Individual Details
Sarah S. Wilder
(27 Jul 1843 - 12 Dec 1936)
"Pioneer Families and History of Lapeer County" page 109. Sarah was dau. of Thomas Wilder who with his father and 4 brothers left England on the same boat. Thomas was a weaver of fine silk and his wife a lacemaker.[New York ships passenger records has the Wilder family arriving on the Garrick 19 May 1848 out of Liverpool. 14 Wilders are listed. William the head of the family was a minister. Thomas and his four brothers were glovemakers. The family is from Kegworth heading to Michigan.]
1860 Sarah lives in Oxford, Oakland County MI with a Humphrey family. She is 17. Her own family lives in Brandon township. These are the only "Wilders" in Michigan.
John Potter was William D. Potter and Electa Doud's son, as a "John" of the correct age lived with them in Elba in 1850. By 1860 John had left home. John S. enlisted at Elba (Lapeer Co. Michigan) in the 22 Infantry Company F. Aug 8, 1862 for three years. He was age 24. He was taken prisoner at Chckamauga, Georgia Sept. 20, 1863. He died in prison at Richmond, Virginia March 18, 1864.
Sarah married Rufus Ivory two years later on the 8 March 1866.
1910 Hadley township. Sarah is a widow with her daughter Una and her husband Leslie Bartenfelder living in Sarah's household.
1930 Hadley village Sarah still lives with her daughter Una and her husband. Sarah says she immigrated from England in 1848. She was 19 years old at the time of her first marriage [to John S. Potter].
Events
| Birth | 27 Jul 1843 | Loughborough, Leicestershire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Mar 1866 | Lapeer County, Michigan - Rufus Ivory | | ||
| Census (family) | 1870 | Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan - Rufus Ivory |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan - Rufus Ivory | | | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan - Rufus Ivory | | | |
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 9 Apr 1930 | (Leslie Merton Bartenfelder and Una Lou Ivory) Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan | | | |
| Death | 12 Dec 1936 | Lapeer County, Michigan | | ||
| Burial | Greenwood Cemetery, Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan | | |
Families
| Spouse | Rufus Ivory (1845 - 1908) |
| Child | William E. Ivory (1867 - 1940) |
| Child | Martha Alice Ivory (1868 - 1881) |
| Child | Sarah Elizabeth Ivory (1870 - 1884) |
| Child | Rosa Bell Ivory (1874 - 1874) |
| Child | Una Lou Ivory (1880 - 1941) |
Notes
Census (family)
Rufus Ivory M 25 MichiganSarah Ivory F 27 England
Wm Ivory M 3 Michigan
Alice Ivory F 2 Michigan
Geo Berden M 19 Michigan
Census (family)
Rufus Ivory M34 Michigan - FarmerWife Sarah S. Ivory F36 England - Keeping house
Son William E. Ivory M13 Michigan - at school
Daughter Martha Alice Ivory F12 Michigan - at school
Daughter Sarah E. Ivory F8 Michigan
Other Emma Taylor F19 Michigan
Census (family)
Rufus Ivory Head M 55 MichiganSarrah S Ivory Wife F 57 England
Una S Ivory Daughter F 20 Michigan
Frank Ivory Brother M 60 Michigan
William Sand Servant M 25 Michigan
Census
Sarah S Ivory Head F 66 England - Own incomeAnna L Bartenfelder Daughter F 29 Michigan
Leslie M Bartenfelder Son-in-law M 27 Michigan - Harness maker
Census (family)-shared
Leslie Bartenfelder Head M 47 Michigan - Garage owner and managerUna Bartenfelder Wife F 48 Michigan
Sarah Ivory Mother-in-law F 86 England
Burial
Plot: East sectionEndnotes
1. J. Dee Ellis, Compiler, Pioneer Families and History of Lapeer County, Michigan (Lapeer, Michigan: Ellis Publishing Co. , 1978. Reprinted by Lapeer County Genealogical Society in 1981.), page 109.
2. J. Dee Ellis, Compiler, Pioneer Families and History of Lapeer County, Michigan (Lapeer, Michigan: Ellis Publishing Co. , 1978. Reprinted by Lapeer County Genealogical Society in 1981.), page 109.
3. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHCM-Y7F : accessed 07 Sep 2013), Rufus Ivory, ..
4. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWS2-YZS : accessed 19 Feb 2014), Rufus Ivory, Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 235A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-0589.
5. "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS99-H2R : accessed 07 Sep 2013), Rufus Ivory, 1900..
6. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRS-G6R : accessed 18 January 2018), Leslie M Bartenfelder in household of Sarah S Ivory, Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 1A, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 659; FHL microfilm 1,374,672..
7. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQBR-BY5 : accessed 18 January 2018), Leslie Bartenfelder, Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 4A, line 50, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1006; FHL microfilm 2,340,741..
8. J. Dee Ellis, Compiler, Pioneer Families and History of Lapeer County, Michigan (Lapeer, Michigan: Ellis Publishing Co. , 1978. Reprinted by Lapeer County Genealogical Society in 1981.), page 109.
9. Sexton's Records for Green's Corners Cemetery, Hadley, Michigan.
10. Sarah S. Wilder Ivory burial, 27 Jul 1843-12 Dec 1936.
11. Find A Grave Memorial# 66836145.