Elizabeth (Betsy) Coulter

Hello Besty,  I am finding it nearly impossible to trace my family way back when.  I did find this website you might look into.  

 

Starting Irish research.  Link Here:: 

 

https://www.johngrenham.com/browse/retrieve_text.php?text_contentid=512

Good Morning,
Just checked the names and births on Ancestry.com, and found a possible good clue, of which you may already know, but here it is:
1850 Federal Census for Burrito, Winnebago County New York, pg. 341:
Jacob Can meet ( sic) age 66 (1784 birth) born NY, with Elizabeth ( born Ireland) age 45,
Jacob (jr.) Age 11, Dorcas age 9, William age 7
Dwelling number 58, line 35, family 61.
I shall look for tomb stones and such in Findagrave and other resources.

I can send a copy of this doc to you if you wish. Note it was common for a bit of variance in giving the census enumerator ones correct age, it was considered quite a personal question back then, thus Elizabeth's age discrepancy. Also, if not land owners, people moved a lot and quite distant from their base, they sit work and health,band better opportunities; common to be moving every few years.

Mac
Bend, Oregon

Here's the Find a Grave link to whom I believe is your Elizabeth Coulter Van Vleet.

Elizabeth Coulter Van Vleet (1796-1890) - Find A Grave Memorial

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27498728/elizabeth-van_vleet

Born 24 Dec 1796, County Donegal, Ireland

Died 18 Aug 1890, Ogle County, Illinois, USA

Buried:  Brooklyn Cemetary, Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois, USA

Spouse:  Jacob Van Vleet (1785-1864)

Children:  Sarah Van Vleet Arnold (1830-1893)

                Mary Jane Van Vleet McNamees (1831-1911)

                Jacob Van Vleet (1837-1917)

                William Van Vleet (1843-1865)

If you can register an account at FamilySearch.org, you can find US Census records for the family.

Do you know if Elizabeth's parents went to the US or did they stay in Ireland?

 

Linda