Jessie Elizabeth Mattison, 18581944 (aged 86 years)

Name
Jessie Elizabeth /Mattison/
Birth
Note: Note: Seems to be some debate as to where she was born. The 1880 US Federal Census says Vermont, but everything after that says New York.

Note: Seems to be some debate as to where she was born. The 1880 US Federal Census says Vermont, but everything after that says New York.

In 1920 we have her brother on the US Federal Census for that year, also recorded as Vermont so we're going with that for the time being.

Marriage
Note: Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940

Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940

Name: Seymour Close
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1850
Marriage Date: 31 Dec 1878
Marriage Place: Livingston, Illinois, USA
Spouse: Jessie Elizabeth Mattison

Census 1880 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Seymour at Odell, Illinois. Keeping House.
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Death of a son
Burial of a son
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Close&GSiman=1&GScid=108635&GRid=112693167&
Census 1900 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Seymour and family at Odell, Illinois.

Living with husband Seymour and family at Odell, Illinois.

Recorded as having had 2 children, of which only 1 is still living.

Census 1910 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Seymour at Streator, Illinois. Dressmaker.
Census 1920 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Seymour at Streator, Illinois.

Living with husband Seymour at Streator, Illinois.

We also have brother C R Mattison and his wife Henrietta.

Death of a husband
Note: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Name: Seymour Close
Birth Date: abt 1850
Death Date: 8 Nov 1925
Death Place: Streator, LaSalle, Illinois
Death Age: 75
Gender: Male
Father Name: John Close
Mother Name: Mary Taylor
Spouse Name: Jessie Mattison

Burial of a husband
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Close&GSiman=1&GScid=108635&GRid=112692967&
Census 1930 US Fed
Note: Living with daughter Ida and family at Evanston, Illinois.
Census 1940 US Fed
Note: Living with daughter Ida and family at Chicago, Illinois.
Death
about 1944 (aged 86 years)
Burial
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Close&GSiman=1&GScid=108635&GRid=112693061&
Family with Seymour Close
husband
1870 US Federal Census
18501925
Birth: 4 July 1850Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, America
Death: 8 November 1925Streator, La Salle County, Illinois, America
herself
1880 US Federal Census
18581944
Birth: about January 1858Vermont, America
Death: about 1944Illinois, America
Marriage Marriage31 December 1878Odell, Livingston County, Illinois, America
19 months
son
18801894
Birth: 28 July 1880Odell, Livingston County, Illinois, America
Death: about 1894Odell, Livingston County, Illinois, America
2 years
daughter
1900 US Federal Census (p1)
1882
Birth: 18 September 1882Odell, Livingston County, Illinois, America
Birth

Note: Seems to be some debate as to where she was born. The 1880 US Federal Census says Vermont, but everything after that says New York.

In 1920 we have her brother on the US Federal Census for that year, also recorded as Vermont so we're going with that for the time being.

Marriage

Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940

Name: Seymour Close
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1850
Marriage Date: 31 Dec 1878
Marriage Place: Livingston, Illinois, USA
Spouse: Jessie Elizabeth Mattison

Census 1880 US Fed

Living with husband Seymour at Odell, Illinois. Keeping House.

Census 1900 US Fed

Living with husband Seymour and family at Odell, Illinois.

Recorded as having had 2 children, of which only 1 is still living.

Census 1910 US Fed

Living with husband Seymour at Streator, Illinois. Dressmaker.

Census 1920 US Fed

Living with husband Seymour at Streator, Illinois.

We also have brother C R Mattison and his wife Henrietta.

Census 1930 US Fed

Living with daughter Ida and family at Evanston, Illinois.

Census 1940 US Fed

Living with daughter Ida and family at Chicago, Illinois.

Burial

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Close&GSiman=1&GScid=108635&GRid=112693061&

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