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| La Motte Township From Crawford County 1930c, Illinois Published by W. W. Hixson & Co. in 1930c |
My husband’s
family tree has an America Sempsrott as the spouse of his second great-uncle.
In tracking America there were several roadblocks. Looking at the records there
appeared to be two women named America in Crawford County, Illinois in the 1870 –
1931 time period but further research revealed that there are three marriages
and multiple names involved.
America
Ellen Snyder was born 29 April 1869 in Lawrence County, Illinois to William
Snyder and Nancy McCarthy.[i]
America’s father died in 1878 in Lawrence County and her mother evidentially
returned to her birthplace in Crawford County, Illinois.
In 1885
America married William Martin Tennyson and they lived in Crawford County,
Illinois. The 1900 census shows them living and farming in Robinson, Crawford,
Illinois with their children Claud, Effie, Pearl, Charles, and Jessie. America
is recorded as Maggie E Tennyson.[ii]
In 1910
Andrica and William were still farming in Robinson and had only their three
youngest children still at home. William was a “General Farmer” and an employer
rather than an employee but they did rent the farm.[iii]
William
Tennyson died 28 April 1912 in Robinson and is buried in the Palestine Cemetery
in Crawford County, Illinois.[iv]
America was forty-four years old.
On 24 Nov
1914 William Sempsrote, a widower with two young children, married Ellan
Tennyson in Sullivan County, Indiana in a ceremony performed by Earl A Kennedy,
JP.
In 1920,
America E Sempsrote was living in Lamotte with her second husband William on
the farm that they own. His children Opal and Glenn are still at home.[v]
By 1930, Ellen and William Sempscote were still farming in Lamotte and enjoying
each other’s company. [vi]
America died
on 4 May 1931 in Palestine, Crawford, Illinois and was buried as America Ellen
Tennyson on May 6 in the Palestine Cemetery.[vii]
In various
records she has been identified as America Ellen, America E, Ellen, Ellan,
Maggie E and Andrica. At different points in her life her surname has been
recorded as Snyder, Snider, Tennyson, Sempsrott, Semperote, Sempscott,
Semporad. She was a woman who had 7 children, six of which survived infancy,
she survived her first husband and went on to remarry and raise the two
children of her second husband all whild living the difficult life of a farmer's wife in rural Illinois in the early 1900s.
America I am glad I could unravel your story and
find your place in our tree!
[i] "Illinois
Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.
[ii] Year:
1900; Census Place: Robinson, Crawford, Illinois; Page: 19; Enumeration
District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 1240295
[iii] Year:
1910; Census Place: Robinson, Crawford, Illinois; Roll: T624_283; Page: 27A;
Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1374296
[iv] Ancestry.com.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
[v] Year:
1920; Census Place: Lamotte, Crawford, Illinois; Roll: T625_364; Page: 9B;
Enumeration District: 31
[vi] Year:
1930; Census Place: Lamotte, Crawford, Illinois; Page: 1B; Enumeration
District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2340244
[vii]Ancestry.com.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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