Saturday, March 22, 2008

Celina Eve Colyer (Hopkins) (Sheaffer)

When lived
1830-1900

How related to Kieran
Great-great-great-great-grandmother (mother of James/John Hopkins)

Parents
Jacobus Colyer and Susannah Rebecca Wood (Colyer)

Birth
Aug. 21, 1830 in New York state

Employment
NA

Marriage
g Richard Hopkins (b. 1830) in 1849 in New York state
g Adam Sheaffer (b. 1812; d. 1890) in 1867 in Montcalm County, Mich.

Children
With Richard:
g James H. Hopkins (b. 1851 in New York, N.Y.; m. Mary Ellen Cook on Sept. 1, 1895, in Sparta, Kenty County, Mich.; d. Sept. 12, 1898, in Waumande, Trempeleau County, Wis.)
g Florence Mary Hopkins (b. 1857; d. 1898)
g William J. Hopkins (b. 1859; d. 1880)
With Adam:
g Catherine Rebecca Sheaffer (b. 1869; d. 1923)
g Pearlie Adam Sheaffer (b. 1873)

Interesting facts
g Sometimes maiden name appears in records as "Calyear"; sometimes first name is spelled "Selina"
g Probably living in New York Ward 11, District 8, N.Y., during 1860
g Living in Douglas, Montcalm County, Mich., in 1870
g 1880 census lists a Celina Eve Colyer living in Ashland, Hanover County, Va., but it is doubtful that this the same person as in the family line

Died
About 1900 in Montcalm County, Mich.

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