A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
Birth12 Feb 1815, Branford, New Haven Co, Connecticut1
Death19 Jun 1915, Branford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Age: 100
BurialBranford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven Co, Connecticut1551
FatherJoseph Linsley (1772-)
MotherLorana Bradley (1770-1856)
Spouses
Birth30 May 1809, East Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut1
Death28 Sep 1895 Age: 86
BurialBranford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven Co, Connecticut1549
OccupationShipper11
FatherThomas Smith (1761-1840)
MotherDesire Thompson (1771-1841)
Marriage19 May 1836, East Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut1
Notes for Lorena Linsley
Harrison house in Branford (124 Main St) owned many years by Joseph & Lorany Linsley, passed to daughter Lorany, & husband Thomas Smith. Lorena died in the house. House remained in Smith family until 1938, when it was sold to J. Frederick Kelly who restored it to its original condition & bequeathed it in 1947 to the Society to Preserve New England Antiquities, then sold it to Branford Historical Society in. 2016.
1870 census Lorainey Smith 55 housekeeping, M. Thomas Smith 60 shipper, P. Sarah Smith 28 school teacher, N. (elson) Willard Smith 17 & L. Warren 14 both in school.
1880 census just Lorena 65, & Thomas M 71 listed.
1900 census Lorena Smith 85 widowed total # children 7, living 4, daughter Sarah ? 59 married 28 yrs b. July 1841 Ct #children 0, living 0. housekeeper, son Willard 46 married 11 years b. Mar 1854 Ct farm laborer & dau. in law Nellie C. Smith 29 N.Y. married 11 years b. June 1871 children 0, living 0 .
1910 census Lorena 95 was living with son Nelson W. Smith 55 and his wife Helen C. 44, 0 children.11
1870 census Lorainey Smith 55 housekeeping, M. Thomas Smith 60 shipper, P. Sarah Smith 28 school teacher, N. (elson) Willard Smith 17 & L. Warren 14 both in school.
1880 census just Lorena 65, & Thomas M 71 listed.
1900 census Lorena Smith 85 widowed total # children 7, living 4, daughter Sarah ? 59 married 28 yrs b. July 1841 Ct #children 0, living 0. housekeeper, son Willard 46 married 11 years b. Mar 1854 Ct farm laborer & dau. in law Nellie C. Smith 29 N.Y. married 11 years b. June 1871 children 0, living 0 .
1910 census Lorena 95 was living with son Nelson W. Smith 55 and his wife Helen C. 44, 0 children.11