Elizabeth Rhuma TOWNSEND^[1]

1844 - 1924  (80 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Rhuma TOWNSEND
  Born	10 May 1844	Murray, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Migration	1864
  Census	1910	Attica, Lapeer, Michigan   [2]
  Cause of Death	High cough
  Died	24 May 1924	Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan
  Person ID	I35526	Main
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Platt TOWNSEND,   b. 1817
  Mother	Roxanna TERRY,   b. 1816
  Family ID	F12498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Angus Allen DAME,   b. 22 Aug 1834, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1924, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan  (Age 89 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1862	Hastings, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Daniel West DAME,   b. 18 May 1880, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 18 Nov 1880, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan  (Age 0 years) + 2. Ida Alexandra DAME,   b. 3 May 1863, Belleville, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1953, Michigan  (Age 89 years)   3. Ermina Siden “Dolly” DAME,   b. 1865, Michigan ,   d. 24 Jun 1883, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan  (Age 18 years) + 4. Allen McDonald DAME,   b. 2 Jun 1867, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 13 Oct 1931, Washington, DC  (Age 64 years) + 5. William Angus DAME,   b. 3 Jan 1870, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 15 Jan 1943, Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio  (Age 73 years)   6. John Byron DAME,   b. Nov 1871, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan + 7. Mary Olivia DAME,   b. 25 Aug 1873, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 11 Jul 1959, Michigan  (Age 85 years)   8. Myrtle Elizabeth DAME,   b. 25 Jul 1875, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 29 May 1903, Delray, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 27 years) + 9. Iva Elfleda “Fleda” DAME,   b. 16 May 1878, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 11 Jan 1956, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan  (Age 77 years)   10. Roy Blake DAME,   b. 10 Oct 1881, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 4 Mar 1955, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)   11. Vera Belle “Belle” DAME,   b. 7 Aug 1885, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan ,   d. 10 Mar 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois  (Age 56 years)   12. Nelson Smith DAME,   b. 1888
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F12481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 20 Jul 1862 - Hastings, Ontario, Canada Census - 1910 - Attica, Lapeer, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  He died of "high cough", according to death records. "Libby" was very superstitious. Angus was sick for 13 days then died. Libby died 13 days later. Libby only had 12 children, never 13.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA). [S144] 1910 United States Federal Census.