Ancestors of Charles Lee Baker
Ann Marie "Polly" Bollinger and her daughter Eliza Smith
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This web page outlines what I know about Ann Marie "Polly"
Bollinger and her daughter Eliza Smith. Unless I note otherwise, this
all takes place in North Carolina.
Our story starts over 200 years ago when, on 28 Feb 1761, Christian
Bollinger was born to Jacob Hans Bollinger and Anna Maria Bauman. Jacob
Hans Bollinger was born in Switzerland. Anna Maria Bauman was born in
York County, PA. Some records show Christian was also born in
Switzerland but some show he was born in PA. There are web sites that
trace this family back a couple more generations.
Sometime before 1784, Christian married Maria Margaretha "Margaret"
Runk (Runck)
and had four children, all born in York County, PA:
Christian b: 8 FEB 1784
Legion b: 9 FEB 1785
Anna Susannah b: 25 MAY 1789
Anna Marie b: 18 DEC 1791
According to the Catawba County Heritage Book:
"Christian Bollinger came from
Switzerland and settled in PA. Was an early pioneer of what is now
Catawba County. He went west on a hunting trip with nine other men:
only one returned. He reported that Christian Bollinger with the others
had been killed and scalped by Indians. The widow of Christian and her
children came from PA, by wagon train, about 1800. She settled in what
is now Catawba Co."
From the NC GenWeb web site:
"Those settling in the Catawba
Valley
were originally of two distinct communities: Those speaking German and
those speaking English. The Palatine Germans and Swiss generally found
land to their liking in the northern portion of the county which
resembled the ridges and rolling hills of their homeland. For the most
part, the Scot-Irish and English settlers formed the communities in the
south-east part of the county."
Soon after arriving in what is now Catawba County (it was all Lincoln
Co then), Margaret married Jacob Seabaugh (Seabach/Sebach).
They had at least one more child, Margaret born 12 Dec 1801.
Jacob Seabaugh died 22 Dec 1809 in Lincoln Co, NC making Margaret a
widow for the second time.
From "Lincoln Co
NC Will Abstracts 1779-1910" FHL 975.6782 p28m : #1095 "Jacob
Sebach, will dated Nov 1804, probate Jan 1810. wife Margaret. Her
children and wife's children by her first husband: Jacob Sebach, Peter
Sebach, Lionder Bollinger, Christian Bollinger, Susanna Bollinger, Anna
Mary Bollinger. My youngest children John Sebach and Margaret Sebach.
My other children: Catharina Sebach, Joseph Sebach,
Georg
Sebach, Magdalena Sebach, and Elizabeth Sebach. EXEC. Peter Hoyl, Henry
Roth. WIT: Abraham Smith, Christian Sebach".
Note
about Lincoln Co : Lincoln Co was formed in 1779 out of Tryon Co which
was abolished. Rutherford Co was simultaneously formed out of Tryon. In
1782, the part of Burke Co roughly corresponding to present-day Catawba
Co was added to Lincoln.
Two of her children with Christian Bollinger married:
Christian to Sally Reynolds on 9 Jan
1837 in, Lincoln, NC.
Legion
to Catherine Killian on 24 Dec 1808 in,
Catawba, NC. Legion died about 1858 and is recorded
in will
book 1-139 in Catawba Co.
I can't find a marriage for Anna Susannah or Anna Marie.
Church records at Daniel's German Reformed Church lists church members
for 1833. Both a Polly Bollinger and a Mary Bollinger are listed as
members.
Anna Marie never married. By
1840, she had (most
likely) adopted a daughter, Eliza
Goens Smith. Eliza was born about Dec 1832 to, as yet, unknown parents
but of Pennsylvania Dutch extraction (
I think I have
found Eliza's parents. Click here.
). From Eliza's
death
certificate, her
mother's maiden name was Lenard or Leonard. From "The
Centennial History of Oregon" her maiden name was Goens
(other variations
that I have seen are Goins, Goin, and Goings). In the
1840 census, Margaret Seabaugh, Anna Marie Bollinger and Eliza Smith
were living in Upper Regiment Militia, in what was then Lincoln County,
NC
In 1842, Catawba County was formed from the northern part of Lincoln
County.
In 1846, Gaston County was formed from the southern part of Lincoln
County.
1895 Lincoln County
Catawba County is just to the north and
Gaston County is just to the south
Margaret Seabaugh died on 3 Mar 1848 in Lincoln Co NC and is buried by
her 2nd husband Jacob Seabach (Lincolnton, Lincoln Co, NC)
From "Lincoln Co
NC Will Abstracts 1779-1910" FHL 975.6782 p28m : #1096 "Margaret
Sebach, will dated 25 Jul 1843, probate March 1848. Daughter Mary. To
Eliza Mahaly Smith. EXEC. son Legion Bullinger. WIT. Henry Rhodes,
Calab Miller. Book 2 pg 295".
By 16 Sep 1850, Anna Marie, who we now learn was called Polly,
age 59
years, was living with Eliza Smith, age 17 years. From the 1850 census,
we also learn that Eliza was born in NC. They were still living in
Lincoln County.
Sometime in the 1850's, Polly and Eliza moved from Lincoln County to
Hickory Tavern, Catawba County. They moved in next door to Polly's
nephew Michael Bollinger and his family. Michael was a farmer. I
believe Polly lived next door to Michael until at least 1880.
In Sep 1859, Eliza had her first daughter, Alice (a later census told
us that she was Mary Alice).
By 28 Jul 1860, Polly
(in the census as Mary),
Eliza and Alice were
living in Hickory Tavern, Catawba County. Mary/Polly was 68 years old,
Eliza was 27 years old and Alice was 1 year old. Eliza was a weaver.
They lived next door to Michael Bollinger and wife Catherine. Michael
was Polly's nephew. They also lived next door to Wesley and Margaret
Miller and their family. Wesley and Margaret had 3 children including 1
year old George W. who would, in 1877, marry Alice Smith.
In February 1861, Eliza had her second daughter, Laura (later we
learned she was Laura Ann).
By 20 Jul 1870, Polly, 73y, was still living with Eliza, 33y,
in Hickory Tavern and there were now
two children, Alice, 10 years, and Laura, 8 years. For the first time,
we learn that neither Polly nor Eliza could write, although both could
read. They lived next door to Polly's nephew, Michael Bollinger, and
his second wife Minerva.
About 1871, Eliza had her third daughter, Lon or Lori.
Throughout all these years, we never learned of a husband of Eliza.
From the time she was 17 years old, her surname was Smith.
Alice married M. M. Bollinger on
6 Jan 1877 in
Catawba County. Both
were 18 years old. M.M. must have died within a short time of their
marriage because by the 1880 census, Alice was remarried, to George
Miller (her neighbor in the 1860 census), and had a 1 year old
daughter.
[Comment from Tony Bollinger :
"For M.M. Bollinger, I have no match for the 1859
time frame. I do not have records for Christian Bollinger's
(Legion's brother) grandchildren which could include the M.M. for whom
we
are looking. There is also another group of Bollinger's in
the area
(Heinrich Bollinger line), however most of these moved to Missouri in
1800."]
Laura A. Smith married Felix Baker on 7 Feb 1878 in Newton, Catawba
County. Felix was
listed as "Fielden N. Baker". Laura was 19 years old and Felix was 23
years old. Felix was from Lincoln County. Witnesses were E.M. Bollinger
and Robert (or Robt) Baker. To read more about Fielden and his parents,
look at the web page for Nathan and Susan Baker.
[Aside: E.M.
Bollinger is probably Elbirt
M Bollinger (27
May 1848 - 10 Dec 1897),
the son of Polly's nephew,
Michael. Robert Baker was most likely Felix's younger brother.]
1895 Catawba County
Towns of Hickory and Newton
Both Alice and Laura were married by H. (Hyman) A. Forney, Justice of
the Peace in Newton, Catawba County.
By the 1880 census, Laura, 20 years old, and husband Felix Baker were
living in
Hickory, Catawba County. Living with them is their son, Harvey O., 1
year old, mother-in-law, Eliza Smith, 47 years old, Polly Bollinger, 88
years old and sister-in-law, Lon/Lori, 9 years old. We learn in this
census that Polly was never married and Eliza Smith was
widowed/divorced (although, again, we have never seen a Mr. Smith).
This
census confirms that Polly and her parents were born in PA. They still
lived next door to Polly's nephew, Michael Bollinger, and his wife
Minerva.
Felix Baker and Laura Smith were Bette Baker's grandparents.
Polly Bollinger, who adopted Eliza Smith, died about 1882 at the age of
90 years.
The following quote was written by Mrs. Mary E. Eudy (Mary Ellen
Bollinger [10 Jul
1892 - 18 Aug 1970], daughter of Sidney L. Bollinger (Sidney Bollinger
was the son of
Joseph who was the son of Legion who was the son of Christian
Bollinger)) - sent to me by Tony
Bollinger:
"Miss
Polly Bollinger, the daughter of
Christian Bollinger, lived in Catawba Co. She raised Lir
Smith. She was living with the family of George Miller at the
time of her death in 1880. She was about the age of 90 years
and
was buried at Fairgrove [United Methodist] Church in Catawba Co."
When Tony
first sent this historical note to me I didn't have a clue what it
meant. Since then we
have realized that the transcription as sent to me originally read "raised Lir
Smith". Most
likely, in the original document, the "r" is really a "z" handwritten
in the older style where the tail of the "z" does not go below the line
and thus looks like an "r".
So this Liz Smith was our Eliza!
And who was George Miller? In the 1880 census, we see George Miller,
age 21y, and wife "M.A."
Miller, 21y - Mary Alice Smith - living in Newton
Townhsip,
Catawba Co. Alice is, of course, Eliza's oldest daughter. With them is
their daughter "E.J.", age 1y - this was Emma, born
Feb 1879. We learned from later
information that his full name was George Wesley Miller but sometimes
written as George Washington Miller. So George was her son-in-law. We
also
learned that
Alice went on to have 10 children. We also saw Emma again in the 1900
census in Reedville, Washington Co, Oregon.
Fairgrove United Methodist Church Cemetery is located on
Fairgrove Road
between highway 64-70 and I-40 exit 128, east of Hickory.
Reference source: Catawba Co Cemeteries, FHL 975.6785 v3C v.3
pg
12.
Sometime between the 1880 census, when Polly Bollinger was living with
Felix and Laura Baker and when she died, Polly (and most likely her
adopted daughter, Eliza Smith) went to live with George and Alice
Miller. To see as much of a detailed time-line from 1880 onward, look
at the web page for George
and Alice Miller.
Now there is a 20 year gap in information about the family. The 1890
census was almost completely lost in a 10 Jan 1921 fire in the basement
of the Commerce Building in Washington, DC. I've filled in here what I
could deduce from later information.
About 1889, George and Alice Miller, along with their 4 children moved
to Reedville, Washington Co, OR.
Eliza's third child, Lon/Lori, died sometime before 1900 (that census
indicates that Eliza had 3 children, 2 of whom are still living - Alice
and Laura). From "The
Centennial History of Oregon", she died at age 21 which would
be about 1892.
About 1892, Eliza Smith moved to Reedville, Washington Co, OR
to
join her daughter Alice Smith Miller and her son-in-law who had moved
there some years
earlier.
By the 12 June 1900 census, we find Laura Smith Baker, 39 years old
(born Feb 1861) in
Gastonia Township, Gaston County, NC. She is shown as Head of Household
and
is with her five children: Robert, 18y (born Nov 1881), Lestor, 13y
(born July 1886), Lela, 10y (born April 1890), Charlie, 6y (born Aug
1893 - Charles Baker is Bette's father) and Cornelius, 2y (born Nov
1897). Felix is
gone. We don't know
what happened to him. He must have been around to conceive Cornelius as
late as 1896 (although Bette Baker Clarno spoke of rumors that
Cornelius had a different
father). Laura had been married for 22 years and is still shown as
married (even though Felix is not listed). She had five children and
all five
are living (although she really had 8 children by then).
1895 Gaston County
Town of Gastonia
In Reedville, Washington County,
OR, the 27 Jun 1900 census shows Eliza Smith, 67y born Dec 1832,
living with daughter Mary Alice and son-in-law
George
Miller.
George and Alice had 9 children, 8 of whom are still living. George and
Alice's daughter Emma (who we saw in the 1880 census) was married to
George W. Taylor and they had one child, Bertie, 1y old.
The 8 children are:
Harvey Ottis (later Harry O), born 27
Dec 1879 (1880 Census and WWI Draft Registration)
Robert Alexander, son, born 15
Oct 1881 (1900 Census and WWI Draft Registration)
Fannie Alice, daughter, born Mar 1884
Lester George, son, born Jul
1886 (1900 Census)
Lela Mabel, daughter, born 1890 (1900
Census)
Thomas Loyde, son, born 26 Oct 1892
(1910 Census and WWI Draft
Registration [NOTE: he does not appear in the 1900 Census] )
Charles Lee, son, born Aug 1893 (1900
Census and 1910 Census)
Cornelius Vanderbilt, son, born Nov 1897
(1900 Census, and 1910 Census)
In Oregon, the 27 Apr 1910 census shows George and Alice still in
Reedville, OR. They had had a 10th child by then. Eliza Smith does not
appear
in this census. Eliza would have been about 77y. I've gone through the
Reedville census (26 pages) line by line but did not find Eliza. Also,
I can't find her in North Carolina.
According to Bette Baker Clarno:
"I have figured from marriage
and death
dates that Laura and at least Charles, my father, and Cornelius, the
two youngest of the family, moved to Oregon in 1912. Possibly Robert,
too."
By
the 21 Jan 1920 census, George (61y)
and Alice (62y) had moved to Aloha Precinct, Washington Co, OR. Living
with them was their youngest son, Edward, 23y. Also with them are Tom
Young (59y) and wife Laura (58y - this is Laura Smith Baker Young).
Another person, identifed as Elisabeth M Miller (87y and widowed) was
with them. I have found some
information on the web that tells me
this is really Eliza Smith. A Miller descendent, Kieth Black
wrote
"Elizabeth M Miller is living
with them, enumerator states her as
being the mother, but she`s actually the mother-in-law and says she was
born in NC and her parents born in Pennsylvania".
Kieth had found George
Miller's parents and the mother was not this woman. In 1900, Eliza was
67y, so now twenty years later, she is 87y. The census indicates she
was
born in NC and her parents were born in PA (as we know that Polly
Bollinger was - even though Polly was her adoptive mother and we don't
know anything about her father).
According to Bette Baker Clarno:
"I have a copy of a wonderful
picture that Cornelius's daughter,
Ruthann, sent to me a couple of years ago. It shows Cornelius and his
new wife, Fay, on their wedding day in 1919. Also in the picture are my
father, Charles Lee Baker and my mother, Frances Amelia Martin. They
married four months later. Besides them are my grandmother, Laura
Baker, and some other men and women, and a man who was definitely a
Baker in looks. Could it have been Robert? It was taken in Beaverton,
OR which is a suburb of Portland."
22 Mar 1919 Wedding Photo of Cornelius Baker and wife Fay
(I believe that this photo was taken at the home of George and Alice
Miller since the 1920 census shows Laura and Tom Young living with the
Millers)
Note that it appears that the husband of each woman is
sitting on the
ground in front of his wife.
It seems like whoever setup this photo, had
put people in very specific spots.
Identification (see Key photo
below for Person Numbers):
Person
Number |
Mark's guesses
with help from Bette Clarno |
Ruthann Baker
Bailey, via email May 2007 |
| #1 |
Fay Etta Curtright (18y), wife of (#8) Cornelius
Baker |
"Fayetta,
my mother" |
| #2 |
Frances Martin (Bette Baker's mother), wife of
(#9) Charles Baker |
"Betty's
mother" |
| #3 |
Laura Smith Baker Young (57y), wife of (#10)
Thomas
Young (and previously, Fielden or Felix Baker) |
"Laura
Smith Young" |
| #4 |
?? Could this be Alice Curtright (56y), Fay
Etta's mother, wife of (#11) Benjamin Curtright? (note 1). Alice died
after
1930. |
"Alice
Curtwright, Fayetta's mother" |
| #5 |
?? Could this be Mary Alice Smith Miller (61y),
wife of (#12) George Miller? (note 2). Alice died 19 May, 1925. |
|
| #6 |
|
"Ivy
Curtwright Brown, Fayetta's sister" (Mark's note: Ivy
Brown, 27y, 1920 Census Portland, OR) |
| #7 |
?? (note 3) |
|
Person
Number |
Mark's guesses
with help from Bette Clarno |
Ruthann Baker
Bailey, via email May 2007 |
| #8 |
Cornelius Vanderbilt Baker (21y) husband of (#1)
Fay Etta Curtright. |
"For
the most part the men are the husbands of the women standing in back of
them." |
| #9 |
Charles Lee Baker (24y) (Bette Baker's father)
husband of (#2) Frances Martin. |
|
| #10 |
Thomas Young (58y) 2nd husband of (#3)
Laura Smith. |
|
| #11 |
?? Could this be Benjamin F. Curtright
(59y), Fay
Etta's father and husband of (#4) Alice Curtright? (note 1) |
|
| #12 |
?? Could this be George Miller (60y), wife of
(#5) Mary Alice? (note 2) |
|
| #13 |
?? child |
"I
think the child is Doris Brown the daughter of Roy Brown and Ivy. This
was
their only child. Doris
never married and had no children..She died in the l970's in Portland,
Ore. She lived her life with her parents and then lived alone
until her death...." (Mark's note: Dorothy Brown,
8y - 1920 Census Portland, OR) |
| #14 |
?? child |
|
| #15 |
?? (note 3) |
"The
last man on the right sitting on the ground is Roy Brown, husband of
Ivy. (#6)" (Mark's note: Roy T. Brown, 34y -
1920
Census Portland, OR) |
Where
is Eliza Smith, mother of Laura and
Mary
Alice, (86y)? Eliza appears in the 1920 census living with George and
Alice Miller. Eliza died August 6, 1920.
NOTES:
(1)
On
the marriage certificate dated 22(?) March 1919, the name of the bride
really looks like Fay Etta Curtright. The witness was B.F. Curtright.
Issued by the County of Multnomah. I've found a 1920 census with
Benjamin F. Curtright and wife Alice - no children living with them.
These people must be in this photo.
Person #6 has a face which has the same general shape as #1 (Fay Etta
Curtright) so that is why I think #6 is Fay's mother.
Benjamin Curtright was born in MO about 1860. In the 1900 census, they
were in
Garfield, OK. Fay was born about 1902 in OK per the 1920 census. In
that
1920 census,
she is listed as wife of Cornelius.
Oregon Marriages, 1906-20
| Name: |
Curtright,
Fay Etta |
| County: |
Multnomah |
| Marriage Date: |
Mar 1919 |
Oregon Death Index, 1903-98
| Name: |
Curtright,
Benjamin F |
| County: |
Portland |
| Death Date: |
30 Dec 1924 |
| Certificate: |
3236 |
By the 1930 census, Cornelius, Fay, 4 children and Alice Curtright were
living in Seattle, WA. They are indexed on ancestry.com under "L.V.
Bisher".
(2) I
have a photo taken in 1880 of George and Alice Miller. Look
on this web page. When I compare the faces of persons 5 and
11 with that photo, to me they are same people. I have a photo of George
Miller taken in Oregon. It was sent to me by his granddaughter, Nita
Rinehart Mede. Click
here. That photo is undated but it might help us decide if
George is #12 in this photo.
(3)
These people look like Bakers but we don't know who they are. I
have my guess but I don't have any facts.In May of 2007, Ruthann Baker
Bailey told me that
Ivy/Iva Curtright married Roy Brown. Ruthann identifed person #15 as
Roy Brown. If that is him, then I would guess that person #7 is his
wife Ivy/Iva Curtright (27y). |
In May of 2007, Ruthann Baker Bailey identified two of
the
people in the photo as Roy Brown and his wife, Ivy Curtright Brown. Up
to this time, we didn't know of him but we had seen Ivy Curtright
living with her parents. I found a little more information:
1900 Census,
Portland, OR
Roy T. Brown, 14y living with parents and siblings, born July 1885
1920 Census, Portland, OR
Roy T. Brown, 34y, Trainman for the Railway, born in KS
Iva Brown, 27y, born in KS
Dorothy Brown, 8y, born in OR
Oregon Death
Index, 1903-98
| Name: |
Brown,
Iva M |
| County: |
Multnomah |
| Death Date: |
17 Feb 1962 |
| Certificate: |
2836 |
| Age: |
71 |
| Spouse: |
Roy |
|
Frances Martin and Charles
Baker married a few months after Fay and Cornelius Baker married.
By 1920, Charles Baker, married to Frances Martin, was in Multnomah,
OR,
Cornelius Baker, married to Fay Etta Curtright (sometimes seen as
Marietta), was also in Multnomah, OR, Robert Baker,
married to Myrtle, was in Gastonia Township, Gaston County, NC and
Harvey O. Baker was in South Point Township, Gaston County, NC
ca 1920 Charles Baker and mother, Laura Smith Baker
Eliza Smith died soon after the 1920 census. From the Oregon
death
index,
she died on August 6, 1920 in Washington Co, OR,
certificate #168. She is buried in Cooper
Mountain
Evangelical Cemetery
in Aloha, OR. The death certificate
does not give a birth
date but gives
her age as 87y, 7m. It lists her father as unknown and her mother's
maiden name as Lenard. She was widowed and had lived in Aloha, OR for
22y (moved frm NC in 1898).
Alice Smith Miller also died at about the same
time. From the Oregon
death
index,
she died on 19 May, 1925 in Washington Co, OR,
certificate #107. She is buried in Cooper
Mountain
Evangelical Cemetery
in Aloha, OR.. The death certificate
gives her birth date as
26 Sep 1858.
She was married and had lived in Aloha, OR for 34y (moved from NC in
1891).
By 1930, Charles had divorced Frances Martin after having one child,
Bette in 1921. In the 1930 census, he is shown remarried to Lucille J
<?>. 23y. They may have been married about 1928. By about
1932, Charles moved to Tacoma, WA to
move near to his brother, Cornelius. I've learned more
about Lucille and made
her own web page. Bette Baker wrote:
"About
my Dad. I called him Daddy Charles....my Mom was Mama Frances. He would
come on a Saturday, sometimes, and take me out for a meal. (
“what do you want to eat?” Porkchops.) Then he
would take
me to a show. ( “would you like to go to a ball game or a
show?” A show. ) So we would go to the theater downtown that
had
vaudeville as well as a movie. We both loved the vaudeville part. One
day my Dad took me to the apartment of one of the dancers whom he got
to know and dated. I heard much later that she died...of pneumonia."
Laura Ann (Smith Baker) Young died on 28 Dec 1930. She
is buried in Cooper
Mountain Evangelical Cemetery in Aloha, OR. The death
certificate gives her birth date as 3 Feb 1860. She
was a resident of OR for 18 years.
Bette Baker Clarno wrote:
"I do know that Laura
married again , probably in Oregon, to a Thomas
Young. He was "Grandpa Young" to me when I was growing up.
Unfortunately, my parents, Charles and Frances, divorced when I was a
baby, so I never did really get to know much about my father's family.
He used to tell me, though, that I had "dozens of cousins.". I only
remember seeing my grandmother, Laura, twice in my life. Once, when my
Dad took me to see her when I was very little, and the second time in
her coffin when I was six, and he took me to her funeral (Mark's note: Laura died in
1930). There must
have been other times, but I don't remember. My Dad moved to Tacoma,
where Cornelius and family lived, and I didn't see him as much."
Thomas Young died on 9 Dec 1944, parents
listed as Wilson Young and Latena - really Fatima - Harober. I don't
think his mother's last name is right either. Buried
at Cooper
Mountain Evangelical Cemetery in Aloha, OR.
Bette also wrote:
"I
was looking at Laura's death certificate today. Cornelius Baker gave
the information about her on it. He said that her father's name was
Smith, but he didn't know her mother's maiden name. All from N.C.
though. I don't rmember a Reedville in Wash. County. I wonder if it was
swallowed up by Beaverton?
I also looked at my
Mom's wedding
certificate to Everett Abbott again....in 1929. That's the one where
she lists herself as Amelia Frances Baker from San Francisco. They were
married in Vancouver, WA, like a lot of people did then. But
remember....their witnesses were Robert Baker and Juanita Baker. This
was 10 years after she married my Dad. I've often wondered if
they were ever divorced. Also, Cornelius, on his application for Social
Security, lists Felix Baker as his father."
To see as much of a detailed time-line from 1880 onward, look at the
web page for Felix
and Laura Baker.
|
1840
Census |
1850
Census
1 Jun |
1860
Census
1 Jun |
1870
Census
1 Jun |
1880
Census
1 Jun |
1900
Census
1 Jun |
1910
Census
15 Apr |
1920
Census
1 Jan |
1930
Census
1 Apr |
 Spouse
&
 Children |
Death |
Notes |
Anna
Marie
"Polly"
Bollinger
18 Dec 1791
PA |
40-49y
Upper Regiment Militia
Lincoln
NC
Living with her mother Margaret Seabaugh |
59y
Lincoln
NC |
68y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC |
73y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC |
88y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC
Living with
Felix and Laura Baker
|
deceased |
Never
married.
Adopted Eliza Smith before 1840 |
abt
1882
90y
buried at
Fairgrove United Methodist Church Cemetery
At the time of her death, she was living with the family of George
Miller and daughter, Mary Alice Smith.. |
|
Eliza
Mahaly
Goens/Goins
1833 or
Dec 1832
NC |
5-9y
Upper Regiment Militia
Lincoln
NC
Living with Polly Bollinger and Margaret Seabaugh. |
17y
Lincoln
NC
Living with Polly Bollinger.
Name listed as Eliza Smith. |
27y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC
1 daughter
Alice
Living with Polly Bollinger.
Name listed as Eliza Smith. |
33y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC
2 daughters
Alice and Laura
Living with Polly Bollinger.
Name listed as Eliza Smith. |
47y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC
2 daughters
Laura and Lon/Lori.
Living with
Felix & Laura Baker and Polly Bollinger.
Name listed as Eliza Smith. |
67y
Reedville
Washington
OR
living with George and Alice Miller
3 children, 2 living. Name listed as Eliza Smith. |
not
found |
87y
Aloha
Washington
OR
living with George and Alice Miller.
Name listed as "Elizabeth M Miller". We have later learned that her
middle name was Mahaly. |
deceased |
Husband
never found (source on genealogy.com shows the name as Daniel
Smith).
Mary
Alice 1858 or 59
Laura
Ann 1861
Lulu
1871 died before 1900 (source on genealogy.com shows
the name as Lulu, died at 21y about 1892). |
6
Aug 1920
Washington
OR
age 87y, 7m
buried in Cooper
Mountain
Evangelical Cemetery
in Aloha, OR. |
By
1880, Laura Ann Smith was married to Felix Baker.
By 1880, Mary Alice Smith was married to George Miller.
Death
certificate signed by son-in-law, George W. Miller |
Daniel
Smith
?? - 1863 |
not found |
deceased |
Eliza Goens |
1863 |
|
Mary Alice Smith
1859 or
26 Sep 1858
Hickory
Catawba
NC |
not born yet |
1y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC |
10y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC |
For 1880 and later, look at
Family
of George Miller and Alice Smith |
Married
to George Miller about 1877 |
Laura Ann Smith
3 Feb 1860
Hickory
Catawba
NC |
not born yet |
8y
Hickory Tavern
Catawba
NC |
For 1880 and later, look at
Family
of Felix Baker and Laura Smith |
Married
to Felix Baker about 1878 |
Lori or Lon or Lulu Smith
1871
Hickory
Catawba
NC |
not born yet |
9y
Hickory Catawba
NC |
deceased |
none |
source
on genealogy.com shows the name as Lulu, died at 21y (1892). |
Lulu's
father could not have been Daniel
Smith if he died in 1863.
|
Other Bollinger Links
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/link06.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/family/bollinge.txt
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/surnhelp.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/surnhelp.htm
General Notes (These may be out of date and are here for
reference ONLY).
This file received from Tony Bollinger on 11 Oct 2005.
Bollinger-Smith
Notes
Records found at the York Co. Library in
York, PA, list a Christian Bollinger, born 1761, who married a Margaret
Runk (Runck). Church records at the library show birth dates for three
of Christian and Margaret's children. They are Anna Marie born 18
December 1791, Anna Susanna born 25 May 1789, and Christian born 08
February 1784. Legion is not listed.
Anna Marie Bullinger (Polly/Mary Bollinger)
Born: 18 December 1791 - Heidelberg Twp., York Co., PA
Baptized : Lischy's (St Petyer's) Ref Ch in Codorus Twp., York Co., PA
Died:
Buried: Polly Bollinger Age 90 Fairgrove Baptist Church - Newton,
Catawba Co., NC
Polly is listed as Anna Mary Bollinger in the will of Jacob Sebach (2nd
husband of Margaret Bollinger Sebach.)
Church
records at Daniel's German Reformed Church lists church members for
1833. A Polly Bollinger and a Mary Bollinger are listed as members.
There
was no mention of a husband of Polly and I'm guessing that there was
not one. I'm guessing that Eliza Smith was an only child, born when
Polly was about 40y and not married. Eliza is always referred to as
daughter in the census. Smith may have been the family name of the
father (or a false name to protect the fathers reputation?).
Federal Census.
1790 p822 Jacob Seabaugh - Lincoln Co, NC
1800 Jacob Seabaugh (1755-1809): m-10/1, m10-16/2, m16-26/1, m45+/1,
f-10/2, f26-45/1- Lincoln Co, NC
1810 Margaret Seabaugh: m-10/1, f-10/1, f26-45/1?( she should be 50) -
Lincoln Co, NC
1830:
Christian Bollinger - (her brother) there is a female that is between
30 - 40. (his first wife? mother of Susannah
Bollinger 1832?)
1840:
Margaret Seabaugh (1760-1848) - (her mother) head of house, one female
age 5-10 (Eliza), one female age 40-50(Polly) and one female age 80-90.
1850:
Polly Bollinger - Lincoln Co., NC - house 677 - head of
house, name
(Polly), age 59, born in PA, listed in same household is a female,
Eliza Smith, age 17
1860: Mary Bollinger - Catawba Co., NC - Hickory
Tavern Twp/fam 451 - head of house (Mary), age 68, Eliza Smith age 27,
weaver, and Alice Smith age 1
1870: Polly Bollinger - Catawba Co.,
NC - Hickory Tavern Twp/fam 158 - head of house, age 73, can not write,
listed in the same household is a female, Eliza Smith age 33, Alice age
10 and Laura age 8
1880: Felix Baker - Catawba Co., NC - Hickory
/fam 466-489 Felix Baker 23 - head of house, Laura A. 20 wife, Harvey O
1 son, Eliza Smith age 47 Mother in law, Polly Bullinger 88 is listed
as a boarder.
She was living with the family of George Miller at the time of her
death in 1881/2. (is this true?)
Children:
Eliza Smith
Born: 1833 - Catawba Co., NC
Children:
Alice Smith
Born: 1859 - Catawba Co., NC
Laura A Smith
Born: 1860 - Catawba Co., NC
Married: Felix Baker
Children:
Harvey O Baker
Born: 1879 - Catawba Co., NC
Lori Smith
Born: 1871 - Catawba Co., NC
11. Christian Bollinger is also listed in the 1840 census.
(Upper Regiment Militia, Lincoln Co., NC)
Christian's age shows 50-59y (if born in
1784, he would be 56y old).
No female in that same age range is shown in his family. I don't know
where his wife is (Catherine Killian died in
1865).
CHRISTIAN BOLLINGER
Lincoln Co, NC
Township: Second Reg. Mr
Year: 1814
Database: NC 1812-1814 Muster
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