Willie Sperry

(c 1866-)
FatherAndrew Sperry
MotherEliza M Sackett (1842-1916)
Willie Sperry, son of Andrew Sperry and Eliza M Sackett, was born in ConnecticutG in about 1866.1
     In 1870 Willie was living in Seymour, New Haven CountyG, in the household of his mother Eliza, and was recorded in the census as Willie Riggs (evidently an error for Sperry), aged four and born in Connecticut.2
     In 1880 he was living in Seymour, New Haven County, ConnecticutG, in the household of his widowed mother Eliza, and was recorded as Willie Sperry, aged 14.3

 Notes & Citations

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  2. 1870 United States Federal Census, Roll: M593_112; Page: 651B; Image: 137869; FHL Film: 545611
    Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, 29 Jun 1870
    Sperry, Eliza, 28, works in paper mill, real estate $1,000, b. CT
    Riggs, Polly, 74, at home, b. CT
    Riggs, Willie, 4, b. CT
    Sackett, Howard, 18, works in paper mill, b. CT
    Sackett, Emma, 10, b. CT.
  3. 1880 United States Federal Census, Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut
    [next door to Sperry household below]
    Woodworth, Jane? E, husband [sic: self], female, 47, wid, works in paper mill, b. CT, father b. CT, mother b. CT
    Buckingham, Henry, boarder, 51, wid, works on farm, b. CT, father b. CT, mother b. CT
    Riggs, Polly, mother, 83, wid, b. CT, father b. CT, mother b. CT
    Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut
    [next door to Woodworth household above]
    Eliza Sperry, head, widow, 37, b. CT, works in paper mill, father b. CT, mother b. CT
    Willie A. Sperry, son, 14, b. CT, father b. CT, mother b. CT
    Minerva Sackett, mother, widow, 63, b. CT, works at paper mill, father b. CT, mother b. CT.
Sackett line5th great-grandson of John Sackett of New Haven
ChartsLine 4 (American)
Generation.Tree9Q.4
Last Edited20 May 2016
 

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