Isaac Mapes
(1810-)
Nancy Bailey
(1818-)
Melissa Mapes
(Cir 1836-Bef 1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rensselaer T. Straw

Melissa Mapes

  • Born: Cir 1836, Michigan
  • Marriage (1): Rensselaer T. Straw after 1850
  • Died: Bef 1880
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bullet  General Notes:

see husband's notes

maiden name per son George's death records [www.familysearch.com - pilot search]

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1850 Hudson, Lenawee, MI
Isaac Mapes 1810 N Y [HOH]
Nancy Mapes 1818 NY
Ch: Melissa 13; Samuel 11; Wm 8; George 3 and Harriet 1yr

1860 census Flowerfield, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Rensselaer T. Straw [c1822] is a farmer
Melissa [b.1836]
George [c1853].

1870 Hudson, Lewanee County, Michigan
R. M. STRAW c1825 NY
Melissa 1827 MI
George 1853 MI
Samuel 1862 MI

1880 Castroville, Monterey, California
M. Straw b. c1840 MI; widowed; parents born NY
Appears to be living with C. J. Whitcher a 55 yr old blacksmith born England and his son C. J Jr age se also a blacksmith and born in Canada


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Melissa married Rensselaer T. Straw, son of Thomas Straw and Rhoda Trumbull, after 1850. The marriage ended in divorce on 12 Apr 1881. (Rensselaer T. Straw was born in 1821 in New York, died on 5 Jan 1899 in Constantine, St. Joseph county, Michigan and was buried on 7 Jan 1899 in Village Cemtery in Constantine, Michigan.). The cause of his death was interstitial catarrh; asthenia.


bullet  Marriage Notes:

single in 1850 census and lives with parents



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