NameReuben Wilford
BirthMar 1841, England2
Death1900, Avon, Lorain County, Ohio?
BurialAvon Cemetery, Avon, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationStorekeeper--1880; saloon keeper--1900.
Spouses
BirthDec 1853, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio1,2,3,5,6,4,8
Death26 Oct 1941, Avon?, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationRan a boarding house5
FatherMichael Born (~1822-<1900)
MotherMary (1831-)
Marriage13 Dec 1877, St. Mark Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
ChildrenAlbert R. (1878-1962)
 Charles T. (1880-1950)
 Howard (1881-1964)
 Genevieve (1894-)
Notes for Reuben Wilford
Source: Ancestry.com—Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973; and www.findagrave.com.
In 1880 he and his wife and son as well as two others lived in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, next door to his wife’s parents. In 1900 he and his wife and four children lived in Avon with his wife’s mother Mary Born and his wife’s brother Anton.
The findagrave website shows that his tombstone gives 1843 as his birth year.
Notes for Emma (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007.
As of 1900 she had had four children all of whom were living. In 1910 she lived in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio with her daughter Genevieve and granddaughter Laura Wilford, as well as her mother Mary Born.
In 1920 she lived in Avon with her 13-year-old granddaughter Laura Wilford, and her daughter Genevieve and son-in-law William H. Cummings and their children. In 1930 she lived in Avon with her grandson-in-law and granddaughter Julius and Laura Forthofer. Her son Albert lived nearby with his family.
In 1940 she lived with her daughter Genevieve and son-in-law William H. Cummings in Avon in the same home she lived in in 1935.
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