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Someone was looking for a Jonas Ayres from England to IL after 1850. His email is no longer correct and the post is 10 years old. Anyway, here's some info and more is on page 16 of this forum as I'd replied to his initial message. This is from a book at the Univ of IL library archives in Champaign-Urbana. I have no interest in Jonas Ayres other than his nephew built my home in Monticello IL/Piatt County.
On the 26th of March, 1866, Mr. Lums-
den married Elizabeth Ayre, a native of
Lancashire, England. She is a daughter of
Jonas and Ann (Towers) Ayre, both of Lan-
cashire, and her brothers, Richard and
John, reside in Monticello, Illinois. Her
sister Jane died in infancy and another sis-
ter, Parthenia, became the wife of our
subject's brother, Edward. Jonas Ayre
was a cabinet maker by trade, and for many
years was engaged in taking large contracts
for fine work in that line, employing skilled
hands to execute his orders. In 1857, he
came to the United States, and for twelve
years engaged in contracting and building
in Jacksonville, Illinois. Then he carried
on a farm near Monticello for three years,
after which he was practically retired, mere-
ly looking after his property interests. He
died November 25, 1899, when nearly
seventy-eight years of age, and his wife,
who had died January 31, 1890, was then
in her seventy-fourth year.
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