WEINS, Elizabeth Alzada

Elizabeth — ROBIDEAUX, Nelson Ney. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The 1860 census records a 23 year old John Wines, b. Prussia living in Brighton, Wisconsin. He was a single man, and his occupation is illegible.
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John took up 160 acres of land in Yellow Medicine Co on September 20, 1870.
Document Nr.: 1392
Accession/Serial Nr.: MN2610__.353
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John appears on the 1870 census living in Yellow Medicine, Redwood Co., Minnesota.
Weins John, 32, M, W, Farmer, $1,000 R.E. / $100 Personal, b. Prussia (Germany)
Weins Mary A., 20 or 23, W, F, Keeping House, b. Maine
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Personal Property Tax Payers of 1872 - Yellow Medicine County
Weins, Mary A.
Weins, John
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John owned a home in Minnesota with a sod roof.

John — STEVENS, Mary Alzada. Mary was born 7 Jul 1839, Maine; died 29 Nov 1920, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1880 census:
(Dist. 198, Dover, Olmsted Co., Minnesota)
Smith, Lewis, W, M, 27, Laborer, b. Prussia, fa. b. Holland, mo. b. Holland
", Mary, W, F, 30, Wife, Keeping (House), b. ME, fa. b. ME, mo. b. ME
Wines, William, W, M, 8, Step-Son, b. MN, fa. b. ME, mo. b. ME
NOTE: Next door to the Smith family was:
Wines, Joseph, W, M, 15, Boarder, Laborer, b. MN, fa. b. ME, mo. b. Prussia

The above census indicates that following the death of John Wines, that Mary remarried to a man by the name of Lewis Smith, and the family took up residence in Dover, Olmsted Co., Minnesota.

1900 census:
( Dist 283, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine Co., Minnesota )
Smith, Louis, Head, W, M, May 1842, 58, Married 21 yrs., b. GER, fa. b. GER, mo. b. GER, Immigrated 1841, Day Laborer
", Mary, Wife, W, F, July 1839, 60, Married 21 yrs., 4 Children born, all surviving, b. Maine, fa. b. Maine, mo. b. Maine
", Louis, Son, W, M, Sep. 1881, 19, Single, b. MN, fa. b. GER, mo. b. Maine, Day Laborer
Unknown, Outcast, Girl, W, F, May 1900, 6 mos., Single, b. Unknown, fa. b. Unknown, mo. b. Unknown

1910 census:
( 9th St., Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine Co., Minnesota )
Smith, Louis, Head, W, M, 59, Married Once, Currently 30 yrs., b. GER, fa. b. GER, mo. b. GER, Immigrated 1841, Day Laborer
", Mary A., Wife, W, F, 66, Married Twice, Currently 30 yrs., 5 Children born, 4 surviving, b. Maine, fa. b. Maine, mo. b. Maine

1920 census:
( E.D. 212, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine Co., Minnesota )
Smith, Louis, Head, W, M, 80, Married, , Immigrated 1850 / Naturalized 1858, b. GER, fa. b. GER, mo. b. GER
", Mary A., Wife, W, F, 80, Married, b. Maine, fa. b. Maine, mo. b. Maine