Elsie Van Winkle1

#4132, (circa 1809 - )

Family 1

John Roberts b. s 1805
Children 1.Winifred Roberts7 (s 1830 - )
 2.Mary Roberts8 (c 1836 - )
 3.Thomas Roberts8 (c 1840 - )
 4.Rebecca Roberts8 (1842 - 1919)
 5.Minerva Roberts8 (c 1844 - )

Family 2

Joseph Downen b. c 1791
Children 1.Emaline Downen8,9 (1850 - 1850)
 2.Sarah Downen10 (c 1852 - )
Her married name was Roberts. 
Her married name was Downen. 
Birth*circa 1809She was born circa 1809 at KentuckyG.2 
Marriage*5 September 1828She married John Roberts on 5 September 1828; (one source has 7 Sep 1828.)1,3 
Marriage*circa 1848She married Joseph Downen, son of Job Downen Sr and Mary Elizabeth Robinson, circa 1848.4,5 
5 September 1850She and Joseph Downen appeared on the census of 5 September 1850 at Ashland Twp., Schuyler Co., IllinoisG.2 
19 July 1860She and Joseph Downen appeared on the census of 19 July 1860 at Oakland Twp., Schuyler Co., IllinoisG.6 

Citations

  1. [S2094] Daniel Van Winkle, A Genealogy of the Van Winkle Family (Jersey City, New Jersey: Datz Press, 1913), p. 79. Elsie, dau. of Joseph Van Winkle and Mary Atherton, marr. John Roberts 5 Sep 1828. Credit to cmleonard1 ("Leonard 2014-12-10 GOOD" family tree on Ancestry.com) and to kmush_1 (comments on 1850 census) for reporting and sourcing the identity of Elsy Van Winkle.
  2. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Josiah (53), b. KY, farmer; Elsy (41), b. KY.
  3. [S246] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1802-1892 [database], online Ancestry.com, Elcy Vanwinkle and John Roberts, marr. Crawford Co. IN 7 Sep 1828.
  4. [S2089] "Early Downen History, 2nd Edition", 1972, Elizabeth Myers (Carmi, Illinois), to Mrs. Eben F Pinkham (Exater, California), p. 2. Joseph Downen, "aka Josiah," b. KY 1797; marr. (1st) Adah _____, b. 1881, d. 1846, bur. Schuyler Co. IL; marr. (2nd) ____ _____, wid. of ____ Roberts; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  5. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Youngest Roberts child age 6, next child is a Downen, age 3 mos.
  6. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Josiah (63), b. KY, farmer; Elsey (50), b. KY.
  7. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Comment by kmush_01, naming Winifred as another dau. of John Roberts and Elcy [sic] Van Winkle (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll).
  8. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  9. [S2093] California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987, online Ancestry.com, Butte Co., Register of Deaths, 1908-1914, p. 319. Mrs. Emma Luman, b. IL Feb 1850, marr., housewife, father ____ Downing, mother not named; d. Oroville, Butte Co., 28 Mar 1910, age 60, carcinoma of uterus; inf. Lucy Jamison; bur. Quincy CA.
  10. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census.