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- Joe didn't want to quit his blacksmith business, and furthermore he was in business deals with Mrs. Walker. He rented a house for his wife in town and she stayed there with the baby. Joe went to take the baby riding every day, but his wife wouldn't go along with them. Then she moved to Cuba [NY], even farther from Joe. Joe furnished the place. Ultimately they divorced. (Johanna’s mother and Mrs. Walker were probably to blame.) Johanna’s mother sold out and they all went west. The grandmother died in a dugout in Nebraska where they homesteaded.
Later the family moved to Omaha [Lincoln, Nebraska] and Leroy grew to be a nice looking man. He was married and had four girls at Omaha last hearing [before 1930]. He wrote to Uncle Joe at times and even came to Bradford to see him once. Joe lived at Anderson [Indiana] and Leroy visited him there with his family. Joe always seemed to care for him. He refused him a bicycle once, but gave him $500 another time. But Joe left his son Leroy nothing after his death.
Joanna Edson
Age in 1860: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Post Office: Port Allegany
On July 9, 1860, Diana Edson (47, farmer) b. in NY was the head of the family in Bradford, McKean Co, Pa. Her children were Leander Edson (22) b. in PA and Joanna Edson (16) b. in PA.
By 1870 the family had indeed gone “west,” but only as far as Illinois at first. The Johanna mentioned is probably Diana’s daughter. Johanna must have returned to PA to marry Joseph M. Tate shortly after 1870:
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Diana Edson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Age in 1870: 57
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Marengo, McHenry, Illinois
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Race: White
Gender: Female
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Post Office: Marengo
On July 27, 1870, Diana Edson (57, Keeping House)b. in NY, was living on her son's farm in Marengo, McHenry Co, Illinois [northern Illinois, near Rockford]. Head of the house was L. A. Edson (32, farmer) b in PA and living on a $16,000 farm with $1680 in personal estate. Also with them is Edward Edson (29, farmer) and Johanna Edson [sic] (26) b. in PA and a farm hand, Alex Eastman (24, Farm laborer) b. in NY.
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Leroy Tate
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: <1874>
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: At School
Relationship to head-of-household: Son
Home in 1880: Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska
Marital status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father's birthplace: ---
Mother's name: Johanna Tate
Mother's birthplace: PA
On Jun 9, 1880 Johanna Tate (36, keeping house) b. in PA of a Mass father and a NY mother was living in Red Cloud City, Webster, Nebraska. With here was her son Leroy Tate (6, at school) b. in PA of a [blank] father and a PA mother.
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Leroy E Tait
Home in 1900: Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
On June 6, 1900 Johanna S [?] Tait (56) divorced, b. Oct 1843, no places given, had given birth to one child who was still living and was living in Red Cloud City, Nebraska. With her was her son Leroy E. Tait (26, printer) single, b. April , 1874 of a [not entered] father and an Illinois mother.
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Joanna Tait
Age in 1910: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: 1-Wd Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska
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Race: White
Gender: Female
On May 3, 1910 Joanna Tait (66, at home) widow B. In Pa of a Mass Father and a NY mother was living alone on Webster Street in Red Cloud City, Webster, Nebraska. The had given birth to one child, who was still living., , , , , [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10]
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