Ancestry of
Linda Hunt

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Edwin A. Austin

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• • Great-grandfather of Linda Hunt — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • William Austin 
  • Mother:
  • Mary R. -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1842 
  • Birth Location:
  • St. Clair County, Michigan 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Feb 1888 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Indian Fields Township Cemetery, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Susan Gordon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Apr 1868 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Juniata, Fremont Township, Tuscola, Michigan 
  • Child:

  Melissa Almira Austin (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  • Notes: 

  • U.S. Civil War veteran - Union

    Edwin Austin received a gunshot wound during the war.

    Transcribed marriage records for Edwin A. Austin and Susan Gordon incorrectly list the marriage year as 1888. Earlier records show it correctly as 1868. Records with the incorrect year also incorrectly calculate the birth years for Edwing and his wife Susan.

• Sources for Edwin A. Austin

  • ¹ 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census, MI, Tuscola County, Indiana Fields, p. 3, Image 3 of 5.
  • ² Federal Census, MI, Tuscola County, 1880, Caro, E.D. 406, p. 26, Image 23 of 26.
  • ³ Federal Census, MI, Sanilac County, 1850, Sanilac, Image 3 of 8.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MI, Sanilac County, 1860, Lexington, p. 41, Image 9 of 51.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/10/2019).
  • ⁶ Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Death certificate for daughter Melissa Almira Doying.
  • ⁷ Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage record for Howard P Doying and daughter Malissa Austin.
  • ⁸ Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage record for Edwin A Austin and Susan Gordon.
  • ⁹ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Pension records for Edwin A, Susan, and Melissa Austin.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, Burial record for Edwin A Austin.

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