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Ancestor #8

Catherine Elizabeth Tweed (1850-1929)

Catherine Elizabeth Tweed, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Grue) Tweed, was born in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario on July 1, 1850 and died in Galva, Ida, Iowa on February 7, 1929ⁱ. She married on July 16, 1874ⁱⁱ in South Gower, Grenville, Ontario, William Reuben Baldwin, born in Mountain on January 9, 1848 and died on May 16, 1911 in St. Thomas, Pembina, North Dakota. He was the son of Daniel and Ellen (Wilson) Baldwin.

Catherine Elizabeth, who went by her middle name, lost her mother when she was an infant. Her mother died sometime between her birth and the 1851 Canadian censusⁱⁱⁱ which was taken on January 12, 1852. At this time her father stated that he was a widower. Elizabeth, age 2, was living with her father, 25, brothers James, 6, and William, 4, and an older Tweed couple, Thomas, 75 and Sarah, 65. I had thought that Thomas and Sarah might be her grandparents but I have doubts about this relationship. In 1861 she is still living in Mountain^iv with her family but by 1870 she is in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania^v living with her brother James and his wife, Martha.

The family story is that Lizzie went back to Ontario to visit friends and became reacquainted with Willie Baldwin. They fell in love and married. After her marriage, she settled on the Baldwin farm and began to raise a family. In 1881^vi, she and Willie have 3 young sons and are living with his parents. His father, Daniel Baldwin, died in 1886 and his mother, Ellen, went to live with her daughter, Sarah Van Camp. At this time, North Dakota, among other states, was advertising heavily in the eastern states and Canadian provinces prompting many to pull up roots and head west. Willie and Lizzie were in that number. On February 13, 1889 they sold their farm, packed up the family, which now numbered six children, and took the west bound train. They arrived at Neche, North Dakota in March 1889 and made their way about 30 miles south to St. Thomas. Here William purchased farm land and with his sons began to farm.

In 1900, the family is living in St. Thomas^vii. William, age 52 is head of household and has been married for 25 years. His wife, Catherine E., age 48 is the mother of 10 children, 9 of them still living. This is the only indication I have found that she may have had a child who died young. Their children include Cyrus, 24, Silas, 20, Lulu, 18, Fred, 16, Maud E.,13, Lelah E., 8, Sarah E., 6, and Florence G., 3. The three youngest girls were born in North Dakota. Second son, Daniel is married and heads his own household. In 1910, the family is still in North Dakota^viii. The sons have all left the household. Residents are William, 62, Elizabeth, 60, Lulu, 28, Elma, 23, Leila, 19, Ethel, 17 and Florence, 14.

Willie died of throat cancer in 1911 and sometime after that, Elizabeth went to live in Iowa with her daughter Lelah. She appears in their household in 1920^ix. She died in Iowa in 1929 after having a stroke and is buried with her husband in the Saint Thomas City Cemetery.

Children of William R. and Catherine Elizabeth (Tweed) Baldwin:

i. Cyrus Edgar Baldwin. b. 7 Feb. 1876 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada, d. 11 Aug 1964 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, m. 1903 in ND. Bertha Maude Ross, b.8 Oct 1878 in Stratford, Perth, Ontario.

ii. Daniel Webster Baldwin. b. 6 Dec. 1877 in Mountain, d. 23 Aug. 1961 in Langdon, ND, m. on 27 Feb. 1900 Helena Gertrude Wynne, daughter of Abraham and Catherine Maria (Van Camp) Wynne, b. 7 Nov 1878 in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, d. 11 Dec. 1952 in Park River, ND. Both Daniel and Helena are buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, ND.

iii. Silas John Baldwin. b. 25 Feb. 1880 in Mountain, d. 4 July 1948 in Saint Thomas, m. in Voltaire, ND. Isabelle Bradshaw, b. 9 Nov 1878 and d. 5 Feb. 1973 in San Diego, CA.

iv. Lula May Baldwin, b. 25 March 1882 in Mountain, d. 17 Aug 1931 in Bonanza, Oregon, m. 21 June 1916 in Portland, OR Alfred Keller, b. 28 Oct. 1875 in Cross, Buffalo, Wisconsin., d. 19 Sep 1951 in Portland.

v. Frederick Arden Baldwin, b. 11 April 1884 in Mountain, d. 17 Dec 1972 in Regina, Saskatchewan, m. Gertrude Naomi Peavler, b. 19 Oct 1889 in Gilby, Grand Forks, ND, d. 13 Feb. 1978 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

vi. Elma Maud Baldwin, b. 22 Jan. 1887 in Mountain, d. 18 March 1935 in Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada, m. in 1918 in ND, William Smith Dorsey, b. 17 July 1889 in Sheldon, Ransom, ND, d. 4 Dec. 1963 in Penticton, British Columbia.

vii. Lelah Ellen Baldwin, b. 28 June 1891 in Saint Thomas, d. 18 Oct. 1969 in Galva, Iowa, m. 16 July 1915 in Saint Thomas, Merrill Worth Grubb b. 15 March 1885 in Lincoln, Dallas, Iowa, d. 9 June 1968 in Galva.

viii. Sarah Ethel Baldwin, b. 3 Oct. 1893 in Saint Thomas, d. 31 Jan. 1960 in Regina, m. 16 June 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, John C. Matheson, b. 2 Aug 1890 in Munlochy, Ross-shire, Scotland and d. 1966 in Regina.

ix. Florence Gertrude Baldwin, b. 29 June 1896 in Saint Thomas, d. 27 Sep 1972 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, m. in 1915, John. E. Streed, b. 25 Feb. 1885 in Sweden, d. 25 April 1956 in Galva.

Footnotes:

i “Iowa Death Records, 1920-1940”, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 Dec 2017, death certificate #47-710 (1929), Catherine Baldwin, citing Iowa State Historical Society Reference number 101784552.

ii"Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928", digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 Mar 2016), entry for William Baldwin and Lizzie Tweed, 16 Jul 1874; citing Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 14

iii 1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Mountain, Dundas County, Canada West, District 5, Subdistrict 36, page 57, line 43, John Tweed; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 Sep 2014), citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm, roll C_11717.

iv 1861 Census of Canada, Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, District 7, page 51, Line 43, John Tweed; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 Sep 2014), citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm, roll C-1014.

v 1870 U.S. census, Erie County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Erie Ward 4, written page  33, page 17 (stamped), dwelling 246, family 261, James Tweed; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 Nov 2016), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T593, roll 1340.

vi1881 census of Canada, Dundas, Ontario, population schedule, Mountain, District 102, Sub-district E, Division 3, p. 30, family 137, William Baldwin; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 17 Nov 2015), citing Library and Archives Canada Record Group 31-C-1, roll C_13228. 

vii 1900 US census, Pembina, North Dakota, population schedule, St. Thomas, Enumeration District (E.D.) 119, Sheet 5B, dwelling 77, family 80, William R. Baldwin; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 17 Nov 2015) citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1230.

viii 1910 US census, Pembina, North Dakota, population schedule, St. Thomas, Enumeration District (E.D.) 150, Sheet 9B, dwelling 63, family 66, William R. Baldwin; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 17 Nov 2015), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1145.

ix 1900 U.S. census, Ida County, Iowa, population schedule, Galva,  Enumeration District (E.D.) 59, sheet 4B, p. 224 (stamped), dwelling 91, family 98, Merrill W. Grubb; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 3 Jan 2016), citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, T625, roll 492.