Richard Chamberlain of Eaton, Madison Co., NY
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In reply to:
Chamberlain-NY
Elissa Cramer 1/09/98
All that I know about this family has been gathered from your posting, and from Census data.Probably more can be gleaned elsewhere in local records in Eaton, Madison Co., NY.George Chamberlain, b. c1827, England, evidently married his wife Betsy there sometime before 1851, when their son James was born there.They came to America before July 1855 when their son Richard was born in NY, then Deborah c1856 NY, probably in Eaton, Madison Co., NY, where the family is listed in 1860.Richard and his wife Elizabeth "Libbie" (-?-), were married c1876 with children Dora A., b. c1877, Ezra R., b. c1879, and William, b. Aug 1883, per 1880 & 1900 Census data.I haven't attempted to trace the family after 1910, but probably you have done this by now.
A cursory check of LDS IGI records lists a George Chamberlain, chr. 7 Sep 1828, Wigston Magna, Leicester, who married Elizabeth Shipley, 20 May 1850 there, but this is most likely the family listed in Leicester St. Mary, Leicester, ENG in the 1881 Census, I suppose.Perhaps you have dug up additional information on this family's origins since 1998.If so, I'd appreciate hearing from you via Email.
You specifically asked for information on Richard and his wife - here are some census indices for 1870 & 1910, and data for 1880 & 1900, for them:
- 1870 Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. 134, Richard Chamberlain, age 15, b. NY
- 1880 Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, Richard Chamberlain, p. 113C, #166/182, 15 Jun 1880, head, age 26, farm laborer, NY/ENG/ENG; Libbie, wife, age 28, keeping house, NY/ENG/ENG; Dora A., dau., age 3, NY/NY/NY; Ezra R., son, age 1, NY/NY/NY
- 1900 Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. ?, #100/101, ? June 1900, Richard Chamberlin, head, age 44, b. Jul 1855, married 24 years, farm laborer, NY/ENG/ENG; Elizabeth, wife, age 48, b. Jun 1851, married 24 years, 3 children, 3 alive, seamstress, NY/ENG/ENG; Wm. H., age 16, b. Aug 1883, farm laborer, NY/NY/NY
- 1910 Census, Eaton, Madison Co., NY, p. 274, age 55, b. NY