Byron WAIT

1835 - 1920  (85 years)

• Birth	18 Apr 1835	Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY   [1]
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Wadena, Wadena, MN   [2]
  	1880 census at Wadena, Wadena, MN shows Byron Wait, 45, b. NY, parents b. VT/VT, farmer; Betsey, 48, b. NY, parents b. VT/VT; children: Alpha, 18, b. NY; Udelbert, 16, b. IL; Allen, 13, b. NY; Eugene, 11, b. NY; Zene, 8, b. NY; Luella, 6, b. NY; Ida, x/12, Oct., b. IL.
  Note	11 Jun 1900	Windsor, Henry, MO   [3]
  	In the 1900 census at Windsor Township, Henry, MO I find a Byron Wait, b. Apr. 1835, age 65, b. NY, parents b. NY he has been married for 10 years to Martha, b. Nov 1863 (age 36) in MO (parents b. England/IL). They have 4 children, all born in Minnesota: Byron b. Mar 1891; Florence M., b. Mar 1894; Orville F., b. Nov. 1895 and Arthur F., b. Aug 1897. Given that Betsy Alden died in 1888 could this be a second marriage?
  Death	21 Sep 1920	Erie, Whiteside, IL   [1]

  
  

  Family	Betsey Amanda ALDEN,   b. 16 Jan 1837, NY d. 13 May 1888 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1856  [1]
  Family ID	F3819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Apr 1835 - Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY Census - 1 Jun 1880 - Wadena, Wadena, MN Death - 21 Sep 1920 - Erie, Whiteside, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S317] OneWorldTree, 317. [S1880] 1880 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1880), 1880. [S1900] 1900 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1900), 1900.