Rachel Margaret SMITH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1863, New Jersey, USA
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Hardyston Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Hardyston Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Fact: 1900, Shows having 10 children, with 7 living
• Census: 1905, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1915, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1930, Living with son, Wilbur, in Hardyston Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1940, Living with mother in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey

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Could her name have been Rachel?

Sussex Independent, Thursday,June 19, 1941 (given by Karen Wreden)

Mrs. Rachel Willis, eighty, died Saturday at her home in Stockholm after a long illness. Surviving are five children, Mrs. Mary E. Babcock, of Butler, and Mrs. Martha Talmadge, Mrs. Lena N. Norman, Aaron D. Willis and Wilbur Wilis, of Stockholm. She also leaves four sisters, Mrs. Sarah VanOrden and Mrs. Susie Doyle, of Franklin; Mrs. Florence Stevens, of Newark, and Mrs. Emma Smith, of Sussex, and two brothers, William Smith ofRudeville, and James Smith of Sussex. Services were held at 2p.m. Tuesday at Stockholm Methodist Church, Rev. Cookingham officiated. Burial was in North Church Cemetery.

Rachel married George C. WILLIS about 1879. George (son of Aaron WILLIS and Mary A. FENNER) was born on 28 Dec 1859 in Hardyston, Sussex, New Jersey, USA; died in Mar 1925 in New Jersey, USA; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Elizabeth WILLIS was born in May 1880 in New Jersey, USA; died in 1968 in New Jersey.
2. Lucy J. WILLIS was born on 28 Sep 1882 in New Jersey, USA; died on 13 Oct 1918 in Stockholm, Sussex, New Jersey, USA; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey.
3. Martha A. WILLIS was born in Nov 1884 in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1966 in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey.
4. Aaron D. WILLIS was born in Jul 1887 in New Jersey, USA; died on 18 Nov 1952 in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey.
5. Wilbur WILLIS was born on 10 Dec 1889 in Stockholm, Sussex Co., New Jersey; died on 28 Apr 1964 in Stockholm, Sussex, New Jersey, USA; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey.
6. Lena Mable WILLIS was born in Jul 1892 in New Jersey, USA; died on 09 Jul 1969; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey.
7. Eva WILLIS was born in Oct 1894 in New Jersey, USA; died after 1910.
8. Herbert L. WILLIS was born in Jun 1897 in New Jersey, USA; died on 14 Jan 1898 in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; was buried in Stockholm Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Sussex Co., New Jersey.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Occupation: 1860; Laborer
• Census: 1880, Living in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Occupation: 1880; Laborer

James married Mary Elizabeth PEACOCK. Mary (daughter of William PEACOCK and Catherine FENNER) was born on 19 Feb 1834 in New Jersey, USA; died on 15 Aug 1890 in New Jersey, USA; was buried in Stockholm Methodist Church Cemetery, Stockholm, Sussex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey