Individual Details

Susan was married first to a Pierce by whom she had a daughter, Alice Sarah (Sarah Alice), born about 1863.

1870 Census. Oakfield, Genesee, NY, Hh 70
Samuel Vail, 50, b. NJ, Farmer
Susan, 29, b. NY
Mercy, age 2, b. NY
Baby, age 9 months, female, b. NY in August
Alice Pierce, 7, b. NY
Albert Vader, 18, farm Labor, b. NY
Sarah Johnson, 17, Domestic Servant, b. England

1875 NY State Census. Oakfield, Genesee, NY, Hh 163
Samuel Vail, 56, b. NJ, live ina a framed house, farmer
Susan Vaile, 31, wife, b. Niagara Co
Mercy Vail, 7 dau, b. Genesee Co
Georgeann Vail, 5, dau, b. Genesee Co
Phebe Vail, 3 years, 8 mo, dau, b. Genesee Co
Jessie Vail, 1 year, 3 months, dau, b. Genesee Co
Sarah Pearce, 12, wife's dau, b. Niagara Co
William York, 9, adopted son, b. ?Erie Co

1891 Census, Canada. South Middlesex, Ontario, Hh 133
Samuel Vail, 72, b. US as was the whole family. Listed his religion as Friends, but the rest of his family was Baptist. Occupation is unreadable
Susan, 50
Phebe M., 19, dau
Betha May 14, dau, student
Mary, 9, dau

Niagara Falls City Directory 1899
Vail, Miss Marion, res 31 Niagara
Vail, Samuel M. died June 27, 1898
Vail, Samuel M. Mrs. h 31 Niagara

After her husband's death, Susan did what so many widows did and took in boarders:
1900 Census. Niagara Falls, Ward 1, Niagara, New York, Hh 59
Susan Vail, b. Jun 1842, age 57, widow, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NJ, Boarding House Keeper
Marion, Vail, dau, b. Sep 1871, age 28, b. NY
Elizabeth Haywood, servant, b. 1850, age 50, widow, had 1 child, b. Canada English, unknown when she came to US, domestic servant
Everard Heath, boarder, b. Jul 1877, age 22, b. Canada English, immigrated 1895, Alien, laborer in silver plating factory [will become Susan's son-in-law]
Robert Case, boarder, b. Feb 1877, 23, b. Canada English, immigrated 1899 - 6 months ago, Alien, laborer in silver plating factory
Soloman (no other name), boarder, b. Jun 1861, age 38, b. Canada English, parents b. Germany, immigrated 1885, Papers, Superintendant flour mill
George J. Jackson, boarder, b. Aug 1871, 28, b. Canada English, immigrated 1890, Naturalized, Electrician
George Haynes, boarder, b. Oct 1869, 30, b. New York, Electrician
Fred R. McBrien, boarder, b. 1870, 30, b. Canada English, Immigrated 1893, Naturalized, Physician & surgeon
Feorge W. Beno, boarder, b. Sep 1867, 34, New York, salesman, grocery
Martin Fleming, boarder, b. Feb 1873, age 27, married 1 year, b. Indiana, Paper maker
Mary E. Fleming, boarder, b. Apr 1877, age 23, no children, b. New York

Birth	19 Jun 1842	Cambria, Niagara County, New York
Marriage	7 Nov 1866	Medina, Orleans County, New York - Samuel Martin Vail
Death	23 Apr 1908	Sanborn, Niagara County, New York

Spouse	Samuel Martin Vail (1819 - 1898)
Child	Mary Rose Vail (1881 - )

Father	Col. George Philip Rose (1808 - 1894)
Mother	Sarah Ann Farley (1811 - 1891)