Person:Elijah Parmenter (3)

Watchers
Elijah Parmenter
b.Abt 1810
  • F.  Peter Parmenter (add)
  • M.  Rebecca (add)
m. Bef 1801
  1. Elijah ParmenterAbt 1810 - 1887
m. 10 Mar 1849
  1. Mary M. ParmenterAbt 1849 - 1854
  2. James E. Parmenter1852 -
  3. Charles Henry Parmenter1853 - 1918
  4. Mary M. Parmenter1854 - 1858
  5. William D. Parmenter1857 -
  6. Addie C. Parmenter1861 - 1957
  7. Laura W. Parmenter1868 - 1954
Facts and Events
Name Elijah Parmenter
Gender Male
Birth[8] Abt 1810
Marriage 10 Mar 1849 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Warner
Death[1] 20 Apr 1887 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths Registered in the Town of Lancaster for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
    No.: 10
    Date of Death: April 20 [1887]
    Name: Elijah Parmenter
    Sex: M
    Condition: M
    Age: 86 y. 8 m. [birth about Aug 1800]
    Cause: Typh. Pneumonia
    Place of Death: Lancaster
    Occupation: Farmer
    Place of Birth: Newton
    Parents: Peter & Rebaca Parmenter
    Birthplaces of Parents: F-Unknown / M-Lancaster

  2.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
    [2].

    Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 11 Jun 1880, Dwelling 153, Family 171
    Parmenter, Elijah, age 71, Laborer, MA/MA/MA
    Parmenter, Abby (wife), age 53, Keeping house, MA/MA/MA
    Parmenter, Laura (daughter), age 11, At school, MA/MA/MA

  3.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
    [3].

    Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 14 Jul 1870, Dwelling 103, Family 109
    Parmenter, Elijah, age 56, Farm hand, b. Mass
    Parmenter, Abby, age 43, Keeping house b. Mass
    Parmenter, James, age 19, Farm hand, b. Mass
    Parmenter, Charles, age 17, Farm hand, b. Mass
    Parmenter, Willie, age 13, attends School, b. Mass
    Parmenter, Abbie, age 10, attends School, b. Mass
    Parmenter, Laura, age 1, b. Mass

  4.   Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts state census, 1855-1865. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974)
    [4].

    Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1 May 1865, Dwelling 195 Family 200
    Martin Campbell, age 45, b. Ireland, Laborer
    Bridget Campbell, age 38, b. Ireland
    Roxy Freeman, age 60 (Black), b. Mass
    Elijah Parmenter, age 53, b. Mass, Laborer
    Abby Parmenter, age 40, b. Mass
    James Parmenter, age 14, b. Mass
    Charles Parmenter, age 12, b. Mass
    William Parmenter, age 8, b. Mass
    Abby Parmenter, age 4, b. Mass
    George Parmenter, age 1, b. Mass

  5.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    [5].

    Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 9 Jul 1860, Dwelling 947, Family 973
    Elijah Parmenter, age 46, Day Laborer, b. Mass
    Abby Parmenter, age 35, b. Mass
    James E. Parmenter, age 9, b. Mass.
    Charles H. Parmenter, age 7, b. Mass.
    William Parmenter, age 3, b. Mass.

  6.   Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts state census, 1855-1865. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974)
    [6].

    Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 24 Sep 1855 [from several pages previous], Dwelling 99, Family 103
    Elijah Parmenter, age 42, Farmer, b. Mass
    Abbie Parmenter, age 30, b. Mass
    James Parmenter, age 4, b. Mass
    Charles H. Parmenter, age 3, b. Mass

  7.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    [7].

    Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 17 Aug 1850, Dwelling 50, Family 56
    Elijah Parmater, age 37, Farmer, b. Mass
    Abagail Parmater, age 24, b. Mass.
    Mary M. Parmater, age 1, b. Mass.

  8. The death record appears out of whack with all the census records suggesting a birth in 1800, while the censuses give 1813 (1850), 1813 (1855), 1814 (1860), 1812 (1865), 1814 (1870) and 1809 (1880); and his marriage in 1849 gives his age as 35, so born 1814. If his parents are Peter and Hannah as named on his marriage record, he probably is the son aged 10-15 in the 1920 census, so born 1805 to 1810.