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William Frederick Harding¹

M, #31531, b. 27 December 1945, d. 3 June 1987

Father*: Frederick James Harding Jr.¹ b. 23 Jan 1918, d. b 2020
Mother*: Jane Louise Karpe¹ b. 14 Sep 1920, d. 15 May 2021

Biography

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Birth

Dec 27, 1945

Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, USA¹

Death

Jun 3, 1987

Eugene, Linn, OR, USA¹

Burial

Cremation

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Dr Lee Edward Harding PhD¹

M, #31532, b. 9 August 1947

Father*: Frederick James Harding Jr.¹ b. 23 Jan 1918, d. b 2020
Mother*: Jane Louise Karpe¹ b. 14 Sep 1920, d. 15 May 2021

Family: Hannah Marilyn Diamond

Marriage*: Dr Lee Edward Harding PhD married Hannah Marilyn Diamond on Sep 6, 1974.¹

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Birth

Aug 9, 1947

Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, USA¹

Marriage

Sep 6, 1974

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Hannah Marilyn Diamond¹

F, #31533

Family: Dr Lee Edward Harding PhD b. 9 Aug 1947

Marriage*: Hannah Marilyn Diamond married Dr Lee Edward Harding PhD, son of Frederick James Harding Jr. and Jane Louise Karpe, on Sep 6, 1974.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Sep 6, 1974

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Carol Ann Harding¹

F, #31534, b. 26 October 1949

Father*: Frederick James Harding Jr.¹ b. 23 Jan 1918, d. b 2020
Mother*: Jane Louise Karpe¹ b. 14 Sep 1920, d. 15 May 2021

Family: Charles Dean Minor

Marriage*: Carol Ann Harding married Charles Dean Minor on Jul 22, 1972 at Zephyr Cove, Douglas, NV, USA.¹

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Birth

Oct 26, 1949

Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, USA¹

Marriage

Jul 22, 1972

Zephyr Cove, Douglas, NV, USA¹

Living

2021

Minor of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Charles Dean Minor¹

M, #31535

Family: Carol Ann Harding b. 26 Oct 1949

Marriage*: Charles Dean Minor married Carol Ann Harding, daughter of Frederick James Harding Jr. and Jane Louise Karpe, on Jul 22, 1972 at Zephyr Cove, Douglas, NV, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Jul 22, 1972

Zephyr Cove, Douglas, NV, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Thomas Nelson Harding¹

M, #31536, b. 9 February 1951, d. 2011

Father*: Frederick James Harding Jr.¹ b. 23 Jan 1918, d. b 2020
Mother*: Jane Louise Karpe¹ b. 14 Sep 1920, d. 15 May 2021

Family: Peggy Kalicka

Marriage*: Thomas Nelson Harding married Peggy Kalicka on 1970 at Reno, NV, USA.¹
Divorce*: Thomas Nelson Harding and Peggy Kalicka were divorced.

Biography

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Birth

Feb 9, 1951

Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, USA¹

Marriage

1970

Reno, NV, USA¹

Divorce

Death

2011

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Peggy Kalicka¹

F, #31537

Family: Thomas Nelson Harding b. 9 Feb 1951, d. 2011

Marriage*: Peggy Kalicka married Thomas Nelson Harding, son of Frederick James Harding Jr. and Jane Louise Karpe, on 1970 at Reno, NV, USA.¹
Divorce*: Peggy Kalicka and Thomas Nelson Harding were divorced.

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Marriage

1970

Reno, NV, USA¹

Divorce

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Jeffrey Michael Harding¹

M, #31538, b. 31 October 1954

Father*: Frederick James Harding Jr.¹ b. 23 Jan 1918, d. b 2020
Mother*: Jane Louise Karpe¹ b. 14 Sep 1920, d. 15 May 2021

Family: Patricia Thackaberry

Marriage*: Jeffrey Michael Harding married Patricia Thackaberry on Aug 13, 1977 at Lebanon, OR, USA.¹

Biography

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Birth

Oct 31, 1954

Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, USA¹

Marriage

Aug 13, 1977

Lebanon, OR, USA¹

Living

2021

Lebanon, OR, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Patricia Thackaberry¹

F, #31539

Family: Jeffrey Michael Harding b. 31 Oct 1954

Marriage*: Patricia Thackaberry married Jeffrey Michael Harding, son of Frederick James Harding Jr. and Jane Louise Karpe, on Aug 13, 1977 at Lebanon, OR, USA.¹

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Marriage

Aug 13, 1977

Lebanon, OR, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail Jane Louise (Karpe) Woodward, 1998.

Robert Leslie Karpe

M, #31540

Adoptive father*: Robert Walter Karpe b. 3 Nov 1930
Adoptive mother*: Phyllis Henning

Family: Audrey Colleen Fields

Marriage*: Robert Leslie Karpe married Audrey Colleen Fields on Dec 13, 1986 at Tehachapi, Kern Co., CA, USA.
Divorce*: Robert Leslie Karpe and Audrey Colleen Fields were divorced.

Biography

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Birth

Marriage

Dec 13, 1986

Tehachapi, Kern Co., CA, USA

Divorce

Pedigree

Audrey Colleen Fields

F, #31541

Family: Robert Leslie Karpe

Marriage*: Audrey Colleen Fields married Robert Leslie Karpe, son of Robert Walter Karpe and Phyllis Henning, on Dec 13, 1986 at Tehachapi, Kern Co., CA, USA.
Divorce*: Audrey Colleen Fields and Robert Leslie Karpe were divorced.

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Marriage

Dec 13, 1986

Tehachapi, Kern Co., CA, USA

Divorce

Pedigree

Sandra Karpe

F, #31542

Adoptive father*: Robert Walter Karpe b. 3 Nov 1930
Adoptive mother*: Phyllis Henning

Family: Randolph Higgins

Marriage*: Sandra Karpe married Randolph Higgins on 1996 at Arlington, Arlington Co., VA, USA.

Biography

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Birth

Marriage

1996

Arlington, Arlington Co., VA, USA

Pedigree

Randolph Higgins

M, #31543

Family: Sandra Karpe

Marriage*: Randolph Higgins married Sandra Karpe, daughter of Robert Walter Karpe and Phyllis Henning, on 1996 at Arlington, Arlington Co., VA, USA.

Biography

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Marriage

1996

Arlington, Arlington Co., VA, USA

Pedigree

Raymond Karpe

M, #31544

Adoptive father*: Robert Walter Karpe b. 3 Nov 1930
Adoptive mother*: Phyllis Henning

Family: Karry Reimer

Marriage*: Raymond Karpe married Karry Reimer on Nov 17, 1990.
Divorce*: Raymond Karpe and Karry Reimer were divorced.

Biography

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Birth

Marriage

Nov 17, 1990

Divorce

Pedigree

Karry Reimer

F, #31545

Family: Raymond Karpe

Marriage*: Karry Reimer married Raymond Karpe, son of Robert Walter Karpe and Phyllis Henning, on Nov 17, 1990.
Divorce*: Karry Reimer and Raymond Karpe were divorced.

Biography

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Marriage

Nov 17, 1990

Divorce

Pedigree

Phebe L. Sherman¹

F, #31546, b. circa 1812

Family: William Towner Houghton b. 7 Dec 1814

Marriage*: Phebe L. Sherman married William Towner Houghton, son of Benjamin Houghton and Amy Cummings, on Aug 21, 1833 at Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, USA.^5,1

Franklin Houghton¹⁰ b. 21 Dec 1833, d. 9 Jan 1835
George M. Houghton^11,10 b. 10 Feb 1836, d. 27 May 1838
Isaac R. Houghton¹² b. 12 Apr 1838
Albert L. Houghton+⁴ b. 6 Mar 1848, d. b 1910

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Birth

circa 1812

MA, USA, age 38 in 1850 census; age 48 in 1860 census; age 57 in 1870 census; age 68 in 1880 census; 1900 census of son Albert gives VT^2,3,4

Marriage

Aug 21, 1833

Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, USA^5,1

1850 Census

1850

Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, USA, age 36, a farmer, property $400; Listed 2 houses from father (Harriet Horton and John and Aurelia Jepson between)^6,4

1860 Census

1860

Florida, Berkshire Co., MA, USA, age 47, farmer, personal property $800-234⁷

1870 Census

1870

Florida, Berkshire Co., MA, USA, age 57, farmer⁸

1880 Census

1880

Adams, Berkshire Co., MA, USA, age 67, a fish and fruit peddlar^3,9

Pedigree

Citations

[S1074] Town Records: Pownal, VT, Book 1, p. 271; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S415] E-mail from Margaret R. Jenks, 9/1998.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Adams, Berkshire, MA, Box 28, Vol. 2, ED 47, Sh 38, Ln 45.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Pownal, Bennington, Vermont; Roll: M432_921; Page: 145; line 15, dwl 160-162.
[S722] Elmer I. Shepard, Pownal VT Marriages, p. 7.
[S752] VT 1850 Census Index, p. 117.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Florida, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; Microfilm: M653; Page: 18, line 23, dwl 153-153.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Florida, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_601; Page: 240; sheet 1, line 19, dwl 5-5.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Adams, Berkshire, MA, Box 28, Vol. 2, ED 47, Sh 38, Ln 43, del 210-326.
[S1074] Town Records: Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, Vol. 1, p. 407; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S415] E-mail to Charles Vella from Margaret R. Jenks, 9/1998.
[S1074] Town Records: Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, Book 1, p. 407; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Isaac R. Houghton¹

M, #31547, b. 12 April 1838

Father*: William Towner Houghton¹ b. 7 Dec 1814
Mother*: Phebe L. Sherman¹ b. c 1812

Biography

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Birth

Apr 12, 1838

Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, USA, age 21 in 1860 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1074] Town Records: Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, Book 1, p. 407; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Albert L. Houghton^1,2

M, #31548, b. 6 March 1848, d. before 1910

Father*: William Towner Houghton¹ b. 7 Dec 1814
Mother*: Phebe L. Sherman² b. c 1812

Family: Rosa Gregware b. 16 Sep 1852, d. 18 Aug 1917

Marriage*: Albert L. Houghton married Rosa Gregware on circa 1873 mar 27 y in 1900 census.^3,4,5

Franklin George Houghton³ b. 2 Sep 1876
Maud L. Houghton+³ b. Dec 1880
Eva Mary Houghton³ b. Sep 1892
Ruth G. Houghton³ b. May 1897

Biography

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Birth

Mar 6, 1848

Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, USA, age 2 in 1850 census; age 12 in 1860 census; age 32 in 1880 census; Mar 1848, age 52 in 1900 census^3,4,1,2

Marriage

circa 1873

mar 27 y in 1900 census^3,4,5

1900 Census

Jun, 1900

Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA, age 52, a farmer^3,6

Death

before 1910

wife a widow

Pedigree

Citations

[S1074] Town Records: Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, Book of BMD 1, p. 407: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, F-30270.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Pownal, Bennington, Vermont; Roll: M432_921; Page: 145; line 15, dwl 160-162.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex Massachusetts, Box 127, Vol. 26, E.D. 476, Sh. 14, Ln. 55.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Adams, Berkshire, MA, Box 28, Vol. 2, ED 47, Sh 38, Ln 45.
[S1074] Town Records: Vital Records, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, Book 7, p. 36, number 26.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; Roll: T623 648; Enumeration District: 476; Sheet 14B; line 55, dwl 309-317.

Loney Richards¹

F, #31549

Family: Elder (?) Houghton

Marriage*: Loney Richards married Elder (?) Houghton.¹

Biography

Birth

ME, USA¹

Biography

dau. of William Richards and Joanna Whiting

Marriage

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Pedigree

Citations

[S614] Rev. Abner Morse A.M., Richards Family, p. 142.

Elder (?) Houghton¹

M, #31550

Family: Loney Richards

Marriage*: Elder (?) Houghton married Loney Richards.¹

Biography

Residence

ME, USA

Marriage

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Pedigree

Citations

[S614] Rev. Abner Morse A.M., Richards Family, p. 142.

Ethel Drake Houghton¹

F, #31551, b. circa 1911

Father*: John Mascroft Houghton¹ b. 31 Dec 1884, d. 1945
Mother*: Josephine Frances Drake¹ b. 1888, d. 1963

Biography

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Birth

circa 1911

MA, USA, age 9 in 1920 census; age 19 in 1930 census²

Gen. Soc.

Mar 12, 1937

Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Mayflower: life member, #3902: 10th from William Bradford¹

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S552] "Unknown short article title", Mayflower Descendent, 34, 1937, p. 96.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Worcester, Worcester Co., Mass., Box 129, Vol. 147, E.D. 285, Sh. 10, Ln. 72.

James Haughton¹

M, #31552

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Residence

1673

New Plymouth, MA, USA, In Inventory of Nicholas Davis, James Haughton is mentioned as occuping the house and land of Nicholas Davis.¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S552] "Unknown short article title", Mayflower Descendent, 25, 1928, p. 119.

(?) Houghton

?, #31553

Biography

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Birth

Ireland

Immigration

between 1844 and 1855

Del, PA, USA, from Ireland

Residence

after 1855

Leiperville, PA, USA, cotton mills

Pedigree

James Nelson Houghton^1,2

M, #31555, b. 26 November 1839, d. 28 June 1913

Father*: Mansar Houghton² b. 22 Feb 1814, d. 28 Jul 1881
Mother*: Sara Jane McMarlin² b. 16 Aug 1818, d. 18 Mar 1860

Family 1: Ann Smith b. 17 Mar 1839, d. a 1929

Marriage*: James Nelson Houghton married Ann Smith on Feb 4, 1862 at Dundee, Munroe Co., MI, USA, (Marriage Records of Monroe County, Mi., p. 280.)⁵

James Mansar Houghton+¹⁰ b. 5 Aug 1867, d. 15 Dec 1943
Mamie Houghton+¹⁰ b. 4 Jan 1876, d. 26 Jan 1964

Family 2: Eliza L. Fisher

Marriage*: James Nelson Houghton married Eliza L. Fisher on Jul 27, 1903 at Alameda, CA, USA.

Family 3: Sarah E. (?)

Marriage*: James Nelson Houghton married Sarah E. (?)⁵

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Birth

Nov 26, 1839

Dundee, Monroe, MI, USA, age 11 in 1850 census; age 30 in 1870 census; age 40, MI, in 1880 census; Nov 1842, age 57 in 1900 census^1,3,2

Note

1861

sold land to James for $200⁴

Marriage

Feb 4, 1862

Dundee, Munroe Co., MI, USA, (Marriage Records of Monroe County, Mi., p. 280)⁵

Immigration

Sep 4, 1869

Benecia, Solano Co., CA, USA⁵

1870 Census

1870

Benecia, Solano Co., CA, USA, age 30; also Ricard and Harriet Smith^6,7,5

Residence

1880

Benecia, Solano Co., CA, USA⁵

1880 Census

1880

Benecia, Solano Co., CA, USA, James N., 40, carpenter, MI (parents MI); Ann, 41, MI (parents MI); Mansar, 12, MI; Mary, 4, CA^5,8,9

Note

between 1900 and 1916

Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA, in city directories: 1910 - carpenter; 1903 - contr; 1912 - housewrecker (with son in law); 1913 - housewrecker; 1914 - Sarah (wid. JN); 1916 - same⁵

Marriage

Jul 27, 1903

Alameda, CA, USA

Marriage

⁵

Death

Jun 28, 1913

Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA, age 73¹

Burial

Jun 29, 1913

Odd Fellows Lawn, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA, grave 145, tier 1, section F⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S913] Mansar Houghton, His Book, P. 1.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Dundee, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: M432_358; Page: 402a, line 28, dwl 204-206.
[S415] E-mail from Lynette Clark, 10/1998.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Lynette Clark, May 13, 2000; FHL #1392703.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Lynette Clark, May 13, 2000.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , 1870 Soundex, Benecia, Solano Co., CA, Box 90, p. 4, Ln. 6, dwl 68 - 62.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Benicia, Solano, California; Roll: M593_90; Page: 4; line 6, dwl 68-62.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Benecia, Solano Co., CA, Reel 13, Vol. 15, E.D.113, Sh. 13, Ln. 45.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Benecia, Solano Co., CA, Reel 13, Vol. 15, E.D.113, Sh. 13, Ln. 45, dwl.
[S415] E-mail to Charles Vella from Lynette Clark, 10/1998.

Lynette Carolyn Pratt¹

F, #31556, b. 21 May 1940

Father*: Lynnwood Fancher Pratt b. 19 Jun 1902, d. 4 Apr 1983
Mother*: Ella Carolyn Vanderbilt¹ b. 7 Sep 1900, d. 9 Aug 1975

Family: Ross Parker Clark III b. 27 Dec 1938

Marriage*: Lynette Carolyn Pratt married Ross Parker Clark III on Jun 18, 1961 at Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA.²

Biography

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Birth

May 21, 1940

Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA

Marriage

Jun 18, 1961

Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA²

Contributn

Lynette Clark contributed most of the genealogy of Mansar Houghton.²

Pedigree

Citations

[S36] Letter, from Lynette Clark, 8/10/1999.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Lynette Clark, May 13, 2000.

Esther Fletcher

F, #31557, b. 1 November 1828, d. 9 November 1867

Family: Joseph Stinton b. 14 Feb 1826, d. 2 Mar 1895

Marriage*: Esther Fletcher married Joseph Stinton on 1846.

Alfred Stinton² b. 1848
Esther (Etta) Stinton² b. 1855, d. 1917
Emily Stinton² b. 1860, d. 1904
George Henry Stinton² b. 1861, d. 1937
Silas Lincoln Stinton² b. 1863, d. 1939
Urias A. Stinton² b. 1863, d. 1939
Sylvester Stinton² b. 1867, d. 1917

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Birth

Nov 1, 1828

Washington, Cambridgeshire, England¹

Marriage

1846

Death

Nov 9, 1867

Plymouth Co., IA, USA¹

ParentsD

John Fletcher & Mary Darkin

Pedigree

Citations

[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10513785/person/-627402891
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Elk River, Clinton, Iowa; Roll: M593_384; Page: 261B; Image: 525; Family History Library Film: 545883.

Martha W. Acker¹

F, #31558

Family: William Marsh Acker Jr.

Marriage*: Martha W. Acker married William Marsh Acker Jr.²

Biography

Marriage

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Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Martha W. Acker, 7/1998.
[S415] E-mail from Martha Acker on Mar 12, 2007.

Charles W. Warren¹

M, #31559

Family: Hannah Burrell Haven b. 13 Sep 1816, d. 18 Jul 1894

Marriage*: Charles W. Warren married Hannah Burrell Haven, daughter of Gilbert Haven Esq. and Hannah Burrill, on circa Jun 17, 1837 at Meredith Bridge, NH, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

circa Jun 17, 1837

Meredith Bridge, NH, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S617] MA Centinel Marriage Index 2, p. 1729.

Charles Newell Houghton¹

M, #31560, b. between 1859 and 1862, d. 1922

Father*: Eli Newel Houghton b. 14 Dec 1822, d. 23 Aug 1862
Mother*: Rosey Har-zue-gae-win-kaw b. c 1826, d. 1890

Family 1: Louise (?) b. c 1863

Marriage*: Charles Newell Houghton married Louise (?)⁴

Taylor Houghton+⁷ b. c 1880

Family 2: Elizabeth Payer b. bt 1858 - 1862

Marriage*: Charles Newell Houghton married Elizabeth Payer, daughter of Sarah Payer, on circa 1889 at NE, USA, mar 20 y in 1900 and 1910 censuses.²

Letitia Rainbow⁸ b. c 1878
Mary Houghton+⁵ b. 1884
Lilly Rainbow⁸ b. c 1885
Emily Houghton⁸ b. Jan 1890
Jeanette Houghton+² b. Apr 1898
Nellie Houghton+² b. 4 Sep 1900
Louis Cornelius Houghton+⁶ b. 25 Jul 1903
Willie B. Houghton+² b. 16 Aug 1908, d. 3 Feb 1935

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Birth

between 1859 and 1862

MN, USA, age 29 in 1891; 1859, age 41 in 1900 census; age 49/65 in 1910 census; age 53 in 1911 census; age 58 in 1920 census; 1837 also given^2,3

Marriage

⁴

Census

Jun 30, 1886

Winnebao, NE, USA, Indian Census: age 24, Tribe:      Ho Chunk
Agency:      Winnebago
State:      Nebraska

Marriage

circa 1889

NE, USA, mar 20 y in 1900 and 1910 censuses²

1900 Census

1900

Winnebago, Thurston Co., NE, USA, age 41, laborer 6 children born, 3 living⁵

1910 Census

1910

Winnebago, Thurston Co., NE, USA, age 49, not given; 10 children born, 5 living²

1920 Census

1920

Winnebago, Thurston Co., NE, USA, age 58, none; and mother in law, Sarah Payer, 100, widow, WI, USA, IL⁶

Residence

NE, USA

Death

1922

Biography

Richard Houghton: Learned of a Charles Newell Houghton (b. 1837 d. 1922) from members of the Winnebago tribe on the Nebraska reservation. Charles was the grandfather of a woman who responded to one of my letters. He, according to her had little to do with Caucasians and lived in the tribe his whole life. He was greatly respected by the Winnebago people.¹

Notable

lived with Winnabago Indians on their reservation most of his life.

Note

A Giant Visits His Daughter - Winnebago

"There a town was and in the fall there were some lodges. A man and his wife with him took only one small child with them and started to move. There they lived. The man went hunting. Wahó-o-o! There were many deer and bear there. He did very well, getting much food and lard.

Once the man went out hunting quite a distance. There he saw, going towards his lodge, the footprints of a Giant (Man eater). That man became frightened: "Hoho, he will kill my wife, my child," he thought. He fixed his pack and dropped it, and thus tracks went to his lodge and so the man reloaded his gun and he went home to his lodge. When he got near, the small child was speaking, and so he got up to the door and, werakirakúni!, his
wife said, "Father." This she was saying to the man. And he just went in and his wife was sitting down holding the little child, and the man could not believe it, so he swept his eyes again over the scene and there his wife was alive. The woman said, "My father has come," she said, "so make the house larger." He made a large teepee. On the opposite side he was sitting,
sitting there naked. "Greetings, my son-in-law. This year I had done little things to help you. Come here," he said, but the man at the time was afraid. "My wife, indeed let us give him the child; if he eats it, he has fooled us, and we will run away," he said, they say. And so they gave him the child. "If you wish to eat it, you can," they said to him. He did not eat it. "I did not come to eat people, it is only tobacco that I long for," so they
only gave him deer soup to eat and that only he would drink. "I will stay only to spring, then I'll go home," he said, "have no fear of me," but just the same, the man always feared him. And so he killed a man and gave him to the Giant. The Giant said, "You have done a really bad thing." "No wa(Hañká-a)! I am giving him to you for you to eat." "Ho, it is good."

And the Giant built a house for them. He lived alone. The small child had become used to the Giant. The small child would occasionally cry [for food]. "Son-in-law, this is the cave that bears make their abode," and so the man killed many -- ten bears he killed -- and the Giant, tying them together, would carry them. They got much food for the man.

"Yes, my daughter, in four days I am going home," said the Giant. "Yes, now then, it is four days. I'm going home. You will be a very good human being and never want for anything. At the time that you die, here to my house you may come; and my only grandson will be the last one to arrive home." Indeed, in the morning when the man awoke, he was not there. And they say he told the truth.

Indeed, it is finished."

Charlie N. Houghton, A Story about a Giant, with an interlinear translation by Oliver LaMere, in Paul Radin, Notebooks, Winnebago III, #11a, Freeman Number 3892 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Story XXVII, pp. 98-107. and is now in the public domain.

Author

Charlie N. Houghton — Bladder and One Legged One, A Giant Visits His Daughter, Hog's Adventures, Little Fox and the Ghost (v. 2), Little Fox Goes on the Warpath, The Old Man and the Giants, The Resurrection of the Chief's Daughter, Turtle and the Giant, Turtle and the Merchant, Turtle's Warparty (v. 2), The Were-Grizzly.
Charles N. Houghton, "Coyote on the Warpath," translated by Oliver LaMère, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Winnebago III, #11a, Freeman #3892 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) 242-244.

The Encyclopedia of Ho??k (Winnebago) Mythology © 2005
by Richard L. Dieterle

Charles Houghton in Paul Radin, The Culture of the Winnebago: As Defined by Themselves, Special Publications of the Bollingen Foundation, #1: 73-119. This story is discussed in Claude Lévi-Strauss, "Four Winnebago Myths," Structural Anthropology, vol. 2, trs. Monique Layton (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976) 198-210.

The original text is found in Charles N. Houghton, "The Orphan who Conquered Death," in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Notebook #70, 1-52 (interlinear phonetic text); Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago III, #11a: 141-223 (handwritten Ho??k text only).

Research

Winnebago, Thurston Co., NE, USA, See Native American Houghtons of Winnebago NE

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Richard Houghton, 7/1998.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll T624_857; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 207; line 21, dwl 227-227.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll T625_1002; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 217; line 34, dwl 104-105.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , .1910; Census Place: Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll T624_857; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 207;.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll 1294; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; line 1, dwl 268.
[S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll T625_1002; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 217; line 34, dwl 104-105.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll T624_857; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 207; line 21, dwl 251.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1890; Roll M595_311; Page: 43; Line: 18; Agency: Winnebago.Ancestry.com. U.S. Indian Census Schedules, 1885-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.