Brief Life History of Lois Blinn
When Lois Blinn Kelsey was born on 5 January 1796, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Seymour Kelsey, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Augur, was 31. She married Antepas Winchester on 2 January 1822, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 10 July 1885, at the age of 89, and was buried in Clark Warren Cemetery, Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (48)
- Louis Winchester in household of Antipast Winchester, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lois Blinn Kelsey Winchester, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lois in entry for Reuben Winchester and Carrie M Kine, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1771–1871 Male
1796–1885 Female
Children (15)
1822–1902 Male
1823–1916 Female
1825–1906 Male
1826–1899 Female
1827–1900 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1751–1817 Male
1764–1852 Female
Siblings (11)
1788–1851 Male
1788– Female
1790–1879 Female
1792–1870 Female
1795–1878 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 4
1818
Age 22
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from an uncertain initial element (perhaps an Old English personal name with genitive -es) + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.
History: William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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