ALICE DEBOW nee BEVANS/BEVINS of Rockland Co, NY & Richmond Co, NY
I am looking for any information on my 2g grandmother Alice DEBOW nee BEVANS/BEVINS. I'm not totally sure of the spelling for Bevans/Bevins both show up in my research.
This is what I have so far:
Alice BEVANS/BEVINS b.1847(from 1865 Rockland Co census) or Nov 1850 (from 1900 Richmond Co. census)NY d.?
From the 1865 Rockland Co. Census for town of Ramapo:
Daughter of William BEVINS b.1817 in CT d.? & Hannah nee unk. b. 1829 Rockland Co, NY Hannah is William's 2nd wife.
Siblings by Hannah: Carrie b. 1849
Charles b. 1851
William b. 1859
Half siblings by William's first wife and first wife's identity unknown.
An inconsistancy between the NYS census of 1865 and the Federal census for 1900yeilds the following: The 1865 census lists wife #2, Hannah, as being born in Rockland Co, NY. 1900 Richmond Co. census lists the birthplace of Alice's mother as being Virgina. It could be that Alice is William BEVINS' child by his first wife. If that is the case I speculate, given the birth year of 1849 for sibling Carrie, wife #1 must have died as a result of Alice's birth or shortly there after.
From family info & Richmond Co. censuses:
Spouse: James DEBOW b. 11 May 1831 NJ d.? Staten Island, NY some time after 1888 and before 1900.
Children: John b. 1870 Staten Island, Richmond Co, NY
d. ?
James Allen b. 1875 Staten Island, NY d?
Grace b. Nov 1881 Staten Island, NY d?
Minnie b. Oct 1886 Staten Island, NY d?
Martha b. March 1889 Staten Island, NY
d. ?
Widow Alice along with daughters Grace, Minnie and Martha last appear on the 1900 Richmond Co, NY census living next door to son John DEBOW and his family on Chelsea Road, Travis, SI, NY. I have yet to check the Rockland Co. census for 1910 and see if she and her daughters maybe went back to Ramapo, NY.
There is also a family story that Alice was the first woman principal/dean of a NY high school in Suffern, NY. I don't know how true this is. So far I haven't been able to come upwith anything on this.
If anyone has any information on Alice DEBOW nee BEVANS/BEVINS, her parents, or her children please contact me at [email protected] or post here. Thanks