Descendants of John & Joan BOORMAN

Twelfth Generation (Continued)

Family of Roxana “Roxy” DENMAN (718) & Dr Henry E WHITE

1213. Sarah Ella* WHITE (Roxana “Roxy” DENMAN11, John10, Ann BOORMAN9, William8, William7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born abt 1852 in Ohio, USA.

- 1870 USA census, living in Ohio in a family household (assumed parents and siblings):
Ella White F 18y Ohio

RESEARCH NOTES
- name listed as Ella, or Sarah Ella?

1214. Mary E WHITE (Roxana “Roxy” DENMAN11, John10, Ann BOORMAN9, William8, William7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born abt 1855 in Clarksfield, Huron, Ohio, USA. Mary E died in Florida, USA, on 16 Dec 1950; she was 95.

- 1870 USA census, living in Ohio in a family household (assumed parents and siblings):
Mary White F 15y Ohio

- 1888 "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," Roxana Denman in entry for Francis M. Pierce and Mary E. Smith, 1888
Name: Francis M. Pierce [residing Montague, farmer]
Event: Marriage [second for both]
Event Date: 13 Nov 1888
Event Place: Northampton, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 70 [sic] [born Goshen?]
Estimated Birth Year: 1818
Father: Francis M.
Mother: Abigail Lyman
Spouse: Mary E. Smith [residing Northampton, dressmaker]
[Age: 32][born Clarksfield O]
[Estimated Birth Year: 1856]
Spouse's Father: Henry E. White
Spouse's Mother: Roxana Denman
Record Number: 71
Film Number: 1415225
Digital Folder Number: 4279534
Image Number: 00025

- 1940 "United States Census, 1940,"
name: Mary E Pierce
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Election Precinct 10, Brevard, Florida, United States
gender: Female
age: 85
marital status: Widowed
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Ohio
estimated birth year: 1855
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 5-19
family number: 52
sheet number and letter: 3A
line number: 1
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 575
digital folder number: 005449566
image number: 00398
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Mary E Pierce F 85 Ohio
nephew Pearl Sinclair M 52 Ohio

RESEARCH NOTES
- 1880 census - she was likely married to a Smith at this time - there are several possibilities in Ohio including:
1) Mary E Smith (b 1855 Ohio) and Charles F Smith (age 33 Penn.) and son Curtis V Smith (age 7, Ohio) living in Liberty Logan Ohio
2) Mary E Smith (b 1856 Ohio) and Melker Smith (age 27 Ohio) and daughter Ettie E Smith (age 0 Ohio) living in Clinton Seneca Ohio)
3) etc - too many to list, and even more in other states.

Mary E first married SMITH. Born ca 1850.

- Died or divorced before 1888, when wife remarried
- Did they have children?

On 13 Nov 1888 when Mary E was 33, she second married Francis M PIERCE in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. Born in 1818 in Goshen, Massacusetts, USA.

1215. Helen Josephine “Josie” WHITE (Roxana “Roxy” DENMAN11, John10, Ann BOORMAN9, William8, William7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born on 10 Jun 1857 in Florence Township, Erie, Ohio, USA. Helen Josephine “Josie” died in Memorial Hospital, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, USA, on 17 Aug 1951; she was 94. Buried on 18 Aug 1951 in Wakeman Cemetery, Wakeman, Ohio, USA.

- 1870 USA census, living in Ohio in a family household (assumed parents and siblings):
Joseph White M 13y Ohio

- 1880 - “On the 15th of February, 1880, Mr. Beecher was united in marriage to Miss Helen Josephine White, a daughter of Dr. H. E. and Roxanna (Denman) White, of Clarksfield, both of whom are now deceased. The father, a physician by profession, was for many years engaged in practice and Wakeman and Clarksfield ...” from google ebook: History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1, pg 425 [not free]

- 1940 USA Census - listed on the same page as son Platt, but living on her own, widowed:
Beecher, Jospehine, Head, F, W, 52, Wd, same house in 1935, owns house $1800,

- 1951 "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," Henry White in entry for Helen Josephine Beecher,
Name: Helen Josephine Beecher
Titles & Terms: Mrs.
Event: Death
Event Date: 17 Aug 1951
Event Place:
Residence:
Street Address:
Gender: Female
Death Age: 94y2m7d
Marital Status:
Race: White
Occupation:
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1857
Birthplace: Florence Twp., Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: 1857
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father: Henry White
Father's Titles & Terms: Mr.
Father's Birthplace:
Mother: Roxanna Denman
Mother's Titles & Terms: Mrs.
Mother's Birthplace:
Spouse:
Reference Number: Certificate
Film Number: 2372841
Digital Folder Number: 4109398
Image Number: 01264
COD: fractured hip (7 days), caused by senility (25 years)
Information (hard to read signature), perhaps Mrs. Claire Ger?__te

- Memorial for Helen Josephine White Beecher
Birth: Jun. 10, 1857, Florence (Erie County), Erie County, Ohio, USA
Death: Aug. 17, 1951 Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, USA
*transcribed from "Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions by Huron Co. Chapter of the Ohio
Spouse:
Elbert Perry Beecher (1854 - 1927)*
Children:
Platt Henry Beecher (1889 - 1982)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Wakeman Township Cemetery, Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Middle, Second Section Back - Row 13 #5
Created by: LindaB
Record added: May 13, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 90091735

On 15 Feb 1880 when Helen Josephine “Josie” was 22, she married Elbert Perry BEECHER, son of Horace J BEECHER & Fanny Mitchell PIERCE, in Huron County, Ohio, USA. Born on 2 Jun 1854 in Ohio, USA. Elbert Perry died in Wakeman, Florence Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA, on 10 Nov 1927; he was 73.

- Son of Horace J Beecher and Fanny Mitchell Pierce

RESEARCH NOTES
- sometimes indexed as Albert Beecher
- This 1900 household doesn’t make sense. Ella is not male - 2 female heads? or is Josephine the same as son Joseph in 1870 census [should have been daughter Josephine]??? Is this Ella, Roxana’s / Rosina’s daugher? OR Elbert Beecher? Can’t find references to Bercher in other years - perhaps phonetically written with errors? [Yes - see death record for Helen Josephine Beecher]:
1900 "United States Census, 1900," Ella Bercher, ED 42 Wakeman Township, Huron, Ohio, United States
Name: Ella Bercher [Last name should read Beecher throughout, first name likely Elbert ]
Event: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 42 Wakeman Township, Huron, Ohio, United States
Birth Date: Jun 1854
Birthplace: Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Race or Color (Standardized): White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 20
Estimated Marriage Year: 1880
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 4
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 95
Reference Number: 89
Film Number: 1241288
Digital Folder Number: 004117751
Image Number: 00928
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Ella Bercher M 46 Ohio
Wife Josephene Bercher F 44 Ohio
Daughter Ethel Bercher F 19 Ohio
Daughter Clare Bercher F 18 Ohio
Son Platt Bercher M 11 Ohio
Son Glenn Bercher M 9 Ohio
Mother Rosina White F 76 Ohio

They had the following children:

Ethel Julia BEECHER (1881-1920)

ii.

Claire Marie BEECHER (1883-1967)

iii.

Platt Henry BEECHER (1889-1982)

iv.

Glenn White BEECHER (1891-1967)

Elbert Perry BEECHER Jr (Died as Infant) (1896-1896)

1216. Frank OR Henry? WHITE (Roxana “Roxy” DENMAN11, John10, Ann BOORMAN9, William8, William7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born abt 1859 in Ohio, USA.

- 1870 USA census, living in Ohio in a family household (assumed parents and siblings):
Frank White M 11y Ohio

RESEARCH NOTES
- the 1870 census contains other errors, and it seems odd to have both a Frank and then a daughter Frances bprm 1861 who later went by “Frankie”???? Can’t find family in 1860 which might help clarify this.
- a Frank White is listed as the father of the bride Frances A White age 21 (b 1888 Anderson Ferry, Hamilton Co Ohio) (no mother listed) on her marriage to William Hess (b1883 Anderson Ferry, Hamilton Co Ohio, son of Chas V Hess and Elizabeth Zurveller) in Hamilton, Ohio on 24 Apr 1909
- a Frank White is listed as the father of the bride Laura Belle White who married George Woodard in Springfield, Clark Co Ohio ion 2 Jan 1890 by license - no further details
- another researcher lists a child as Henry (instead of Frank), but no further details

1217. Frances “Frankie” WHITE (Roxana “Roxy” DENMAN11, John10, Ann BOORMAN9, William8, William7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born on 12 Mar 1861 in Huron County, Ohio, USA. Frances “Frankie” died in Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, USA, on 28 Dec 1950; she was 89. Buried on 30 Dec 1950 in Clarksfield, Ohio, USA.

- 1880 USA census, Wakeman Huron Ohio, living with father only (no mother or siblings):
SELF Henry E. White M 58 Vermont, United States
DAU Frances White F 20 Ohio, United States

- 1900 "United States Census, 1900," Frances Sinclair in household of Frances Sinclair, ED 29 Norwalk Township (excl. Norwalk city), Huron, Ohio, United States
name: Frances Sinclair
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 29 Norwalk Township (excl. Norwalk city), Huron, Ohio, United States
birth date: Mar 1860
birthplace: Ohio
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: Ohio
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 30
estimated marriage year: 1870
mother how many children: 4
number living children: 3
immigration year:
page: 6
sheet letter: B
family number: 154
reference number: 94
film number: 1241288
digital folder number: 004117751
image number: 00607
Household Gender Age Birthplace
wife Frances Sinclair F 40 Ohio, W, F, Mar 1860, 40, M, 30, 4 children 3 living, Ohio, New York,
son Earl J Sinclair M 12 Ohio, W, M, Mar 1888, S, Ohio, Scotland, Ohio,
son Pearl H Sinclair M 12 Ohio, W, M, Mar 1888, S, Ohio, Scotland, Ohio,
[film shows 2 more people in this household, not indexed:]
head Sinclair, [first name overwritten, could be John], W, M, Nov 1845, 54, M, 30, Scotland x 3, immigrated 1852, 47yrs, farmer
son Sinclair, Lisle A, W, M, Apr 1892, 2, S, Ohio, Scotland, Ohio

- 1910 "United States Census, 1910," Frances Sinclair in household of John Sinclair, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio
name: Frances Sinclair
birthplace: Ohio
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Norwalk, Huron, Ohio
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: Ohio
family number: 260
page number: 11
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self John Sinclair M 64y Scotland
wife Frances Sinclair F 50y Ohio
son Earl J Sinclair M 22y Ohio
son Pearl H Sinclair M 22y Ohio
son Lisle Sinclair M 12y Ohio

- 1920 "United States Census, 1920," Frances A Sinclair in household of Carl J Sinclair,
name: Frances A Sinclair
residence: , Huron, Ohio
estimated birth year: 1863
age: 57
birthplace: Ohio
relationship to head of household: Mother
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Widowed
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: Ohio
film number: 1821398
digital folder number: 4384866
image number: 00254
sheet number: 5
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Carl J Sinclair M 32y Ohio - single [this is Earl J]
bro Pearl H Sinclair M 32y Ohio - single
moth Frances A Sinclair F 57y Ohio
bro Lisle A Sinclair M 21y Ohio - single

- 1930 USA census, living with single son Earl J Sinclair in Norwalk Huron Ohio:
mother Frances A Sinclair F 70 Ohio

- 1940 USA census, living with single son Earl J Sinclair in Norwalk Township, Huron, Ohio, United States:
head Francis Sinclair F 80 Ohio - widow, owns house on Quary Road, housework

- 1950 "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," Roxana Denman in entry for Frances White Sinclair, 1950
Name: Frances White Sinclair
Event: Death
Event Date: 28 Dec 1950
Event Place:
Gender: Female
Death Age: 89y9m16d
Marital Status:
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1861
Birthplace: Huron Co., Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: 1861
Father: Henry E. White
Mother: Roxana Denman
Reference Number: certificate
Film Number: 2372789
Digital Folder Number: 4109351
Image Number: 02017

- 1950 "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," Roxana Denman in entry for Frances White Sinclair, 1950
Name: Frances White Sinclair
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 30 Dec 1950
Burial Place: Clarksfield, Ohio
Death Date: 28 Dec 1950
Death Place: Norwalk, Huron, Ohio
Age: 89
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1861
Birthplace: Huron Co., Ohio
Occupation: Home
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Henry E. White
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Roxana Denman
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07390-0
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 2073136
Reference Number: S 117

RESEARCH NOTES
- from another researcher: [looking for information on] Lyle Sinclair. ... Pearl, believe it or not, is a male. He is referred to as such in my Grandfather's diary. I personally did not know Pearl or his twin Earl, but had met Lyle on occasion when I was smaller. Frances, was known as Aunt Frankie and had a farm on Laylin Road just east of Norwalk, Ohio. I believe my grandfather said they had some property in Florida where they owned an orange grove.
- 1870 USA census, NOT listed with parents and siblings in Ohio
- was there another daughter Agnes Sinclair, born 1886 in Brillian, Jefferson Ohio to a John Sinclair and Frances, who married a Charles A Miller in 1906 in Jefferson Ohio???
- there is almost a decade gap between children - likely some are missing?

Frances “Frankie” married John Alexander SINCLAIR. Born in Nov 1845 in Scotland. John Alexander died bef 1920; he was 74.

RESEARCH NOTES
- can’t find family his birth, marriage or death with certainty
- an ad on findagrave shows a John A Sinclair, age 69, death registered in Wawrren OH

They had the following children:

Earl John SINCLAIR (Twin) (1888-1969)

ii.

Pearl H SINCLAIR (Twin) (1888-)

iii.

Charles White SINCLAIR (Died as Infant) (1896-1896)

iv.

Lyle Alexander SINCLAIR (1898-1967)

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