Janette Renton ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Janet Renton
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 14 Mar 1830
Christening Place: , INNERWICK, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1830
Father's Name: Andrew Renton
Mother's Name: Agnes Wallace

Citing this Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTYW-SD8 : 10 February 2018), Andrew Renton in entry for Janet Renton, 17 Feb 1830; citing , reference - 2:15RNSW7, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,850.
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Janet Renton
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 14 Mar 1830
Event Place: Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Andrew Renton
Mother's Name: Agnes Wallace

Citing this Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY2K-9R9 : 12 February 2020), Agnes Wallace in entry for Janet Renton, 1830.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Janette Savage
Gender: Female
Death Date: 03 Apr 1902
Death Place: Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan
Age: 72
Birth Date: 1830
Birthplace: Scotland
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Andrew Renton
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Name: Agnes Wallace

Citing this Record
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH44-T6J : 10 March 2018), Andrew Renton in entry for Janette Savage, 03 Apr 1902; citing Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, reference cn 421; FHL microfilm 1,377,698.
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial #8851350

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1841 Scotland Census, 6 June 1841, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ⁵ 1841 Census of Scotland
Page 6, Line 1040, Roll CSSCT1841_133-0276, District 2
Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND
Janet Renton..10..b. Haddingtonshire

(Living with parents.)

2. Immigration: Harmonia, 14 July 1851, New York, New York, New York, United States. ¹⁰

3. 1860 US Census, 14 June 1860, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 45, Family 369, Roll 564
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Janette Renton..28..SCOTLAND

(Living with widowed father.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 Feb 1830, then her age should have been 30 instead of 28.

4. 1870 US Census, 17 June 1870, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 47, Family 415, Roll 710
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Janett Savage..38..SCOT..Keeping House

(Living with husband and three sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 Feb 1830, then her age should have been 40 instead of 38.

5. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 470D, District 267, Family 135, Roll 610
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Janet Savage..Wife..45..SCOTLAND..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 3 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 Feb 1830, then her age should have been 50 instead of 45.

6. 1900 US Census, 21 June 1900, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 215, Family 362, Roll 755
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Home owned
Married 40 years
Janet Savage..Wife..70..Feb 1830..SCOTLAND..3/3

(Living with husband.)

Janette married William Obed Savage, son of Miner Savage and Clarissa Dunham, on 24 October 1860 in Charter Township of Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, United States.^{1 2 3} (William Obed Savage was born on 27 May 1837 in Gerry, Chautauqua, New York, United States,^{3 7 11} died on 25 January 1903 in Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States ¹¹ and was buried after 25 January 1903 in Otisville Cemetery, Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 17 June 1870, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 47, Family 415, Roll 710
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Obed Savage..33..MI..Farmer
Janett Savage..38..SCOT..Keeping House
William Savage..9..MI
James Savage..7..MI
Frank Savage..5..MI

NOTE - Lived next door to Janette's married brother, Andrew, and his family

2. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 470D, District 267, Family 135, Roll 610
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Obed Savage..Head..45..MI..Farmer
Janet Savage..Wife..45..SCO..Keeping House
William Savage..Son..19..MI..Works On Farm
James Savage..Son..17..MI..Works On Farm
Frank Savage..Son..15..MI..Works On Farm

3. 1900 US Census, 21 June 1900, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 215, Family 362, Roll 755
Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan
Home owned
Married 40 years
Obed Savage..Head..63..May 1837..MI..Retired
Janet Savage..Wife..70..Feb 1830..SCO..3/3

  Marriage Notes:

William Obed Savage farmer of Van Buren was born in Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, May 27, 1837. His parents, Miner and Clarissa Savage, came to Wayne County, Michigan in 1835.

On 24 Oct 1860, William married Jeannette Renton of Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan. Jeannette Renton Savage was born in Scotland 17 Feb 1830. She came to Michigan with her parents Andrew and Agnes Renton in 1853. Agnes Renton died 1854, aged 52. Andrew Renton died 1877, aged 81. Mr. and Mrs. Savage have three children: William O., born 16 July 1861; James J., born 11 Oct, 1862, and Frank W., born 11 Jan 1865. Mr. Savage farms 113 acres.

(Source: History of Detroit and Michigan by Silas Farmer)
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