Individual Details
Emeline Esther Burdick
(3 Nov 1819 - 8 Jan 1917)
1880 Census Warsaw, Rice Co., Minnesota Page 357C Emiline Clayson, [head of house] age 60 born New York, son Stillman Clayson, age 28, born Wisconsin, daughter Hattie Clayson, age 24, born Wisconsin, son Charles Clayson, age 22, helps on farm, born Wisconsin, and son Albert Clayson, age 18, born Wisconsin, helps on farm.
1900 Census shows Emeline Clayson, age 80, widow living at Rice Co., Minnesota. Her son Albert A. age 37 is the only household member with her. She was the mother of 11 children, 7 of whom are alive as of 1900.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of 3 Ward Newberg, Yamhill Co., Oregon, Albert A. Clayson, age 48 and single appears with his mother Emmaline E. Clayson age 90. She is a widow, mother of 11, 7 of whom are currently living. Albert works as a laborer at odd jobs. She is listed as being born in New York not Connecticut.
Both Emeline's death information and tombstone show Clayson not Clason.
The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, January 28, 1917, Page 16: Mrs. Emeline Clason one of Wisconsin's pioneer women, died at Newberg, Or., January 8. She was 98 years old and the mother of ten children, six of whom survive her. Mrs. Clason, in 1840, then a bride, left her home in Alfred Center, N. Y., and with her husband settled in the wilds of Wisconsin at Beaver Dam in Dodge County. From there the Clasons moved, in 1869, to Clason Prairie. Several years later they moved to Warsaw, Minn., where the last of their ten children were born. Mr. Clason died in 1878, and in 1902 Mrs. Clason joined her children in Newberg. She was the descendant of a New England pioneer family and her forefathers were founders of Stamford, Conn. [A photo of Emeline is included in the article].
1900 Census shows Emeline Clayson, age 80, widow living at Rice Co., Minnesota. Her son Albert A. age 37 is the only household member with her. She was the mother of 11 children, 7 of whom are alive as of 1900.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of 3 Ward Newberg, Yamhill Co., Oregon, Albert A. Clayson, age 48 and single appears with his mother Emmaline E. Clayson age 90. She is a widow, mother of 11, 7 of whom are currently living. Albert works as a laborer at odd jobs. She is listed as being born in New York not Connecticut.
Both Emeline's death information and tombstone show Clayson not Clason.
The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, January 28, 1917, Page 16: Mrs. Emeline Clason one of Wisconsin's pioneer women, died at Newberg, Or., January 8. She was 98 years old and the mother of ten children, six of whom survive her. Mrs. Clason, in 1840, then a bride, left her home in Alfred Center, N. Y., and with her husband settled in the wilds of Wisconsin at Beaver Dam in Dodge County. From there the Clasons moved, in 1869, to Clason Prairie. Several years later they moved to Warsaw, Minn., where the last of their ten children were born. Mr. Clason died in 1878, and in 1902 Mrs. Clason joined her children in Newberg. She was the descendant of a New England pioneer family and her forefathers were founders of Stamford, Conn. [A photo of Emeline is included in the article].
Events
| Birth | 3 Nov 1819 | Connecticut |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 May 1839 | Steuben Co., New York - Isaac Lewis Clason | | ||
| Death | 8 Jan 1917 | Yamhill Co., Oregon | | ||
| Burial | Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery, Yamhill Co. Oregon | |
Families
| Spouse | Isaac Lewis Clason (1811 - 1878) |
| Child | Arminda J. Clason (1840 - 1914) |
| Child | Walter Scott Clayson (1842 - 1918) |
| Child | Lucy C. Clayson (1845 - 1935) |
| Child | Chauncey L. Clayson (1847 - 1936) |
| Child | Cordelia L. Francis Clason (1849 - 1873) |
| Child | Stillman B. Clason (1852 - 1883) |
| Child | Albert A. Clason (1854 - 1854) |
| Child | Harriet "Hattie" A. Clason (1855 - 1934) |
| Child | Charles Chester Clayson (1857 - 1934) |
| Child | Alice "Allie" Clason (1861 - 1868) |
| Child | Albert A. Clayson (1862 - 1944) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 131 & 132.
2. 1900 Census Rice Co., Minnesota.
3. Find A Grave.
4. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 131.
7. Find A Grave.