Serena E. House
(1851-After 1884)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Merritt Cornell

Serena E. House 1 2 3

  • Born: 1851, Indiana 2
  • Marriage (1): Merritt Cornell on 25 December 1873 1 2
  • Died: After 9 January 1884
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Porter Township, Porter County, IN on June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 524B, Roll 0305
Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana
Serena E. Cornell..Wife..29..IN..Keeps House
(Living with husband, 2 daughters, and widowed mother-in-law.)
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Serena married Merritt Cornell, son of Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot, on 25 December 1873.1 2 (Merritt Cornell was born on 18 August 1850 in Boone Township, Porter, IN,1 2 3 4 died on 27 May 1911 in , Porter County, IN 3 and was buried after 27 May 1911 in Valparaiso, IN 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Porter Township, Porter County, IN on June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 524B, Roll 0305
Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana
Merrit Cornell..Head..29..IN..Farmer
Serena E. Cornell..Wife..29..IN..Keeps House
Miriam L. Cornell..Dau..5..IN..At Home
Stella P. Cornell..Dau..3..IN..At Home
Lydia Cornell..Mother..57..OH..At Home
Eli Folts..Othr..19..IN..Farm Laborer
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Sources


1 Goodspeed and Blanchard, Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical (1882), page 381.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana, p. 524B, Merritt Cornell and Serena E. House; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0305.

3 Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, Porter County Indiana Death Index 1884-1927 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~innwigs/Archives/DeathIndex-PorterCounty.htm).

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, p. 15, dwelling 127, family 122, Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 351.


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