Mrs. Cameron Visiting Parents In Fostoria, MI

From the Lapeer Clarion newspaper, published November 10, 1899:


Fostoria - Mrs. Cameron and daughter of Buffalo are with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith.

Now, the rest of the story.

The above information was scheduled to post as is.  Then Sunday, July 10th, I was doing some file maintenance on my Roscommon County, Michigan, deeds and noticed the following in my notes:

Roscommon County, Michigan, Deeds
Volume 15, Page 342
21 September 1898
Eli B. Smith and wife (Mary E.) of Fostoria, Michigan
TO
Nettie V. Cameron and John G. Cameron, wife and husband, of Buffalo, New York
Gerrish Twp., Roscommon Co., MI
Notarized in Lapeer Co., Michigan,by Norman M. Stark

What I could not accomplish via FamilySearch.org and other databases (determining the first names of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Smith and her husband) was done through a little serendipity.  Those were old (very old) notes that I pulled from a large stack of "to do" items that just happened to have an item that added to a post I had just worked on two days earlier.

Now that I know who I'm looking for (searching E.B. Smith didn't help earlier, either), the following was found:


United States Census, 1900
John G Cameron

Residence: Buffalo city, Erie, New York
Birth Date: Jun 1866
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Self

Spouse Birth Place: New York
Father Birthplace: Ireland
Mother Birthplace: Scotland
Race or Color (expanded): White
Years Married: 11
Estimated Marriage Year: 1889

John G Cameron M

Spouse Nettie Cameron F
Child Lelia Cameron F
Clara Smith F

United States Census, 1910
Name:     John G Cameron
Birthplace:     Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head of Household:     Self
Residence:     Buffalo Ward 9, Erie, New York
Marital Status:     Married
Father's Birthplace:     Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:     Scotland
 John G Cameron     M     44y
Spouse     Netta V Cameron     F     46y
Child     Donald Cameron     M     8y
Child     Lee Ella Cameron     F     18y
Child     Anna Cameron     F     6y
United States Census, 1920
Name:     John G Cameron
Residence:     , Erie, New York
Estimated Birth Year:     1866
Age:     54
Birthplace:     Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head of Household:     Self
Gender:     Male
Race:     White
Marital Status:     Married
Father's Birthplace:     Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:     Ireland
Film Number:     1821109
Digital Folder Number:     4313441
Image Number:     00181
Sheet Number:     10
     Household    Gender    Age
      John G Cameron     M     54y
Spouse     Nettie V Cameron     F     56y
Child     Donald E Cameron     M     18y
Child     Anna A Cameron     F     16y
    James C Brown     M     22y
    Nettie R Van Etten     F     16y
    Helen Hale     F     23y
    Elmer Ales     M     20y
    Henry Millis     M     65y

United States Census, 1930
Name:     John G Cameron
Buffalo (Districts 1-250), Erie, New York
Gender:  Male
Marital Status:  Widowed
Race:  White
Birthplace:  Pennsylvania
Estimated Birth Year:  1867
Father's Birthplace:  Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:  Ireland
      John G Cameron   M  63
Child     Anna A Cameron  F 26
    Doris Taylor  F  25

Just a little extra:

Roscommon County, Michigan, Deeds
Volume 15, Page 343
Eli B. Smith and wife (Mary E.) of Fostoria, Michigan
TO
Charles M. Smith of Gerrish Twp., Roscommon Co., Michigan

United States Census, 1880
Name:     Nettie V. Smith
Residence:     Ulysses, Tompkins, New York
Birthdate:     1863
Birthplace:     New York, United States
Relationship to Head:     Daughter
Father's Name:     Eli B. Smith
Father's Birthplace:     New York, United States
Mother's Name:     Mary E. Smith [nee Allen]
Mother's Birthplace:     New York, United States
Race or Color (Expanded):     White
Ethnicity (Standardized):     American
Gender:     Female
Martial Status:     Single
Parent     Eli B. Smith     M     45
Parent     Mary E. Smith     F     40
    Willey Smith     M     19
      Nettie V. Smith     F     17
    Charles Smith     M     13
    Lydia Smith     F     3

Eli Smith died in Ogemaw Co., Michigan, in 1913, after Mary Smith had died in Alcona Co., Michigan.  Both are buried in the Lincoln Cemetery [Alcona Co.].