Esther McMahon
(1844-1923)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Nehemiah Houghton

Esther McMahon 2 3 4

  • Born: 10 Jul 1844, Portland, Frontenac, ON, CAN 5 6
  • Marriage (1): George Nehemiah Houghton on 10 Jul 1864 in Portland, Frontenac, ON, CAN 1
  • Died: 12 Jan 1923, Chicago, Cook, IL at age 78 5 6
  • Buried: 13 Jan 1923, Chicago, Cook, IL 5 6

   Another name for Esther was Essie McMahon.3

   FamilySearch ID: L5NG-9GR.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Chicago, Cook, IL. 7 The 1880 census recorded at 3245 Arnold Street: George Houghton, stone dealer, 40, living with wife Esther, 36; William 11; daughter Georgie E., 9; Edith M., 7; James N., 5; Charles E., 3; and servant Lulu Wingers, 16. George and his parents were born in New York. Esther and her parents were born in Canada. Their children were born in Illinois.

2. Census in 1900 in Chicago, Cook, IL. 8 The 1900 census recorded renting at 6829 South May Street: George Houghton, real estate agent, 60, born Jun 1840, living iwth wife Esther, 56, Jul 1844, and son Charles, 24, Dec 1876. George and Esther were married for 33 years and she had birthed 5 children, all alive in 1900. George and his mother were born in New York and his father in England. Esther and her parents were born in Canada English and she immigrated in 1865. Charles was born in Illinois.


Esther married George Nehemiah Houghton on 10 Jul 1864 in Portland, Frontenac, ON, CAN.1 (George Nehemiah Houghton was born in Jun 1840 in , , NY,9 died on 21 May 1902 in Chicago, Cook, IL 9 10 and was buried on 23 May 1902 in Chicago: Rosehill Cemetery, Cook, IL, USA 9 11.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Esther McMahon and George Houghton, 10 Jul 1867, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.

2 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2N-649 C Edward Steming and Edith May Houghton Beecher, 20 Dec 1917; citing Kane, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,481,094.

3 FamilySearch.org, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSJ-FY4 Edith M. Stenning, 07 May 1926; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,613,364.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181988871.

5 FamilySearch.org, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N342-XVZ Esther Houghton, 12 Jan 1923; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,163.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181988871/.

7 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXNV-G9Z, Edith M Houghton in household of George Houghton, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 3A.

8 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQ1-YHX George Houghton, Precinct 25 Lake Township Chicago city Ward 31, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 978, sheet 8A, family 144.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187899472.

10 Illinois Statewide Death Index (State of Illinois. Available online at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html), https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/deathsrch.jsp Houghton, George N. died 21 May 1902 certificate 8012.

11 Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Cook, Illinois.), 23 May 1902, page 12. Funeral of George Nehemiah Houghton.


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