Life History

Notes

• 1870 Federal Census, Livingston County, Missouri, 27 June, Utica, PO Utica, page 3 (scan 559), Hse/Fam #25
  Boyd, R K 51 M W Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $450 Personal b Tenn [b abt 1819]
  Boyd, Mary A 32 F W Keeping House born GA [b abt 1838]
  Boyd [dau of Mary and Robert], Lizzie 3 F W born GA [b abt 1867]
  Boyd [son of Richardson], John 9 M W At Home born Mo [b abt 1861]
  
  In 1880, the child matching Lizzie in the 1870 census was named Harriett E.  The middle initial E there would represent the name Elizabeth, for which Lizzie is a common nickname.  But Harriett was reported as 9 years old, while in 1870, she was already 3 years old.  We first thought that was two different children, but then in 2018, records for Hattie, Heattie E and Harriette Boyd indicated that this was all the same person.  Hattie is the common nickname for Harriett.  Her name on her marriage license was Heattie, and in the 1900 census, she was Hattie.  A 1913 directory reported her as Harriette E Lewis, widow of Oscar.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Livingston County, Missouri, 13 June, District Not stated, page 15 (scan 145C), Hse #59, Fam #60
  Boyd, Robert K  W M 63  Farmer OH Unknown Unknown
  Boyd, Mary  W F 42 Wife Keeping House TN SC KY
  Boyd, Harriet E  W F 9 Dau Attended School MO OH TN [b abt 1871]
  
  Her age varies in different records.  As Lizzie Boyd she was reported in 1870 as 3 years old, so born about 1867.  He age in her marriage record under the name Hattie Boyd was reported as "over 18," so she would have been born before 1870.  But in the 1880 census, age 9 would place birth about 1871.  The 1900 census, which is wrong in abotu half the cases, Hattie Boyd was reported as born in March 1872.  We take March as the correct month, but report 1867 as the year, to account for the 1870 cernsus and marriage record.
  
  Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
  Oscar C Lewis, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri, over 21
  Heattie E Boyd, Utica, Livingston County, Missouri, over 18  [b bef 1870]
  Marriage 16 September 1888 Utica, Livingston County, Missouri, USA
  Ceremony performed by Nat Cooper, Baptist Minister
  Recorded 25 September 1888 Livingstone County Marriage Book, p 1
  
  In the 1900 census, Hattie's brother and his family were in hers and Oscar's household.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, New York, 2 June, Watertown Township, District 37, page 4B, 4 Cadwell St, Hse #88, Fam #93
  Lewis, Oscar C Head  W M Sep 1867  32 Married 12 yrs NY NY NY Butcher Rents
  Lewis, Hattie Wife W F Mar 1872  28 Married 12 yrs 2 children/2 living MO KY TN]
  Lewis, Ethel Dau W F Sep 1892  7 MO NY MO
  Lewis, Maud Dau W F Aug 1895 4 MO NY MO
  Boyd, Samuel Brother-in-law W M Jany 1879  21 Married 2 yr MO KY TN Railroad Laborer
  Boyd, Mamie Sister-in-law W F Mar 1878  22 Married 1 yr 1 child/1 living MO Canada Canada
  Boyd, Evert --- [nephew] Jan 1899  1 MO MO MO
  
  Oscar died some time between 1900 and 1910.  In the 1910 census Harriette (Harriet) was reported as a widowed head of household, now back in Missouri, living in Kansas City, Jackson County.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Jackson County, Missouri, 22 April, Kansas City, District 171, page 12B, 4421 Wabash Ave, Hse #318, Fam #320
  Lewis, Harriet Head F W 39  Widowed MO US MO Department Store Dressmaker Owns
  Lewis, Ethel Dau F W  17 MO NY MO
  Lewis, Maude Dau F W 14 MO NY MO
  Reed, Fred Cousin M W 28 NY US US
  
  Hettie was reported in the 1913 Kansas City City Directory as Harriette E Lewis, widow of Oscar C.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory, 1913, p 1099
  Lewis Harriette E wid Oscar C dressmakr 4421 Wabash av
  
  A Missouri death certificate seems to be for this Harriette Boyd Lewis.  But the middle name is Emma, rathrer than Eliabeth.
  
  Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962
  Harriette Emma Lewis
  Death 7 Oct 1931 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
  Certificate #34401

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Livingston County, Missouri
  • 27 June, Utica, PO Utica, page 3 (scan 559), Hse/Fam #25
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Jackson County, Missouri
  • 22 April, Kansas City, District 171, page 12B, 4421 Wabash Ave, Hse #318, Fam #320
• 3. Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Livingston County, Missouri
  • 13 June, District Not stated, page 15 (scan 145C), Hse #59, Fam #60
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, New York
  • 2 June, Watertown Township, District 37, page 4B, 4 Cadwell St, Hse #88, Fam #93
• 6. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  • Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory, 1913, p 1099
• 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007