Matilda Myers Ness
(1828-1881)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Godfrey

Matilda Myers Ness 1 2

  • Born: 30 Jul 1828, Springfield Twp., York, PA 1 3
  • Marriage (1): John Godfrey
  • Died: 16 Apr 1881, , York, PA at age 52 4
  • Buried: Loganville: Codorus Church of the Brethren Cemetery, York, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: L7FS-449.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Springfield Twp., York, PA. 1 John Godfrey, farmer, 43, was living with Matilda, 33; Martin, 13; Charles, 9; Ellen 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's real estate was valued at $3000 and personal estate at $500.

2. Census in 1870 in Springfield Twp., York, PA. 5 John Godfrey, farmer, 40, was living with Matilda, 32; Martin, 23; Charles, 19; Ellen 14. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's real estate was valued at $5000 and personal estate at $3000.

3. Census in 1880 in Glen Rock, York, PA. 6 The 1880 census recorded living on Water Street in Glen Rock: John Godfrey, laborer, 62, living with wife Matilda, 51; son Charles, baker, 27; daughter Ella, 22; and granddaughter Ida, 9. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Matilda married John Godfrey. (John Godfrey was born on 29 Oct 1817 in , , Pennylvania, USA,1 3 died on 11 May 1886 in , York, PA 3 and was buried in Loganville: Codorus Church of the Brethren Cemetery, York, PA 3.)

Sources

1 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, York County, Springfield Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1201 Page: 727.

2 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 301. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Glen Rock, PA.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52543803.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52543805.

5 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, York County, Springfield Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1469 Page: 307.

6 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKM-KXF John Godfrey, Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 476A.


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