Charles Melvin Bernard

Charles married Virginia Rose Audette [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Melvin Lester Bernard was born on 12 Apr 1937 in Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota, USA; died on 19 Aug 2011 in Humble, Harris County, Texas, USA.

Henry married Laura May Boobyer Laura (daughter of George Boobyer and Sophia Cunningham) was born on 1 Dec 1880 in Illinois, USA; died on 29 Oct 1938 in Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Sophia Cunningham on 25 Jun 1876 in Warren County, Illinois, USA. Sophia (daughter of James Cunningham and Martha Hayden) was born about 1851 in Indiana, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 3 Aug 1860, Elkhart township, Elkhart County, Illinois, USA; 1. Cunningham, James, 5[7?], male, labor, real estate value $300, personal $60, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Martha, 47, female, housework, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Adaline, 16, female, housework, Indiana 4. _____, George [M.? W.?], 13, male, Indiana 5. _____, William, 12, male, Indiana 6. _____, Sophia, 9, female, Indiana 7. _____, Emeline, 21, female, housework, Indiana
• Census: 28 Jun 1870, Eldora (post office), Grant township, Hardin County, Iowa, USA; 1. Cunningham, Jas, 67, male, white, farmer Rented, [no real estate value], personal $1400, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Sarah, 59, female, white, keeping house, Pennsylvania 3. _____, William, 23, male, white, working on farm, Indiana 4. _____, Sophia, 20, female, white, no occupation, Indiana
• Census: 10 Jun 1880, Rio township, Knox County, Illinois, USA; 1. Boobier, Geo, white, male, 28, married, farmer, England, [ditto marks ambiguous, parents born either in England or in Sweden?] 2. _____, Sophia, white, female, 27, wife, married, housekeeping, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana 3. _____, Lizzie, white, female, 2, daughter, Illinois, England, Indiana
• Census (State): 1895, Lincoln township, Wright County, Iowa, USA; 1. Boobier, 43, white male, married, England, [father and mother of foreign birth], farmer, Catholic, subject to military duty, enrolled to vote, cannot read or write 2. _____, Sophia, 44, white female, married, Indiana, keeping house, Dunkard 3. _____, Laura May, 14, white female, Illinois 4. _____, Edna, 11, white female, Wright County, Iowa 5. _____, Cora Emeline, 9, white female, Wright County, Iowa 6. _____, Charles Leslie, 6, white male, Wright County, Iowa 7. _____, John Eli, white male, 3, Wright County, Iowa 8. _____, Maggie Ruth, white female, 1, Wright County, Iowa
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Eldorado township, Stevens County, Minnesota, USA; 1. Boobyer, George, head, white, male, May 1852, 48, married 24 years, England, England, England, immigratedin 1871, in this country 29 years, naturalized, well driller, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Sophia, wife, white, female, April 1851, 49, married 24 years, 9 children 8 living, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, can read and write 3. _____, Emma E., daughter, white, female, 1888, 12, Iowa, England, Indiana, not attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Charles L. son, white, male, July 1889, 10, Iowa, England, Indiana, not attending school, can read and write 5. _____, John E., son, male, white, August 1891, 8, Iowa, England, Indiana, not attending school 6. _____, Maggie R., daughter, white, female, December 1893, 6, Iowa, England, Indiana 7. _____, Ray E. son, white, male, April 1896, 4, Iowa, England, Indiana
• Note: 1 Jun 1906, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA; Husband John M. Aldrich committed suicide. This would appear to be the right John M. Aldrich because the 1902 marriage record said he was from Michigan. Also, a 1907 city directory for Detroit list the widowed Sophia Aldrich.
• Directory: 1907, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA; "Aldrich, Sophie (wid John), bds 434 Monroe av"

Notes:

See attached sources.

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Married:
Last appears in her father's home in 1870, when she would have been 19. Is marrying again to John Aldrich in 1902.

Marriage license issued to George and Sophia, Warren Co, 1876.

Other Events:

• Note: The Eldora Cemetery has a stone for an S. B. Cunningham, who may or may not have been related to James Cunningham. No dates are offered on his stone, but his entry on FindAGrave offers the transcription of his biography in the 1883 History of Hardin County states that he was born in Pennsylvania to Samuel A. Cunningham and Julia A. Boyd, both natives of Maryland. The bio indicates that Julia A. (Boyd) Cunningham died at age 58 in Maryland, and Samuel A. Cunningham died in Indiana at age 98. James Cunningham's som William H. in the 1900 census indicates that his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Pennsylvania. Could these have been among the family members of James Cunningham?
• Census: 1840, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; 1 male of 5 and under 10 [unidentified eldest child?] 1 male of 20 and under 30 [James Cunningham, abt 28] 2 females under 5 [Betsy 3; Emeline 2] 1 female of 20 and under 30 [Martha H. (Hayden) Cunningham, abt 28
• Census: 17 Sep 1850, Elkhart township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; 1. Cunningham, James, 38, male, miller, [no real estate value], Pennsylvania 2. _____, Martha, 37, female, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Betsy, 13, female, Indiana, attending school 4. _____, Emeline, 12, female, Indiana, attending school 5. _____, Adaline, 6, female, Indiana, attending school 6. _____, Geo W., 4, male, Indiana 7. _____, W. H., 2, male, Indiana
• Census: 3 Aug 1860, Elkhart township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; 1. Cunningham, James, 5[7?], male, labor, real estate value $300, personal $60, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Martha, 47, female, housework, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Adaline, 16, female, housework, Indiana 4. _____, George [M.? W.?], 13, male, Indiana 5. _____, William, 12, male, Indiana 6. _____, Sophia, 9, female, Indiana 7. _____, Emeline, 21, female, housework, Indiana
• Census: 28 Jun 1870, Eldora (post office), Grant township, Hardin County, Iowa, USA; 1. Cunningham, Jas, 67, male, white, farmer Rented, [no real estate value], personal $1400, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Sarah, 59, female, white, keeping house, Pennsylvania 3. _____, William, 23, male, white, working on farm, Indiana 4. _____, Sophia, 20, female, white, no occupation, Indiana

Notes:

Elkhart County, IN probate records, filmed by LDS, 1830 - 1920. Index does not reference dates.

Film Name: 22 Cook, James
#101 Vault A-69
Vs. Cunningham, James

Film Name: 26 Cook, James
# 37
Vault B-10
Vs. Cunningham, James

(Research):A homestead file for a James Cunningham of St. Joseph Indiana exists. The land office was Fort Wayne, and the legal description "North half of the Northeast quarter of Section 15, Township 35, Range 7." Dated 24 April 1837. Containing 80 acres. Patented 20 Aug 1828. File no. 19051.

It is not clear whether or not this is our James Cunningham.

James married Martha Hayden on 13 Apr 1835 in Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. Martha (daughter of Zerah Hayden and Martha McClure) was born about 1812 in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Dec 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had an "Aunt Jane Hammon" (or HAMMOND?)

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Married:
Who is Sarah Cunningham, age 59, in the home of James in the 1870 census? Could it be Martha? The letter from her son indicates Martha's death in 1878. Could they have divorced and James remarried? Could it be an error on the part of the census enumerator?

George Hayden's letter to his niece Emeline Cunningham regarding her inheritance (dated 25 June 1878, from Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa), stated that the deceased "Aunt Jane Hammon" had left one-third of her estate to "the heirs of your grandmother." He went on to say "as your mother is now dead, you will be heir to one-sixth of one-fifth. . . . "

This makes it clear that in 1878 there were 6 living children of Martha (Hayden) Cunningham.