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Melissa Margaret Stevens 1830 – 1895 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1830

Birth Location: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA

Death Date: 13 Jan 1895

Death Location: Ravenna, Sherman, Nebraska, USA

Father: Abner Stevens

Mother: Lois Nichols

Spouse(s): Stephen Lamb

Children(s): Florence Lamb, Delia Lamb, Levi Lovell

Melissa Margaret Stevens was born in 1830 in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA, the child of Abner Stevens and Lois Nichols. In 1850, Melissa Margaret Stevens resided in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont. Melissa Margaret Stevens married Stephen P Lamb, and had children including Florence Louisa Lamb, Delia Lamb, Levi Leon Lovell. Melissa Margaret Stevens passed away in 1895 in Ravenna, Sherman, Nebraska, USA.

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Biography

  • Melissa Margaret Stevens was born in 1830 in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA, the child of Abner Stevens and Lois Nichols.
  • In 1850, Melissa Margaret Stevens resided in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont.
  • Melissa Margaret Stevens married Stephen P Lamb, and had children including Florence Louisa Lamb, Delia Lamb, Levi Leon Lovell.
  • Melissa Margaret Stevens passed away in 1895 in Ravenna, Sherman, Nebraska, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Abner Stevens
1808 – 1892
Birth Location: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
AS
Lois Nichols
1805 – 1848
Birth Location: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
LN

Spouses(s)

Stephen Lamb
1829 – 1891
Birth Location: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
SL

Children(s)

Florence Lamb
1850 – 1937
Birth Location: New York
FL
Delia Lamb
1851 – 1920
Birth Location: Wells, Rutland, Vermont
DL
Levi Lovell
1857 – 1931
Birth Location: Panama, Chautauqua, New York
LL

Melissa Stevens's Ancestors

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Melissa Stevens
1830 – 1895
Birth Place: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Parents
Abner Stevens
1808 – 1892
Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Lois Nichols
1805 – 1848
Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Grandparents
Abner Stevens
1770 – 1846
Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Jerusha West
1772 – 1859
Vermont
Great-Grandparents
Peter Stevens
1741 – 1821
Lois Glass
1743 – 1820
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Stevens
1695 – 1780
Abigail Mott
1702 – 1790
Anthony Glass
1720 – 1780
Eunice Bennett
1721 –

Melissa Stevens's Descendants

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Melissa (Margaret) Stevens (20 Feb 1830 – 13 Jan 1895) m. Stephen (P) Lamb (8 Jan 1829 – 10 Apr 1891)
  1. 1. Florence (Louisa) Lamb (1850 – 8 Jul 1937) m. Theodore (Silas) Baker (1850 – 1870) m. Nathan (Adams) Rease (9 Sep 1845 – 22 Jun 1918)
    1. 1. Estelle (L) Baker (1867 – )
    2. 2. Bernice (May) Rease (23 Mar 1873 – 20 Sep 1954) m. Edward (Emerson) Sherard (3 Jan 1867 – 17 Oct 1954)
      1. 1. Ivan (E) Sherard (8 Apr 1890 – 13 Feb 1978) m. Lena (C) Sherard (10 Jan 1892 – 18 Oct 1976)
        1. 1. Harold (Eugene) Sherard (16 Jan 1913 – 19 Aug 1988)
        2. 2. Clair (A) Sherard (30 Apr 1916 – 27 Sep 2004)
        3. 3. Donald (S) Sherard (abt 1919 – )
        4. 4. Carol (B) Sherard (abt 1922 – )
      2. 2. Merle (Adam) Sherard (12 Dec 1892 – 7 Aug 1970)
      3. 3. Harold (E) Sherard (13 Sep 1896 – 26 Mar 1897)
      4. 4. Verne (Oscar) Sherard (Dec 1898 – 1 Sep 1965) m. Edna (Mae) Keechler (3 Nov 1896 – 10 Sep 1987)
        1. 1. Emerson (Lavern) Sherard (17 Mar 1919 – 21 Sep 2007) m. Nadine (Jenny) Becker (20 Jan 1920 – 29 Jan 1992)
        2. 2. Ethel (Mae) Sherard (3 Jan 1922 – 23 Sep 1935)
        3. 3. Elle (G) Sherard (1 Jul 1923 – )
      5. 5. Winiford (Lyle) Sherard (4 Jul 1900 – 11 Jun 1984) m. Ruth Sherard (abt 1901 – Oct 1985)
      6. 6. Glen (Stanley) Sherard (11 Jan 1905 – 10 Feb 1905)
    3. 3. Iomagene Rease (5 Sep 1875 – 26 Feb 1876)
    4. 4. Royal (Lee) Rease (3 Apr 1877 – 23 Apr 1879)
    5. 5. Edna (Claire) Rease (6 Sep 1879 – 3 Sep 1960) m. Frank (Ray) Struble (8 Jan 1872 – 8 Apr 1937)
      1. 1. Leo Struble (14 Oct 1898 – 21 Feb 1952) m. Luella (Gay) Prouty (3 Sep 1900 – 1 Jan 1969)
        1. 1. Frank (E) Struble (13 Jan 1921 – 13 Jun 1963)
        2. 2. Leo (Idell) Struble (1922 – )
        3. 3. Lois Struble (1928 – )
      2. 2. Roy (R) Struble (abt 1902 – )
      3. 3. Doris (Delight) Struble (abt 1903 – 10 Aug 1985) m. Adolph (Phillip) Kasal (22 Aug 1890 – 28 May 1954)
        1. 1. Henry (LeRay) Kasal (6 Jul 1923 – 24 Sep 1993)
        2. 2. Illah (Mae Agnes) Kasal (26 May 1927 – 22 Feb 2007)
        3. 3. Irena (J) Kasal (abt 1929 – )
      4. 4. Merna (N) Struble (abt 1906 – )
      5. 5. Fay (F) Struble (abt 1908 – )
      6. 6. Velma (V) Struble (abt 1912 – )
      7. 7. Bernice (Bernell) Struble (abt 1914 – )
    6. 6. Maude (Inez) Rease (1 Dec 1882 – 29 Nov 1916) m. Semore (Grant) Swaine (9 Mar 1873 – 16 Feb 1942)
      1. 1. Cleo (May) Swaim (9 Dec 1901 – 25 Jul 1990) m. Floyd (E) Conner (Oct 1882 – 16 Nov 1946)
      2. 2. Walter (Rease) Swaim (23 Mar 1905 – 21 Jan 1973) m. Edna Gregory (abt 1907 – )
        1. 1. Arlene Swaim (abt 1927 – )
        2. 2. Walter (Wayne) Swaim (02 Feb 1928 – 13 Dec 1993)
      3. 3. Frederick (E) Swaim (13 May 1907 – 25 Sep 1984) m. Iona Gregory (16 Mar 1911 – 4 Sep 1965)
        1. 1. Leland Swaine (abt 1927 – )
        2. 2. Almeta Swaine (abt 1928 – )
      4. 4. Ruth (Lucille) Swaim (19 Aug 1909 – 28 Apr 1975) m. Leroy (E) Whisler (14 Feb 1907 – 12 Jul 1992)
      5. 5. Roy (Winfred) Swaim (14 Jul 1912 – 27 Oct 1997)
      6. 6. Maude (Flora) Swaim (26 Oct 1916 – 15 Dec 1994) m. Vergil (Edwin) Whisler (abt 1912 – 28 May 1980) m. Milo (H) Bowen (1915 – 30 Nov 2002)
    7. 7. Frankie (Ray) Rease (25 May 1886 – 16 Aug 1886)
    8. 8. William (Stanley) Rease (12 Aug 1887 – 25 Feb 1952) m. Goldy Rease (abt 1888 – )
  2. 2. Delia Lamb (29 Dec 1851 – 22 Aug 1920) m. John (Sadler) Donaldson (20 Nov 1835 – 23 Jun 1902)
    1. 1. Cora (Belle) Donaldson (17 Jul 1870 – 27 Apr 1957)
    2. 2. Neva (L) Donaldson (1873 – 1960) m. Wallace Whitehead (4 Mar 1874 – 1944)
      1. 1. Walter (Dewey) Whitehead (9 May 1898 – )
      2. 2. Erma (A) Whitehead (1907 – )
    3. 3. Thomas (Lovell) Donaldson (21 Mar 1874 – 7 Nov 1874)
    4. 4. Eva Donaldson (30 May 1877 – 7 May 1960) m. Charles (Kent) Garrison (5 Aug 1871 – 9 Oct 1957)
      1. 1. Donald (Lemuel) Garrison (6 May 1890 – 18 Dec 1956) m. Myrtle (Mae) Hauke (19 Dec 1891 – 11 Jan 1986)
        1. 1. Glen (Robert) Garrison (25 Oct 1912 – )
        2. 2. Ralph Garrison (8 Oct 1914 – 14 Apr 2004)
        3. 3. Roy (Arthur) Garrison (30 May 1920 – )
        4. 4. Bethel (Irene) Garrison (14 Jan 1927 – )
      2. 2. Gerald (Gay) Garrison (18 Apr 1894 – 9 Aug 1948)
      3. 3. Cecil (Ray) Garrison (Jan 1895 – Nov 1895)
      4. 4. Ruth (Lillian) Garrison (20 Aug 1897 – 22 Oct 1995)
      5. 5. John (Rexford) Garrison (30 Aug 1900 – 5 Nov 1988) m. Maysel (Ros) Adams (02 Apr 1900 – 9 Oct 1986)
      6. 6. Kent (Ernest) Garrison (19 Nov 1903 – 30 Jul 1991) m. Erma (Viola) Bradshaw
        1. 1. Anita (Joan) Garrison
      7. 7. Margaret (Evelyn) Garrison (28 Sep 1915 – ) m. Phillip (Franklin) Karr (11 Feb 1915 – )
      8. 8. Mary (Alice) Garrison (25 Apr 1923 – )
    5. 5. Lillie (Maude) Donaldson (13 Mar 1878 – 08 Sep 1965) m. Taunton (B) Swaim (10 Jul 1877 – )
      1. 1. George (F) Swains (abt 1900 – )
      2. 2. Ancel (Dee) Swaim (22 Nov 1901 – 26 Apr 1976) m. Edna (Blanche) Cook (15 Aug 1902 – 12 Jun 1977)
        1. 1. Ancel (Dee) Swaim m. Loretta (M) Southwick (14 Mar 1939 – 8 Jun 1984) m. Alma (Marie) Callahan (1 May 1919 – 23 Sep 2008)
      3. 3. Helen (Eva) Swaim (1905 – ) m. John (Henry) Dexter (4 Dec 1891 – 23 Dec 1947)
        1. 1. Elsie (Elizabeth) Dexter (1924 – )
      4. 4. Alice (Windford) Swaim (2 Mar 1908 – 5 Jul 1927)
      5. 5. Clife (A) Swains (abt 1909 – 5 Jul 1927)
      6. 6. Fletcher (E) Swains (abt 1909 – )
      7. 7. Ralph (E) Swains (31 Mar 1917 – Mar 1982) m. Elizabeth (May) Ames
        1. 1. Hazel (Alice) Swaim
        2. 2. William (Ruth) Swaim
      8. 8. Hazel (R) Swains (abt 1918 – 28 Feb 1934)
    6. 6. Mina (Myrtle) Donaldson (30 Sep 1883 – 10 May 1937) m. August (Julius) Glade (26 Jan 1866 – 17 Jul 1931)
      1. 1. Floyd (Albert) Glade (13 Sep 1905 – 14 Sep 1958) m. Hazel Glasgow
      2. 2. Bessie (Christine) Glade (6 May 1907 – 21 Jan 1982) m. Herbert (William) Darnall (14 Apr 1900 – 9 Jan 1978)
        1. 1. Ronald Darnell (31 Dec 1929 – 4 Nov 1979)
        2. 2. Roger (James) Darnell (27 Feb 1935 – 31 Aug 1971)
        3. 3. Janice (Sue) Darnell
      3. 3. Ray (Julius) Glade (7 Oct 1909 – 18 Jun 1993) m. Ramona (Jean) Sanford (21 May 1911 – )
      4. 4. Donald (Lyman) Glade (5 Mar 1916 – 24 Jan 1959) m. Grace Parish (5 Nov 1921 – Nov 1996)
        1. 1. Gene Glade m. Joyce (Arlene) Micheels
      5. 5. Marjorie (Ruth) Glade (abt 1919 – ) m. Bernard (Melvin) Parish m. Andrew (William) Shappell
      6. 6. Mildred (Ida) Glade m. Victor Ellis
    7. 7. Bess (F) Donaldson (9 Oct 1889 – 11 Oct 1988) m. William (Eugene) Matthews (29 Jan 1883 – 23 Nov 1970)
      1. 1. Margert (Jeanne) Mathews (1918 – )
      2. 2. Margart (S) Matthews (abt 1918 – )
  3. 3. Levi (Leon) Lovell (28 Sep 1857 – 4 Sep 1931) m. Elizabeth (Annette) Tooker (Nov 1856 – )
    1. 1. Flora (Mae) Lovell (May 1880 – ) m. Anton Mrkvicka (12 Mar 1879 – 19 Nov 1952)
    2. 2. Nellie (Helen Faith) Lovell (Feb 1883 – 31 Oct 1950) m. James (W) Mrkvicka (18 Feb 1873 – 4 May 1945)
      1. 1. Evis (A) Mrkvicka (abt 1906 – ) m. William (P) Dawes (1907 – )
        1. 1. William (P Dawes) Dawes (1930 – )
      2. 2. James (E) Mrkvicka (abt 1916 – )
    3. 3. Blanche (Leona) Lovell (Dec 1884 – )
    4. 4. George (Earl) Lovell (7 May 1888 – 3 Jan 1966) m. Tillie (Helen) Lenz (11 Feb 1891 – 8 Jun 1965)
      1. 1. Leota (L) Lovell (1919 – )
      2. 2. Lavern (Earl) Lovell (1923 – )
    5. 5. Volney (Charles) Lovell (17 Aug 1890 – ) m. Mayme (Ann) George (1897 – )
      1. 1. Eva (Mary) Lovell (abt 1918 – )
      2. 2. Clarence (Charles) Lovell (1920 – )
      3. 3. Delores (Lorraine) Lovell (1925 – )
    6. 6. Delia (Grace) Lovell (Oct 1892 – )
    7. 7. Lloyd (Ellsworth) Lovell (23 Dec 1894 – 1 Mar 1950)
    8. 8. Henry (Cecil) Lovell (8 Mar 1897 – 22 Feb 1950) m. Beulah J (28 Jun 1901 – 25 Jul 1973)
      1. 1. Lois (V) Lovell (abt 1922 – )
      2. 2. William (Marvin) Lovell (9 Dec 1927 – 24 Jul 1987)

Melissa Stevens's Timeline

6 Records

1830
20 Feb 1830
Birth of Melissa Margaret Stevens in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
1849
21 August 1849
Age 19
Melissa Margaret Stevens was married in Wells, Rutland, VT
Wells, Rutland, VT
1850
1850
Age 20
Melissa Margaret Stevens resided here in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont
Poultney, Rutland, Vermont
1860
1860
Age 30
Melissa Margaret Stevens resided here in Harmony, Chautauqua, New York
Harmony, Chautauqua, New York
1880
1880
Age 50
Melissa Margaret Stevens resided here in Elgin, Plymouth, Iowa, United States
Elgin, Plymouth, Iowa, United States
1895
13 Jan 1895
Age 65
Death of Melissa Margaret Stevens in Ravenna, Sherman, Nebraska, USA
Ravenna, Sherman, Nebraska, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1830
    Event Place: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1830; Birth city: Wells; Birth state: VT.
    [2] Family Data Collection - Births
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Elgin, Plymouth, Iowa; Roll: T9_359; Family History Film: 1254359; Page: 65.1000; Enumeration District: 171; Image: 0420.
    [4] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Harmony, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_731; Page: 673; Image: 681.
    [5] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Poultney, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: M432_927; Page: 241; Image: 474.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 August 1849
    Event Place: Wells, Rutland, VT
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1830; Birth city: Wells; Birth state: VT.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Poultney, Rutland, Vermont
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Poultney, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: M432_927; Page: 241; Image: 474.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Harmony, Chautauqua, New York
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Harmony, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_731; Page: 673; Image: 681.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Elgin, Plymouth, Iowa, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Elgin, Plymouth, Iowa; Roll: T9_359; Family History Film: 1254359; Page: 65.1000; Enumeration District: 171; Image: 0420.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1895
    Event Place: Ravenna, Sherman, Nebraska, USA
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1830; Birth city: Wells; Birth state: VT.
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