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Sylvia Beavers GASTON

Sylvia Beavers GASTON

Female 1857 -


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  • Name Sylvia Beavers GASTON
    Birth Mar 1857  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1860, 1870  New Brunswick, Middlesex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Woodbury, Gloucester Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Sylvia Willits, 63, b. NJ, widowed, mother-in-law in household of daughter & son-in-law Jessie & Edward Yancy.
    Person ID I4670  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2016

    Father Oliver Berton (twin) GASTON,   b. 14 Jan 1821, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1894, Glen Head, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Mother Sarah Alette WORTMAN,   b. 5 Apr 1821, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1903, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F1638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Sidney WILLITS, Jr.,   b. Feb 1853, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jan 1920 (Age ~ 66 years)
    Marriage 3 Aug 1876 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Geo S. Willits, 47, b. Feb 1853 in Pennsylvania, Lieutenant in Navy, married 24 yrs; wife Sylvia B, 43, b. Mar 1857 in New Jersey, married 24 yrs, mother of 6 children (5 still living); dau Grace G, 17, b. Oct 1882 in Pa; son Alford, 15, b. Aug 1884 in Pa; dau Jessie A, 12, b. Dec 1887 in Pa; son Oliver G, 8, b. Feb 1892 in Pa.
      (Note: There are discrepancies in some birthplaces between this census and the 1910 Census. The latter appears to be more accurate.)

      1910 Census, city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enumerated on Apr 15 1910:
      George S. Willits, 57, b. Pa, Captain in U.S. Navy, married 32 yrs; wife Sylvia B, 53, b. NJ, married 32 yrs, mother of 6 children (5 still living); dau Grace G, 27, b. Pa; dau Jessie A, 22, b. NJ; son Oliver G, 18, b. NY; servant Mattie Everett, 32, b. NC, married 13 yrs, mother of one child (still living).
    Children 
    +1. Charles C. WILLITS,   b. CA 1878, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Albert WILLITS   d. AGE 7 YRS
    +3. Grace G. WILLITS,   b. Oct 1882, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Alford WILLITS,   b. Aug 1884, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Jessie A. WILLITS,   b. Dec 1887, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Oliver G. WILLITS,   b. 20 Feb 1892, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1971 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F1661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1662] 1900 Census.