Sarah Saphronia Vance ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

  Burial Notes:

Her gravestone has the year of death still blank and unfinished.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 3
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Sarah S. Vance..9..Ohio

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 17 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 192B, District 89, Family 198, Roll 0991
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Sarah S. Vance..Daughter..19..Ohio

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Shelby, OH on 5 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 137, Family 99
Shelby, Richland, Ohio, United States
57 Marvin(?) Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Sarah Vance..Sister-in-law..Nov 1860..39..Ohio..Sales Lady

(Living at the home of her married sister, Lena.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Pasadena, CA on 18 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 297, Family 106, Roll 86
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Sarah V. Sly..Lodger..48..Ohio..Married 0 years..0/0

(Living with husband at a rooming house.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Nov 1860, then her age should have been 49 instead of 48.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on 14 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 135, Family 530, Roll 229
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 7th Street; Home owned
Sarah Sly..Wife..59..Ohio

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on 18 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 3, Family 347, Roll 329
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 Earl Court; Home owned, $11000
Sarah B. Sly..Head..69..Ohio..Widowed

(Sarah was widowed and living alone.)
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• She appeared on the 1935 Florida State Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on April 1935. ⁸

1935 Florida State Census
Page 14, Precinct 3, Line 3
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 Earle Avenue; Home owned
Sara Vance Sly..Head..74..Ohio..Housewife..Grammar School
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on 1 May 1940. ⁹

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 52-5, Family 120, Roll 609
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 Earl Avenue; Home rented $35
Sarah V. Sly..Head..79..Ohio..Widowed..8th grade
Floyd V. Graves..Nephew..45..Ohio..3 years college..Bookkeeper, Bank..earned $1600 in 1939
Albert A. Decoster..Lodger..70..New Jersey

(Sarah was widowed and living with a nephew.)
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• She appeared on the 1945 Florida State Census in Saint Petersburg, FL in June 1945. ¹⁰

1945 Florida State Census
Page 14, Line 12, Precinct 5
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 Earl Avenue North
Sarah Sly..84..Ohio..Grade School..Housewife

(Sarah was widowed and living alone.)
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• She was buried in 1950 in the Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin, OH.

Find a Grave Memorial 130285254
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Sarah married Benjamin Franklin Sly, son of Christopher Wilbur Sly and Hanna Margaret Brown, on 24 April 1909 in Pulaski, NY.^{1 2 3} (Benjamin Franklin Sly was born on 1 October 1837 in Indiana,^{2 3 13} died on 5 September 1922 in Saint Petersburg, FL ^{13 14} and was buried on 7 September 1922 in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH ^{13 14}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 24 April 1909, in Pulaski, NY. ¹

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Pasadena, CA on 18 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 297, Family 106, Roll 86
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Istonia W. Jones..Head..62..Alabama..Widowed..Keeper, Rooming House
Benjamin F. Sly..Lodger..72..Indiana..Married 0 years..Own Income
Sarah V. Sly..Lodger..48..Ohio..Married 0 years..0/0
Lena McSweeney..Lodger..60..Wisconsin..Widowed
William E. Pedrick..Lodger..72..Pennsylvania..Widowed..Operator, Coal
Ola Cree*..Lodger..45..Illinois..Widowed
Maryetta Knapp..Lodger..42..New York..Widowed..Own Income
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Saint Petersburg, FL on 14 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 16A, District 135, Family 530, Roll 229
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
636 Boone Court; Home owned
Benjamin F. Sly..Head..82..Indiana
Sarah Sly..Wife..59..Ohio
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Benjamin F. Sly
Sex: Male
Age: 67
Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
Father's Name: Christopher W. Sly
Mother's Name: Anna Brown
Spouse's Name: Sarah S. Vance
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Spouse's Father's Name: Soloman Vance
Spouse's Mother's Name: Eliza Richards
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1909
Marriage Place: Pulaski, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States (New York, United States)
Source Details: v 1 p 107

Citing this Record
"New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVPZ-TD4 : 31 May 2021), Benjamin F. Sly, 24 Apr 1909, New York, United States; citing ref. ID v 1 p 107, county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 872,941.
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