Homer Americus Weeks

1900c: Buffalo City, Erie County, NY - Homer A Weeks

Spouse: Louise Weeks with birth date of Aug. 1860 and is 39 years old and has been married for 15 years – married at age 24; birth place is NY; both of her parents were born in NY

Kennan Weeks age 13 born Jan. 1888 in NY; his father born in Ohio

Homer A. Weeks – age 47 married for 15 years at age of 32; born in Ohio; father was from Vermont and mother from Vermont; showed occupation as violin instructor

They lived at 36 E Ferry St. NY

Mercon was age one

Owned the house; free of mortgage; married in the year 1885

Homer A. Weeks - He married Nancy Louise Whitmore who was born in 8/1860 in NY and both parents from NY

1900c: June 11th - Hattie P Weeks living with her mother Martha J Weeks in Allegan, Michigan

Hattie is age 25 and single and occupation is compositor; Martha is widowed and shows she had 7 children with only 3 still being alive; her age is 66 born in Nov. 1833 in Ohio and her mother and dad also being born in Ohio; owns her home free of mortgage and Hattie shows born in Michigan with her father born in Vermont and mother in Ohio.

1870c: Homer A Weeks mother:

Louisa L Weeks born in 1814 and her age in this census was 56

Census shows occupation: keeping house

Lived in Stow, Summit, Ohio

Born in Vermont

No spouse listed with them

Children:

1) Carlos H Weeks – age 20 born in 1850 occupation: farmer; born in Ohio

2) Homer A. – age 18 born in 1852; occupation: works on farm; born in Ohio

3) Irving A – age 15 born in 1855; working on farm and born in Ohio

Value of real estate shows $1400

1880c: Homer A Weeks

Shows Homer A. Weeks living in Iowa, Linn County, Center Point in a boarding house with several other musicians – his occupation is musician and single

1880c: Louisa L. Weeks (Homer’s mother) age 68

Shows her as L. L. Weeks and is a boarder in a home with her daughter, Ida Weeks; shows married; June 21st, 1880 living in Chicksaw County, Bradford Township; Iowa; Ida is age 30 and her occupation: teacher – my thoughts on this is that Corydon never actually divorced Louisa.

1880c: Corydon Weeks (Homer’s father) age 64 born in Vermont with mother born in Conn. and father in Vermont

Census shows living in Allegan Township; county of Allegan in Michigan; Occupation: Farmer and born in Vermont

Shows married to Martha Weeks (Houck) her age is 46 (1834) and born in Ohio

They have a daughter, Hattie P. Weeks who is age 5 born in April 1875

Stepdaughter: Sarah Houck age 22 shows her father is born in Maryland and her mom in Ohio

Stepson: Franklin Houck age 19 (1861)

Niece: Georgie Weeks age 24 (1856) born in Ohio and her father and mother born in Vermont

1870c: Corodon Weeks (Homer’s father) age 54

Living in Allegan Township; county of Allegan in Michigan

Occupation: sells Lightening Rods

Living with Martha Houck age 36 and her children as a boarder;

Martha shows owns property valued at $1200 with personal of $100

Corodon owns property valued at $1000 and personal property of $600

Her children:

1) Sarah age 12

2) Thos F. age 9

1860c: June 29th: Residence: Jackson Township; Hancock County, Ohio

Martha Y Houck age 26 married to Andrew Houck age 33 he was born in Maryland about 1827 and shows his occupation as a carpenter

Their children:

1) John H. Houck age 4 (1856) in Ohio

2) Sarah Houck age 2 (1858) in Ohio

3) Rose age 9 months (1859) born in Ohio

1860c: Louisa L. Weeks born in 1814

Shows married to Corgelon Weeks born in 1816

She is 46 and he is 44

His occupation: Peddling and born in Vermont

Census shows residence as Summit, Stow Ohio; Property value is $1000

Children:

1) Caroline (20) born in 1840 in NY and list her occupation as a teacher

2) Lillian (18) 1842 born in Ohio

3) Eugene (15) 1845 born in Ohio

4) Ida A (13) 1847 born in Ohio

5) Carlos (11) born in 1849 in Ohio

6) Homer (9) 1851 in Ohio

7) Augustine (5) 1855 in Ohio

1850c: Sept. 10, 1850 Residence: Summitt County, Stow, Ohio #1124

 Corydon Weeks age 35 birth place is Vermont

Shows his occupation: farmer; property valued at $1700

Wife, Eliza (short for Louisa) age 39 birth place Vermont

Children:

1) Caroline age 10 born in NY

2) Lillian C age 8 born in Ohio

3) E.C. age 6 born in Ohio

4) Ida age 4 born in Ohio

5) Charles age 1 born in Ohio

Living with them is Caroline McDowlle age 26 (1824) born in Vermont

Also: C Harvey (female) age 64 born in Vermont – Harvey was Louisa’s maiden name so probably her mother

Family Tree on Ancestory.com with Hattie’s name (the daughter by Martha):

Her father: Corydon Weeks

Birth date 3/31/1815 in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont

Death: 4/1/1897 in Allegan, Allegan Michigan

His father was Samuel Weeks

Born Dec. 29th, 1785 and born in Canterbury, Merrimack, NH

His wife is Susannah

Samuels Weeks father:

Joshua Weeks 1736-1814 married Susannah MORRILL 1758-1814

Corydon. Married Louisa Harvey and had 7 children, lived in Ohio. In 1850 he was a farmer, 1860 a peddler. He sounds like a charmer. Wonder if he was good looking too. By 1870 he was selling lightening rods and living in Michigan with a widow 18 yr younger. She had 2 children and property. Meanwhile, Louisa had the Weeks farm in Ohio. Looks like he traded the farm for freedom. Corydon married the younger woman and they had Hattie in 1875. Don't worry about the divorce. It was more common than people thought and I've yet to find papers for anyone. Women in particular tended to list themselves as married.

By 1880 no one is on the family farm in Ohio. Sold? Walked away from? Louisa and 4 of her children were in Iowa. Again, why? I can't find a death date for her or place of burial. Do you have one?

Children:

Caroline, b 1840 NY, m 1862 Hon Samuel P Leland, 1880 & 1900 lived in in Charles City IA, SP’s occupation was lecturer, 2 children, both dead by 1900. Caroline died betw 1900 and 1906 (SP married Ella M in 1906) and in 1910 he lived in Seabreeze Fla, 71, lecturer

Lillian, b 1842 Ohio, m Patrick Caldwell, one of early Nashua settlers. Children: Carl L (b 1869) and Ida B (Belle) (b 1874) [1880 census] – no later mention of Carl; another child, Mary, b after 1880. When Lillian and Patrick died, her sister Ida cared for 2 orphaned daughters. [Nashua Reporter 6-25-1930]

Eugene, b 1844 Ohio, m 1869 Mary Herren, Children: Jessie), Hattie, Harry, Leslie, Alice, Irving. Dentist, one of early Nashua settlers. Died 1904 Nashua Ia, stomach cancer

Ida, b 1846 Ohio, never married, raised sister's orphaned daughters, Belle and Mary Caldwell. Mary was a pianist, concert I'd guess, and traveled--Toronto and NYC in particular. Belle was the Charles City librarian but traveled with her sister and aunt. Ida died at her home in NYC in 1930 and her nieces took the body back to Nashua for burial beside her brother Eugene [NR 6-25-1930].

Carlos, b 1849 Ohio, by 1899 lived in Spokane Falls, Wash [NR 9-28-1899]

Homer, b 1852 Ohio, concert violinist, 1910 in Buffalo NY, seriously ill, surgery [NR 4-21-1910]

Irving, b 1855 Ohio, 1899 lived in Kimball, SD [Nashua Reporter 9-28-1899]