 Feb 1919) — m. Robert Rutherford Spiers on 25 Oct 1899
The family appeared in the 1881 and 1891 censuses for Blenheim Township, Oxford County. In the spring of 1891, John accidentally shot himself while climbing over a fence with a shotgun, and died 50 days later. Dilly died in 1927.
Harriet married William J. Churchill, the son of Susan/Susannah Pine. See the Pine-Thompson family page for their details.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-JN7K -- 1814 wedding
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=merrygo&id=I4904 -- Jacob’s baptism
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-J8KH -- 1830 wedding of Mary Ann
http://uelac.org/Loyalist-Trails/2011/Loyalist-Trails-2011.php?issue=201111 -- Clark passengers for 1836 trip
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150403960 -- 1842 grave of Jane’s husband George Fritch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C1-2TSM -- 1842 wedding #2 for Jane
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.canada.ontario.oxford/2646/mb.ashx -- Thread about Jane
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.canada.ontario.brant/3947/mb.ashx -- Thread about Jane
http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I6582&tree=775 -- Family of George’s wife Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C1-2TL7 -- 1843 wedding of Harriet
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e094/e002340969.jpg -- 1851 census, Sarah, as Sarah Ann Eaton
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002364775.jpg -- 1851 census, Jane’s family
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002364754.jpg -- 1851 census, Mary Ann
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002364700.jpg -- 1851 census, George, in Blenheim
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002364719.jpg -- 1851 census, Harriet
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002364783.jpg -- 1851 census, Jane’s son William Allen Fritch
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28712983 -- 1858 grave of Sarah Ann’s second husband Daniel Eaton
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114138741 -- 1858 grave of Jane’s second husband Lawrence Schermerhorn
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDV-5M9 -- 1860 census, Jane’s son Walter Schermerhorn
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/jpg/4391948_00492.jpg -- 1861 census, George
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/jpg/4391948_00460.jpg -- 1861 census, Harriet
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3177970/walter-g.-schermerhorn -- 1862 grave of Jane’s son Walter
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLPJ-LQ3 -- 1867 wedding of George’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3NBQ-13J -- Family tree for George’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47G-DLH -- 1871 census, George, with Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47G-963 -- 1871 census, Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q2-DQT -- 1871 census, Mary Ann (no image)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871-on/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=16929 -- 1871 census, Gabriel Northrup (no image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q2-DQZ -- 1871 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Clarissa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFP-4Z8 -- 1871 wedding of Harriet’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFQ3-C3L -- 1874 death of Harriet’s son Albert
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137325582 -- 1875 grave of Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL2W-8YM -- 1875 birth of George’s grand-daughter Ella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6MN-YPY -- 1876 death of Harriet’s daughter Mary Jane
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQS6-G8S -- 1877 wedding of Ella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCT6-DNT -- 1878 remarriage of Ella’s husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKWC-ZM3 -- 1879 death of Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSL-WPP -- 1880 census, Mary Ann
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008199102.jpg -- 1881 census, George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDN-VYR -- 1881 census, Harriet’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDN-9HN -- 1881 census, George’s son John Alexander
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148127-00414 -- 1891 census, George
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148127-00412 -- 1891 census, George’s son John Alexander
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNVW-5N1 -- 1891 death of George’s son, gunshot wound
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDLQ-166 -- 1897 death of George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZB4-SYB -- 1899 wedding of George’s grand-daughter Ella
https://www.tribalpages.com/family-tree/c24012 -- Mary Ann and husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPD-R77 -- 1900 census, Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91Z-W1T -- 1900 census, Harriet’s children Hattie and George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSXF-ZVR -- 1900 census, George’s grand-daughter Ella
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/jpg/z000108156.jpg -- 1901 census, George’s widow Rebecca
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/jpg/z000104953.jpg -- 1901 census, George’s grandson James and wife Maud
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3JD-XXP -- 1906 wedding of Harriet’s son George in MI
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ3-GTR -- 1910 census, Mary Ann
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6438034 -- 1913 grave of Mary Ann
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150405374/mary-ann-eaton -- 1917 grave of Jane’s daughter Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3G4-JJH -- 1919 death of George’s grand-daughter Ella
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14388231 -- 1919 grave of Ella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZW8-DS5 -- 1920 census, Harriet’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKJ9-2X6 -- 1936 death of George’s grandson George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQ5-HQ1 -- 1942 death of Harriet’s son Alexander
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7C-2XZ -- 1948 death of Harriet’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDV-GVP -- 1860 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-CBML -- 1864 wedding of Mary Ann’s daughter Clarissa
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=krispyhack2&id=I1037 -- Gabriel Northrup & children
https://www.myheritage.com/names/gabriel_northrup -- Gabriel Northrup; false claims he died 1864
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-ZDKV -- 1867 wedding of Mary Ann’s son George
https://www.geni.com/people/John-Northrup/6000000034698008174 -- Mary Ann’s son John
https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=krispyhack2&id=I1048 -- Ditto
https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_northrup -- Mary Ann’s son John, also his son John Calvin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-13J -- 1870 census, Mary Ann’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCM-JMR -- 1870 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCM-JMG -- 1870 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q2-DQZ -- 1871 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Clarissa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q2-HJL -- 1871 census, Mary Ann’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQJM-9VZ -- 1876 birth of George Northrup’s daughter Mary Florence
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZJ-W4P -- 1880 census, Mary Ann’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSL-64F -- 1880 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3X-JY4 -- 1880 census, Mary Ann’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8K-J5Z -- 1883 death of Gabriel Northrup
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH8-PWB -- 1884 birth of George Northrup’s daughter Effie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ8D-597 -- 1887 birth of George Northrup’s son George Roy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVF-X88 -- 1887 wedding of George Northrup’s daughter Amelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3FN-194 -- 1889 death of Mary Ann’s daughter Harriet
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70536064 -- 1889 grave of Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWQ-XNY -- 1889 wedding #2 of Mary Ann’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4P5-J44 -- 1889 birth of George Northrup’s daughter Fannie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWW-79N -- 1889 wedding of George Northrup’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKC-Q8Z -- 1894 census, George Northrup’s daughter Amelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BV-V88 -- 1900 census, Mary Ann’s son George
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78871195 -- 1901 grave of John Worden Northrup
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWV-KSZ -- 1901 wedding of George Northrup’s daughter Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQ4-DX8 -- 1902 wedding of George Northrup’s daughter Effie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3D1-794 -- 1903 wedding of George Northrup’s son Wesley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3K6-91K -- 1910 wedding of George Northrup’s son Wesley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPT-HXJ -- 1910 census, George Northrup’s daughter Mary Florence
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLR9-QX6 -- 1910 census, Mary Ann’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCS-L25 -- 1911 wedding of George Northrup’s son Vincent
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS87-MJK -- 1911 wedding of George Northrup’s daughter Amelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PZ-X66 -- 1915 wedding of George Northrup’s daughter Fannie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ78-K2B -- 1920 census, Mary Ann’s son George
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ73-51F -- 1920 census, George Northrup’s daughter Mary Florence
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3BB-96P -- 1920 wedding of George Northrup’s son G. Roy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3T-5BH -- 1923 death of Mary Ann’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQP-4LH -- 1930 death of George Northrup’s daughter Amelia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121932740/amelia-evans -- 1930 grave of Amelia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQT-JQS -- 1933 death of George Northrup’s son John
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132760465/john-william-northrup -- 1933 grave of John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7C-WNL -- 1935 death of Mary Ann’s son George
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194254611/george-gabriel-northrup -- 1935 grave of George; links to some children
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7C-6WD -- 1941 death of George Northrup’s son Wesley
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002293214 -- 1851 census, a Daniel Northrup
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC7-W44 -- 1870 census, Daniel Northrup
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCM-12D -- 1870 census, Daniel Northrup’s wife and children
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQS6-MQ9 -- 1876 wedding of Daniel Northrup’s widow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSL-LBN -- 1880 census, Daniel Northrup’s widow and son
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN2L-9T2 -- 1883 wedding of Elva V. Northrup
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9M-N5W -- 1900 census, Elva V. Northrup Bixby
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM4-T8Z -- 1900 census, Julia McCloud Northrup Cleveland & son
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJM-Q6M -- 1910 wedding of Daniel Northrup’s son Elmer
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N31K-T66 -- 1921 wedding of Elva M. Northrup Wethy
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95598453/elva-bixby_wethy_mcewen -- 1923 grave of Elva V. Northrup
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4396289_00012.jpg -- 1871 census, Jane’s daughter Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNN-NCK -- 1876 wedding of Jane’s grand-daughter Melissa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2KP-144 -- 1880 birth of Jane’s grand-daughter Vera
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008195689.jpg -- 1881 census, Jane’s daughter Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJW-7JW -- 1881 wedding of Jane’s grandson George
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148162-00568 -- 1891 census, Jane’s daughter Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKM-9XV -- 1893 wedding of Jane’s grand-daughter Rose
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6M7-457 -- 1894 death of Charles Eaton
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKW-92K -- 1894 wedding of Jane’s grand-son Daniel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZS-9RH -- 1896 wedding of Jane’s grand-daughter Tressa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZB4-HMB -- 1899 wedding of Jane’s grand-daughter Ida
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150405374 -- 1917 grave of Jane’s daughter Mary Ann
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e003045151 -- 1921 census, Jane’s grand-daughter Theresa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK68-ZQW -- 1934 death of Jane’s grandson Gordon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38X-KB1 -- 1973 death of Jane’s grand-daughter Ida
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRN-4JD -- 1842 census, prob. not Alexander
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1842/uc/jpg/004569585_00133.jpg -- ditto
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4391537_00386 -- 1861 census, poss. Caleb’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLPV-G8C -- 1865 wedding of a possible son Charles of Gabriel and Mary Ann
Horace was born in Jefferson County, New York, at the east end of Lake Ontario. His parents were Horace Ames, Sr. (1791-1855, buried in Dodge County, Wisconsin) and Esther Hannah Ladd (1794-1834, buried in Jefferson County, New York). In the 1840s, he and his father moved to Wisconsin. According to the 1850 census, either his father had found a new wife also named Hannah, or his mother’s grave back in New York is empty. Anyway. On 10 January 1853, Horace married Sophia Mariah Cook in Fond du Lac County. Known children:
George Lewis (12 May 1867-30 May 1931) — m. Sarah ???
Frederick Cidney “Fred” (2 Feb 1873-1 Apr 1961) — m. Nettie Ray Clem in 1896
Arthur (10 Apr 1875-12 Aug 1926) — m. Fannie Luelle Slater
They moved to Minnesota about 1856. Horace served in the 4th Minnesota Regiment Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. In the early 1870s, Horace and Mariah moved to Iowa, where the last of their 11 children was born. Their marriage ended soon after. On 30 September 1876, Horace married Elizabeth Lewis in Labette County, Kansas. They went on to have at least three children. Here’s one:
Lewis Ross (8 Jun 1880-19 Oct 1934) — m. Esther E. Lewis
Mariah remarried also and moved to Missouri, and the Ames children who were not yet grown went with her. Horace’s marriage to Elizabeth ended in the 1880s, whether by divorce or because she died, I don’t know. Horace moved to Washington state, where he married Mary Ann Clark Northrup, the widow of Gabriel W. Northrup – reportedly on 29 Oct 1889, although I have seen no documentation for that. The 1890 census of Union veterans listed Henry in Douglas County, Washington. He was still there in 1900, claiming to have been married for 10 years. By 1910, he and Mary Ann were living in Whatcom County. They remained there until their deaths.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=miscsea&id=I7011 -- Horace’s marriages, children, places; claims Mary was in 1893
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=miscsea&id=I7019 -- Mariah’s 1879 remarriage
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLV-V74 -- 1820 census, Horace’s father in Jefferson County, NY
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP3-2MH -- 1830 census, Jefferson County, NY
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYH-VQC -- 1840 census, Jefferson County, NY
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DF-82S -- 1850 census, Horace in WI
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6J-QFM -- 1853 wedding of Horace to Maria Cook in WI
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L5-5FS -- 1860 census, Horace in MN
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHW-CNG -- 1870 census, Horace in MN
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDWF-4XF -- 1871 birth of Horace’s son Arthur
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWLT-QMC -- 1876 wedding of Horace to Elizabeth Lewis (24) in Labette County, KS
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-QN14 -- " "
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF56-Q8M -- 1880 census, Horace in Kansas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XD-3YM -- 1880 census, Horace’s ex-wife and children in Missouri
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S4-JF9 -- 1890 record of Horace as a Civil War veteran in Washington
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMPD-R7Q -- 1900 census, Horace and Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-LBY2 -- 1903 wedding of Horace’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8F-6KD -- 1909 wedding of Horace’s son Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ3-GT5 -- 1910 census, Horace and Mary Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ3-GTT -- 1910 census, Horace’s son Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3L5-H8N -- 1916 death of Horace
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5559030 -- 1916 grave of Horace
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFK-FX2 -- 1920 census, Horace’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF2-WMN -- 1920 census, Horace’s son Lewis
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7936931 -- 1926 grave of Horace’s son Arthur
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQS-LHM -- 1930 census, Horace’s son Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQ2-D91 -- 1930 census, Horace’s son Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N35K-KF6 -- 1934 death of Lewis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQMM-PJ4 -- 1960 death of Lewis’s son Ross
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7936864 -- 1961 grave, Horace’s son Fred
