Individual Details
Henry Ward Ivory
(19 Aug 1838 - 2 Oct 1902)
New York. Henry lived with his parents.
1860 Henry Ivory, age 21 born in New York lives with the S. L. Morrison family at Gilroy, Santa Clara County. Mr. Morrison owns a blacksmith business and Henry must be working for him as he, too, is a blacksmith.
Ruth still lived in Dartmouth, Massachusetts with her family. She must have gone to California without her parents some time from late 1860-early 1864 before she wed Henry.
Daughter Nelle (Ellen A.)'s obituary states she was born in Berryessa Highlands, Napa County in 1867. This must be Berryessa, Santa Clara County which is four miles north east of San Jose, the city where the Henry Ivory family lived in 1870.
1870 U.S. Census Henry and Almie, born in Massachusetts, live at San Jose, Santa Clara County. He is a blacksmith, They have three children: Charles L. age 4, Nellie age 2 and Minnie age 11/12.
1880 U.S. Census California, Santa Barbara, Lompoc. Henry and Alusie Ivory age 36 have Charles L, 14, Ellen A., age 12, Minnie A. age 10 and Henry 6/12 born Dec 1879.
1900 U.S. Census California, Santa Barbara County, Carpenteria. Henry W. and wife, Alma R. lived with daughter Grace F. born May 1888. Henry was a blacksmith. He and Alma had been married 37 years. They had three living children out of six. Henry and his father were born in New York. His mother was born in Massachusetts.
Henry W. Ivory in grave 4, Ruth A. Ivory in Grave 3, Charles L. Ivory in Grave 5 and Henry B. Ivory in grave 6 are all buried in Lot 130 at Evergreen Cemetery in Lompoc. Georgie D. Ivory is listed in grave 7 but no dates are given.
Events
| Birth | 19 Aug 1838 | Henderson, Jefferson County, New York |  | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 29 Jun 1855 | (Horace Ivory and Marilda F. Lamson) Adams, Jefferson County, New York |  | | |
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1864 | Santa Clara County, California - Ruth Alma Barker | | ||
| Census (family) | 30 Aug 1870 | San Jose, Santa Clara County, California - Ruth Alma Barker | | | |
| Census (family) | 29 Jun 1880 | Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California - Ruth Alma Barker | | | |
| Census (family) | 9 Jun 1900 | Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California - Ruth Alma Barker | | | |
| Death | 2 Oct 1902 | Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California | | ||
| Burial | Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Barbara County, California | |
Families
| Spouse | Ruth Alma Barker (1843 - 1915) |
| Child | Charles L. Ivory (1865 - 1891) |
| Child | Ellen Adelaide Ivory (1867 - 1953) |
| Child | Minnie Ivory (1869 - 1935) |
| Child | George D. Ivory (1877 - 1880) |
| Child | Henry Benson Ivory (1879 - 1883) |
| Child | Grace Frances Ivory (1888 - 1976) |
| Father | Horace Ivory (1806 - 1882) |
| Mother | Marilda F. Lamson (1809 - ) |
| Sibling | George Lamson Ivory (1832 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Charles Oscar Ivory (1834 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Nancy Ann Ivory (1836 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Horace Dempster Ivory (1842 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Sarah Louisa Ivory (1846 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane Ivory (1848 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Ellen Frances Ivory (1851 - 1904) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Horace Ivory Head M 48 Massachusetts - MechanicMarilda Ivory Wife F 47 Jefferson County, NY
Henry W Ivory Child M 17 Jefferson County, NY - Mechanic
Dempster Ivory Child M 13 Jefferson County, NY
Sarah L Ivory Child F 10 Jefferson County, NY
Ellen F Ivory Child F 4 Jefferson County, NY
Census (family)
Henry W Ivory M 32 New York - BlacksmithAlmie Ivory F 27 Massachusetts - Keeping house
Charles L Ivory M 4 California
Nellie Ivory F 2 California
Minnie Ivory F 0 California
Census (family)
Henry W Ivory Self M 41 New York - BlacksmithAlusie R Ivory Wife F 36 Massachusetts
Charles S Ivory Son M 14 California
Ellen A Ivory Daughter F 12 California
Minnie A Ivory Daughter F 10 California
Henry Ivory Son M 0 California
Iras B Elkins Other M 23 California
Census (family)
Henry W Ivory Head M 62 New York - BlacksmithAlma R Ivory Wife F 57 Massachusetts - Book agent
Grace F Ivory Daughter F 12 California - At school
Endnotes
1. 1900 U.S. Census California, Santa Barbara, Carpenteria, SD 6 ED 151 Sh 4b.
2. Probably Rebecca Tredway Ivory from information supplied by Marilda Ivory, nee Lamson., Henry Ward Ivory birth 19 Aug 1838.
3. "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QK-PD4 : 13 March 2018), Horace Ivory, E.D. 2, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing p. , line #5, family #264, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 895,241..
4. California Marriage Index 1850-1877.
5. Santa Clara, California County Clerk, Henry Ward Ivory/Almie R. Barker marriage, 28 Aug 1864, page 97.
6. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXM-B95 : 12 April 2016), Charles L Ivory in household of Henry W Ivory, California, United States; citing p. 46, family 374, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,587..
7. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PJ-Z13 : 19 August 2017), Charles S Ivory in household of Henry W Ivory, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 551C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0081; FHL microfilm 1,254,081..
8. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GF-W2P : accessed 24 October 2017), Henry W Ivory, Township 1, Carpinteria Precinct, Santa Barbara, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 4B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,109..
9. Transcribed by Frances Marion Garland Houston, Evergreen Cemetery Record, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California (California DAR publication in 1984), page 26.
10. Find A Grave Memorial# 84950793.