Orlando G. Allison ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was Stomach Cancer.¹

  Death Notes:

Name: Orlando G Allison
Gender: Male
Death Date: 29 May 1901
Death Place: Stryker, Williams, Ohio
Age: 50
Birth Date: 02 Feb 1851
Birthplace: Tuscarawas Co, O
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6DP-TWG : 9 March 2018), Orlando G Allison, 29 May 1901; citing Stryker, Williams, Ohio, reference v 3 p 2; FHL microfilm 914,035.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 10 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 125, Dwelling 982, Family 954, Roll 1052
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Orlando Allison..8..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 20 June 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 27, Dwelling 199, Family 199
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Orlando Allison..18..OH..Farm Laborer

(Living with father and step-mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 5 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 669D, District 13, Family 172, Roll 1078
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Orlando Allison..Self..27..OH..Farming

(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 2 Feb 1852, then his age should have been 28 instead of 27.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 1 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 115, Dwelling 7, Family 7, Roll 1332
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 23 years
Orlando Allison..Head..Feb 1852..48..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and 6 children.)
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• He was buried after 29 May 1901 in the Boynton Cemetery in Stryker, OH.

Orlando and his wife share one common gravestone that is a large vertical face monument of polished rose colored marble. The inscription reads "ALLISON - Orlando G., 1852 - 1901; Allie M., 1856 - 1949".

Find A Grave Memorial 73337606
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Orlando married Almira M. Rex, daughter of John Jacob Rex and Mary Jane Truxell, on 29 September 1877 in Morenci, MI.^{1 2 3} (Almira M. Rex was born on 13 September 1855 in , Richland County, OH,^{7 8 9} died on 15 February 1949 in Bryan, OH ^{7 10} and was buried after 15 February 1949 in Stryker, OH ^{7 10}.). The cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.¹

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 29 September 1877, in Morenci, MI.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 5 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 669D, District 13, Family 172, Roll 1078
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Orlando Allisson..Self..27..OH..Farming
Allie M. Allisson..Wife..36..OH..Keeping House
Maybell Allisson..Dau..2..OH

Living next to his married brother Daniel and his family.
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 1 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 115, Dwelling 7, Family 7, Roll 1332
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 23 years
Orlando Allison..Head..Feb 1852..48..OH..Farmer
Alice Allison..Wife..Apr 1850..50..OH..6/6
Fred Allison..Son..May 1879..21..OH..Farmer
Mabel Allison..Dau..Sep 1881..18..OH
Laura Allison..Dau..Sep 1887..12..OH
Ned Allison..Son..Apr 1890..10..OH
Ruth Allison..Dau..Apr 1893..7..OH
Robert Allison..Son..May 1895..5..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Orlande Allison
Spouse's Name: Almaria Rex
Event Date: 29 Sep 1877
Event Place: Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan

Citing this Record:
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQS6-B5H : 4 December 2014), Orlande Allison and Almaria Rex, 29 Sep 1877; citing Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan, v 2 p 258 rn 460, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,461.
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As with many other members of the Allison family, there are problems with the birth dates for several of Orlando's family.

His wife, Alice (or Allie or Almira), gave birth years of 1844 in the 1880 US Census, 1850 in the 1900 US Census, and 1856 on the 1920 US Census and as inscribed on her gravestone. Researcher Roy Oehler gives a seemingly trusted date of 13 Sep 1855.

The son, Fred, gave a birth date of May 1879 on the 1900 US Census but 1881 appears on his gravestone. Most documents for Fred show a birth date of 2 Feb 1882. The 1879 date from the 1900 US Census cannot be correct because Fred's name does not appear with the family on the 1880 US Census when he would have been about 1 year old.

The daughter, Maybell (or Mabel), provides a birth date of 1878 on the 1880 US Census. On the 1900 US Census, she provides a birth date of Sep 1881 which cannot be correct because she was listed with the family on the 1880 US Census. Some researchers show a birth date of 2 Feb 1879 which is plausible but her age was given as 2 on the 1880 US Census and that 2 Feb 1879 date would have made her age 1 instead of 2. Also note that the date for her brother, Fred, was also given as 2 February which sounds as if the date has gotten mixed up between the two siblings by researchers and is now impossible to ascertain which is correct without any source citations. The date of 1878 is probably the correct one.

The son, Ned (or Neil), provided a birth date of Apr 1890 on the 1900 US Census but his gravestone is marked as 1891.

It would seem that many of the Allison gravestones at Boynton Cemetery may have the wrong birth dates on them. Since many of them are relatively new even though the deaths were quite a long time ago, I suspect that one or more well-meaning family representatives used whatever family information that was available at the time and used those dates even though they may have now been proven slightly inaccurate.
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There is also a discrepancy in the number of children born to this marriage. On the 1900 US Census, Almira indicated that she had given birth to 6 children and they were all still alive. There are birth records for 7 children and all but Lena are known to have been alive until 1900. But there is a problem with the birth records of Mabel Allison in that the names of the parents may have been reversed with the next entry in the birth register. This reversal is indicated by a set of arrows alongside the names of the fathers but not the mothers. Perhaps Mabel Allison was not born to Orlando and Almira. The 1900 US Census clearly lists Mabel as a daughter.

The 1900 US Census does not list the name of the daughter named Lena, who was born in 1886 suggesting that she died as an infant. No death record for her can be found.

To complicate things even more, at least one researchers suggests the name of the wife of the son, Ned Allison, was Mabel. Her gravestone appears alongside of but as a separate stone from that of Ned Allison. There are no inscriptions to indicate "wife" or "husband" but their close proximity suggests that they were husband and wife. The birth date of this Mabel as given on the gravestone is 1879 which matches the date given for the supposed daughter named Mabel. If this Mabel were indeed a wife of Ned and not a daughter of Orlando and Almira, then the number of children as indicated on the 1900 US Census is correct at 6. But even that would seem to be doubtful in that the death record for Ned who died in 1948 indicated that he was single. His supposed wife named Mabel lived until 1955. This suggests that she was not a wife but rather a daughter of Orlando and Almira which then raises her count of children up to 7 instead of the 6 given on the 1900 US Census. No record of a marriage for Ned can be found.
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