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Benjamin Franklin RIX

Male 1843 - 1919  (75 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin RIX  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Soon after his marriage he removed to Michigan and settled in Mason, where he established himself in the carriage business. After a few years he sold out and removed to Kalamazoo, where he worked for others, and while doing so he perfected and patented a number of inventions which he sold outright and put the money into a home in the city and a farm in the country which his sons operated for some years. His home is all broken up and he is with one of his sons in Kalamazoo. [1]
    Birth 28 Jul 1843  Rumney, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860  Living with parents in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1870  Living in Vevay, Ingham Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1880  Living in Mason, Ingham Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1900  Living in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1910  Living with son, Wilder, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 24 Apr 1919  Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: Arteriosclerosis heart disease 
    Person ID I97168  Main Tree
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2020 

    Father Guy Carlton RIX,   b. 14 Dec 1802, Stanstead, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1879, Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Martha GATES,   b. 5 Mar 1807, Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1892, Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1826  St. Johnsbury, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    Family ID F40082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cynthia Weld ELMER,   b. 9 Apr 1843, Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1905, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jul 1869  Rochester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Children 
    +1. Nathaniel Lawrence RIX,   b. 15 Apr 1870, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1939, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Wilder Pierce RIX,   b. 6 Oct 1871, Mason, Ingham County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1949, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Minnie Belle RIX,   b. 16 Jun 1874, Mason, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1950, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F40114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S11134] Guy S. Rix, Concord, N.H., History and Genealogy of The Rix Family of America containing Biographical Sketches and Genealogies of both Males and Females, (The Grafton Press).

    2. [S11123] 1850 Census Ridgeway, Orleans County, New York.

    3. [S03384] Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, and His Descendants, (Name: Name: New York: Willis McDonald & Co;;).

    4. [S11168] Death Certificate for Benjamin Franklin Rix.

    5. [S11124] 1860 Census Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

    6. [S6681] 1870 Census Vevay, Ingham County, Michigan.

    7. [S11169] 1880 Mason, Ingham County, Michigan.

    8. [S11170] 1900 Census Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

    9. [S7680] 1910 Census Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

    10. [S5988] Ancestry.com: Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908.


  

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