Eli Kirby

It has been suggested, in the French Canadian Ancestry FB group, that his name could be:

• Eli could be Elie or even Helie
• Kirby/Curby is likely Corbeil, Corbeille, or Corbière.

Although, according to the French-Canadian Surnames: Variants, Dit, Anglicizations, etc. Kirby stems from these two surnames.(Corbiere or Corbeille) https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~afgs/K1dit-etc.html

• Son F R Curby died in Texas
  
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 17 2019, 6:27:12 UTC

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Place of birth: Some records say Quebec, Canada, some say "French" Canada, some say Montreal Canada.

• Name Ely Corby
  • Event Type Marriage
  • Event Date 13 Jan 1844
  • Event Place , St. Clair, Michigan, United States
  • Gender Male
  • Age 28
  • Birth Year (Estimated) 1816
• Spouse's Name Mary Katharine Hardy
  • Spouse's Gender Female
  • Spouse's Age 15
  • Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1829
• Page 71
  

Citation "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN2Y-WXK : 11 May 2018), Ely Corby and Mary Katharine Hardy, 13 Jan 1844, , St. Clair, Michigan, United States; citing reference ID , various archives, Michigan; FHL microfilm 976,870.

• Residence: June 1 1870 - Michigan, USA
• Race: White
• Birth: France
  • Reference: 1870 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Jan 12 2018, 7:58:33 UTC
    • 1870 spelled his name Eli Kirby

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• Residence: 1850 - Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
  • Reference: 1850 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Apr 11 2018, 19:35:53 UTC
    • In the 1850 Census the Kirby surname is spelled Cerby.
    • Birthplace "Canada"

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• Residence: 1860 - Township Of Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
  • Reference: 1860 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Apr 23 2018, 6:46:01 UTC
    • In the 1860 Census the Kirby surname is spelled Cerby.
    • Birthplace "Canada"

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• Census: 1850 - Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, United States - 1850
• Census: 1860 - Township Of Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: Township of Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, United States - 1860
• Residence: Michigan, United States Michigan, United States - 1870
• Census: June 1 1870 - Michigan, USA
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 17 2019, 6:07:42 UTC

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Eli was a witness and his Daughter Ida's wedding
Sandusky District Library 1849 to 1890 Sanilac County Marriage Index

• Page 81
• Rec 113
• Date Oct. 15
• Twp Sanilac
• Bride Ida L. Curby
• Groom Roscoe Austin
• Bride Residence Sanilac
• Groom Residence Sanilac
• Bride Age 19
• Groom Age 22
• Bride Birthplace Michigan
• Groom Birthplace Michigan
• Groom Occupation Farmer
• Performed By Otis Munn
• Title JP
• Witness 1 Noah Austin
• Witness 2 Eli Curby
• Witness Residence 1 Sanilac
• Witness Residence 2 Sanilac
• Year 1879
• Rec 113
• Page 102
• Groom Austin, Roscoe
• Bride Curby, Ida L
• Book 2

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• Residence: Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, United States - 1850
• Residence: Township of Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, United States - 1860
• Residence: Michigan, United States - 1870
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 14 2019, 20:04:57 UTC

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