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William Riley Bishop 1832 – 1912 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Aug 1832

Birth Location: Wilna, Jefferson, New York

Death Date: 11 Jul 1912

Death Location: Hermon, St Lawrence, New York

Father: George Bishop

Mother: Lorinda Schofield

Spouse(s): Eliza Meer

Children(s): Hortentia Bishop

It was in 1832 that William Riley Bishop was born in Wilna, Jefferson, New York, a child of George Warren Bishop and Lorinda Schofield. William Riley Bishop went on to marry Eliza Jane Van Meer and had children such as Hortentia Bishop. William Riley Bishop was deceased by 1912 in Hermon, St Lawrence, New York.

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Parents

George Bishop
1806 – 1890
Birth Location: Hartland, Windsor, Vermont
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Lorinda Schofield
1814 – 1842
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Meer
1833 – 1908
Birth Location: Canada
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Children(s)

Hortentia Bishop
1858 –
Birth Location: New York
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 31 Aug 1832
    Event Place: Wilna, Jefferson, New York
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1870; Census Place: Clifton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M593_1097; Page: 122A; Family History Library Film: 552596, Year: 1900; Census Place: Hermon, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1241157, Year: 1860; Census Place: Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 142; Family History Library Film: 803852, Year: 1910; Census Place: Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: T624_1074; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1375087, Year: 1850; Census Place: Antwerp, Jefferson, New York; Roll: 515; Page: 188B

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Antwerp, Jefferson, New York
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Antwerp, Jefferson, New York; Roll: 515; Page: 188B

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 142; Family History Library Film: 803852

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Clifton, Saint Lawrence, New York
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Clifton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M593_1097; Page: 122A; Family History Library Film: 552596

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Hermon, Saint Lawrence, New York
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Hermon, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1241157

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: T624_1074; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1375087

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Jul 1912
    Event Place: Hermon, St Lawrence, New York
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hermon, St Lawrence, New York
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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