CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameCaroline FROST [414]
Birth Date15 Sep 1828 [413], [415], [1506]
Birth PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Census Date11 Jun 1870 [1506] Age: 41
Census PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo5th Ward
Census Date19 Jun 1880 [415], [1502] Age: 51
Census PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo3716 Forest Avenue. This is now South Giles Avenue, just south of East 37th Street. House numbers were changed from 3 digits to 4 digits between 1875 & 1880, so this is probably the same house as in 1875. The 1880 city directory reference for this address lists the family under the spelling, SOAMES.
Death Date17 Oct 1899 [413] Age: 71
Death PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memoage 71 years 1 month 2 days
Burial Date20 Oct 1899 [413]
Burial PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
MemoOak Woods Cemetery
Spouses
Birth PlaceNew Hampshire, United States
MemoIt would be 21-August if the age at death is correct. Vermont, according to 1910 census. The 1870 census gave his age as 55, implying a birth year of 1814-15.
Census Date7 Jun 1860 [416] Age: 37
Census PlaceCambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, United States
Memo3rd Ward
Reside Date1870 [1504]
Reside PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo1221 Indiana Avenue
Census Date11 Jun 1870 [1506] Age: 47
Census PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo5th Ward
Reside Date1875 [1503]
Reside PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo387 Forest Avenue. Listed under the spelling, SOAMES.
Census Date19 Jun 1880 [415], [1502] Age: 57
Census PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo3716 Forest Avenue. This is now South Giles Avenue, just south of East 37th Street. House numbers were changed from 3 digits to 4 digits between 1875 & 1880, so this is probably the same house as in 1875. The 1880 city directory reference for this address lists the family under the spelling, SOAMES.
Reside Date9 Oct 1888 [1692] Age: 66
Reside PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo2804 Calumet Ave.
Census Date28 Apr 1910 [1305] Age: 87
Census PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Memo6408 Ingleside Avenue, 7th Ward
Death Date14 May 1914 [412], [1498, Memorial# 56916034] Age: 91
Death PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
MemoAge 91 years, 8 months, 23 days.
Burial Date16 May 1914 [412], [1498, Memorial# 56916034]
Burial PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
MemoOak Woods Cemetery
Alt.SpellingSOMES [416], [415]
OccupationCabinet Maker [416]
OccupationLivestock Dealer [1506]
OccupationLivestock agent [415]
Occupation[live]Stock buyer @ 76 Exchange Building
Misc. Notes
Although John’s death certificate implies that he moved to Chicago, IL, about 1857, the 1860 census shows they were still in Cambridge Massachusetts. [412] And because he is not listed in the 1866 Chicago City Directory [1505], the family probably made their move to Chicago between 1866 & 1870. Based on voter registration, the move to Chicago was probably about October, 1863 (25 years prior to 09-OCT-1888). [1692]

An 1868 map of Chicago shows that Indiana Avenue did not extend north of East 14th Street (otherwise it would have run into Lake Michigan), so it is unclear where address ‘1221’ would have been located in 1870 ("Guide Map of Chicago", Published by Rufus Blanchard, 146 Lake St., 1868.) See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1869_chicago.jpg (don’t know why the file name doesn’t match the actual date on the map itself).

The city block where their home was located in 1880, is now occupied by a public school. There are no residential properties on that block anymore (do a Google Maps search for 249 E 37th St, Chicago, IL 60653).
Marr Date30 Nov 1848 [414]
Marr PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Marr MemoIn Arlington or West Cambridge, MA
ChildrenEstella W. (ca1846-)
 Ellen M. (1851-)
 John W. (1852-1896)
 Arthur F. (ca1856-)
 George W. (ca1858-)
Last Modified 10 Sep 2013Created 23 Jun 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 23 Jun 2022
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