Person:Mary Randall (34)

Info from Santa Traugott strau@@umich.com 1/5/05 Gives marriage date as 18 Sep 1853 [previously had 21 Sept] CENSUS 1850: MI, Constantine. St. Joseph «i»[hard to read, mess as indexed on a.c]«/i»Alemeria Brown 45 M cabinet maker b. CT/ [indexed as Brown; looks like "Bristol" to me]Mary ____ 44 F CT? George ____ 18 M cabinet maker NY Philena ____ 17 F NY Mary ____ 1 F MI?? Lydia Randall 20 F  ?/ Sarah Higgins 17 F VT Edwin ____ 6 M MI «i»[POSSIBLE: By 1850 Mary (Randall) Higgins has remarried, likely as Mr Bristol's second wife, had the dau Mary; her sister Lydia Randall is living with them, plus her children by her marriage to Edwin Higgins, Sarah and Edwin. And her new husband's two children by a previous marriage, George and Philena.] [Note: CENSUS 1860, same location has an Almeron Bitstol, 54, cabinet maker, married to a Harriet with a 12 year old dau Mary - likely the dau of Bristol and Mary Randall.. Other data does not match but suspect this is the above person.]«/i» EMAIL FROM Santa Traugott" <straugott@@gmail.com> 8 March 2007To: "Pete Ambler" <amblerp@@yahoo.com>, "Frank Johnson" <paco@@gbis.com> Subject: more on Mary Higgins' marriage Hi Pete (and Frank) This is the scoop on Mary Higgins' marriages (and Almeron Bristol's). Almeron was married FOUR times -- first to Mabel, then to a young Mary, then to Mary Higgins, probably about in 1849 or early 1850, after David Higgins died and Mary Higgins the first died, leaving behind a young child, Mary Higgins. (I am imagining that she died in childbirth.) Then Mary Randall Higgins Pierce died in 1853, and Almeron married Harriet to whom he was married when he died at a very ripe old age. They are all buried in Constantine cemetery, including the first child of David Higgins and Mary Randall, Harriet. Actually, David, Harriet, and two small children, are buried just a few feet away from Almeron and his four wives (and another child of Almeron's that died young). Lydia Randall is indeed Mary's sister, and she was deaf and dumb -- she later shows up (in 1870 or 1880 census) living with another sister back in the east. Imagine traveling across country in the 1850's as deaf and dumb!

1.   "Randall and Allied Families" website of William Randall.