Ancestry of
Burton Milo Reynolds

(1906–2002)

Lauria Sophronia Olmsted

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• • Great-grandmother of Burton Milo Reynolds — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 15 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Apr 1877 
  • Death Location:
  • Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Plains Cemetery, Aurelius, Ingham, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • George W. Wilcox
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1834 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Aaron Demetrius Wilcox

  Susan Elizabeth Wilcox

  Matilda Sophronia Wilcox

  Ann Eliza Wilcox (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  • Notes: 

  • Lauria Sophronia Olmsted's given name is also seen as Laura.

    Her name is consistently spelled Lauria in the probate documents and newspaper notices regarding the estate of her first husband George Wilcox.

    Laura Sophronia Olmsted should not be confused with Lorena Olmsted, daughter of Samuel and Lorena (Bruce) Olmsted, and who also married a George Wilcox. The latter family lived in eastern New York and western Massachusetts.

• Additional marriages for Lauria Sophronia Olmsted

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  • Spouse:
  • Elias D. Fowler
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 15 Oct 1850

• Sources for Lauria Sophronia Olmsted

  • ¹ Federal Census, MI, Ingham County, 1870, Aurelius, p. 25, Image 25 of 38.
  • ² Federal Census, MI, Ingham County, 1860, Aurelius, p. 192, Image 20 of 30.
  • ³ Federal Census, MI, Ingham County, 1850, Aurelius, Image 3 of 12.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/28/2022).
  • ⁵ Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Death certificate for daughter Mrs Ann Eliza Thompson.
  • ⁶ Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Death record for Sophronia Fowler.
  • ⁷ Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980, Case #384, Probate file for spouse George W. Wilcox.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 318, confuses Lauria with Lorena, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Wellman) Olmsted.