Sophia Cunningham b. Abt 1851 Indiana, USA d. Yes, date unknown: Our Family History

Abt 1851 - Yes, date unknown

Name	Sophia Cunningham [1]
Born	Abt 1851	Indiana, USA
Gender	Female
Census	3 Aug 1860	Elkhart township, Elkhart County, Illinois, USA [2]
	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 [3]
	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 [4]
	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 [5]
	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 [6]
	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 [7]
	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 [8]
	"Aldrich, Sophie (wid John), bds 434 Monroe av"
Died	Yes, date unknown
Person ID	I1677	Full
Last Modified	5 Mar 2015

Father	James Cunningham, b. Abt 1812, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Aft 1870 (Age ~ 59 years)
Mother	Martha Hayden, b. Abt 1812, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , d. 30 Dec 1874 (Age ~ 62 years)
Married	13 Apr 1835	Elkhart County, Indiana, USA [9]
	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.
Family ID	F657	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 George Boobyer, b. May 1852, England

Married 25 Jun 1876 Warren County, Illinois, USA [3, 10, 11]

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.

Children

	1. Lizzie Boobyer, b. Abt 1878, Illinois, USA
+	2. Laura May Boobyer, b. 1 Dec 1880, Illinois, USA , d. 29 Oct 1938, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Michigan, USA (Age 57 years)
+	3. Edna Mae Boobyer, b. 6 Sep 1883, Lincoln township, Wright County, Iowa, USA , d. Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
	4. Cora Emeline Boobyer, b. Abt 1886, Wright County, Iowa, USA
	5. Charles Leslie Boobyer, b. 7 Aug 1888, Lincoln township, Wright County, Iowa, USA
	6. John Eli Boobyer, b. 16 Aug 1891, Wright County, Iowa, USA , d. 15 Sep 1967, California, USA (Age 76 years)
	7. Margaret "Maggie" Ruth Boobyer, b. Abt 1892-1894, Wright County, Iowa, USA
	8. Ray E. Boobyer, b. Abt 1896, Iowa, USA

Last Modified 5 Mar 2015

Family ID F1268 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	John Aldrich, b. Abt 1851, Michigan, USA , d. 1 Jun 1906, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA (Age ~ 55 years)
Married	1 Nov 1902	Cornelia, Wright County, Iowa, USA [12, 13]
	George and Elizabeth Irvin witnessed the marriage.
Last Modified	6 Mar 2015
Family ID	F2261	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		James Cunningham and Martha Hayden, census, 1860 Elkhart County, Indiana 1860 U.S. census, Elkhart County, Indiana, population schedule, Elkhard township, Goshen (post office), p. 189 (penned), p. 367 (penned), dwelling 1768, family 1768, James Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 18 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 256.
		Sophia Cunningham and first husband George Boobyer, 1880, Knox County, Illinois 1880 U. S. census, Knox County, Illinois, population schedule, Rio township, enumeration district (ED) 147, p. 9 (penned), p. 323 (stamped, recto), dwelling 77, family 78, Geo Boobier [Boobyer] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 March 2015 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 220.
		Sophia Cunningham and first husband George Boobyer, 1895 state census, Wright County, Iowa 1895 Iowa State census, Wright County, population schedule, Lincoln township, pp. 499-500 [stamped, top right], line 26, dwelling 12, family 12, George Boobier household; "Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2015); citing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des…

Notes
See attached sources. [14]

Sources

[S135] DeBoard - Misc Letters written by the DeBoard family (Roley), (Letters written by members of the DeBoard and Roush families, 1878-1915; in the possession of Roley DeBoard [address and e-mail for private use]; the letters passed from Snoden S. Deboard to his son, Louis DeBoard, then to Louis's son Roley DeBoard, grandson of Snoden S. DeBoard; Roley DeBoard sent the author color copies of the letters in the late 1990's; the copies remain in the author's possession (2007).).
[S4748] 1860 U.S. census, Elkhart County, Indiana, population schedule, Elkhard township, Goshen (post office), p. 189 (penned), p. 367 (penned), dwelling 1768, family 1768, James Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 18 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 256.
[S4749] 1870 U.S. census, Hardin County, Iowa, population schedule, Grant township, El Dora [Eldora] (post office), p. 4 (penned), p. 429 (stamped, verso), dwelling 27, family 27, Jas. Cunningham household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 18 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 394.
[S4782] 1880 U. S. census, Knox County, Illinois, population schedule, Rio township, enumeration district (ED) 147, p. 9 (penned), p. 323 (stamped, recto), dwelling 77, family 78, Geo Boobier [Boobyer] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 March 2015 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 220.
[S4783] 1895 Iowa State census, Wright County, population schedule, Lincoln township, pp. 499-500 [stamped, top right], line 26, dwelling 12, family 12, George Boobier household; "Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2015); citing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
[S4784] 1900 U.S. census, Stevens County, Minnesota, population schedule, Eldorado township, enumeration district (ED) 261, sheet 1B, p. 211b (stamped), dwelling 18, family 18, George Boobyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 March 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 793.
[S4779] "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 4 March 2015), for John M. Aldrich, death 1 June 1906, Adrian, Michigan, appearing in the Hudson Post-Gazette; citing Obituary, marriage and birth card file, Lenawee, Michigan, , ca. 1840-ca. Oct. 2005, Lenawee County Historical Society, Adrian. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-43888-336-37?cc=2215693.
[S4780] Detroit City Directory . . . 1907 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1907), 513, for Sophie Aldrich; "U. S. City Directories, 1821-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Sept 2014).
[S4747] Elkhart County, Indiana, Marriage Book A: 90, James Cunningham-Marthy H. Haden [Hayden] (1835); "Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2015); FHL film no. 1845,552. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXBH-5RM].
[S4777] "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 19 February 2015), John Aldrich-Sophia Badger, Wright County, Iowa, 1 November 1902; citing Wright County Clerk of District Court, Clarion. [URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKC-P4M8].
[S4781] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 5 March 2015), entry for George Bonbier [Boobyer?]-Sophia Cunningham, Warren County, 25 June 1876; citing vol. C:92, Monmouth.
[S4778] "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 19 February 2015), John Aldrich-Sophia Badger, Wright County, Iowa, 1 November 1902; citing Wright County Clerk of District Court, Clarion. [URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKC-P4M8].
[S4789] Wright County, Iowa, marriage register [1902]:44, John Aldrich-Sophia Bodyer [Boobyer], 1 November 1902; FHL microfilm no. 1,392,977, Salt Lake City; original, Clerk of District Court, Clarion.
[S739] Cunningham, Adenline - Letter (Nov 1891), (Adeline (Cunningham) Burnham to Mrs. W.H. DeBoard, letter, 12 Nov 1891; one of a group of letters in the possession of Roley DeBoard, who received them from his father, Louis DeBoard, who received them from his mother, Cora Emma (Roush) DeBoard; Cora Emma Roush was the daughter of Emmaline (Cunningham) Roush and the niece of Adeline (Cunningham) Burnham; Roley DeBoard sent copies to the author around 1999; copies remain in the author's possession (2007).), " I will tell you about Sophia. (Reliability: 3).
I was to see her last winter. She has 5 children, 4 girls and a boy so is engaged with them. She has no time for anything else so you need not look for a letter from her. She hasn't written to me since I came home and I don't expect she will." [Nov 1891]