Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameLafayette W. Giddings 
Birth2 Jun 1830, Washington, Macomb, MI.
Death2 Dec 1906, Macomb, Macomb, MI.
BurialPrestonville Cemetery, Macomb Twp., Macomb, Mi.
FatherLester Giddings (1792-1879)
MotherRebecca Experience Miller (1796-1868)
Misc. Notes
Sources & Information:
Macomb Co., Michigan, Birth record, Book B, pg. 317, No. 20 & Book B, pg. 230, No. 19.
IGI RECORD --- Lafayette W. Giddings, male, Birth 2 Jun1830, Macomb, Macomb, Mi. Parents: Father: Lester Giddings. Mother: Rebecca Experience Miller. Source Info: Film No: 1760796.
History of Macomb County, Michigan, 1882. Under name of Lester Giddings is found: "Lafayette W. Giddings, son of Lester and Rebecca Miller Giddings, was born in the town of Washington, June 2, 1830; April 31, 1831 his parents removed to Macomb Township, where he was raised and has lived most of the time on the old homestead, which passed into his hands after the death of his father. He married, October 17, 1855, to Mary A. Pryor, a resident of Oakland County, Town of Milford; she died July 7, 1856; was married again, October 4, 1866, to Mrs Mary A. (Dryer) Sutherland, a native of Lenox Township; they have a family of four children -- Cleora, George R., Delia and Fisk C. Mr. Giddings is a Democrat, though not strictly adhering to any particular party."
ITS ALL IN THE NAME OF, MARY A. -- PRYOR, DRYER, SUTTON.
You will note the 1st and 2nd marriage of Lafayette W. Giddings recording two wives with the same first name and middle initial of Mary A. Pryor and Mary A. Dryer. This now creating three persons with the same first name and middle initial, married to a Giddings, and living in the Macomb, Michigan area. These being represented in Lafayette's two wives Mary A. Pryor and Mary A. Dryer, and then there is Mary A. Sutton the wife of Theodore Marshall Giddings. This was to become an importance of preciseness when the name of Mary A. Giddings was being mentioned. It causing a chuckle each time the name of Mary A. was brought up. WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? [This information per converstation with grandmother Mary A. [Sutton] Giddings with Edward Dale Ellis).
1900 United States Federal Census, Macomb, Macomb, Michigan. Gives Lafayette Giddings, Head of family, age 70, b. abt. 1830; spouse Mary A. Giddings, age 61, b. abt. 1839; George R. Giddings, son, age 30, b. abt. 1870; Ida I. Giddings, dau. in law, age 30, b. abt. 1870; Adell Giddings, grand-daughter, age 4, b. abt.1896. Lafayette Giddings, both parents born in New York.
Macomb Co., Michigan, Birth record, Book B, pg. 317, No. 20 & Book B, pg. 230, No. 19.
IGI RECORD --- Lafayette W. Giddings, male, Birth 2 Jun1830, Macomb, Macomb, Mi. Parents: Father: Lester Giddings. Mother: Rebecca Experience Miller. Source Info: Film No: 1760796.
History of Macomb County, Michigan, 1882. Under name of Lester Giddings is found: "Lafayette W. Giddings, son of Lester and Rebecca Miller Giddings, was born in the town of Washington, June 2, 1830; April 31, 1831 his parents removed to Macomb Township, where he was raised and has lived most of the time on the old homestead, which passed into his hands after the death of his father. He married, October 17, 1855, to Mary A. Pryor, a resident of Oakland County, Town of Milford; she died July 7, 1856; was married again, October 4, 1866, to Mrs Mary A. (Dryer) Sutherland, a native of Lenox Township; they have a family of four children -- Cleora, George R., Delia and Fisk C. Mr. Giddings is a Democrat, though not strictly adhering to any particular party."
ITS ALL IN THE NAME OF, MARY A. -- PRYOR, DRYER, SUTTON.
You will note the 1st and 2nd marriage of Lafayette W. Giddings recording two wives with the same first name and middle initial of Mary A. Pryor and Mary A. Dryer. This now creating three persons with the same first name and middle initial, married to a Giddings, and living in the Macomb, Michigan area. These being represented in Lafayette's two wives Mary A. Pryor and Mary A. Dryer, and then there is Mary A. Sutton the wife of Theodore Marshall Giddings. This was to become an importance of preciseness when the name of Mary A. Giddings was being mentioned. It causing a chuckle each time the name of Mary A. was brought up. WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? [This information per converstation with grandmother Mary A. [Sutton] Giddings with Edward Dale Ellis).
1900 United States Federal Census, Macomb, Macomb, Michigan. Gives Lafayette Giddings, Head of family, age 70, b. abt. 1830; spouse Mary A. Giddings, age 61, b. abt. 1839; George R. Giddings, son, age 30, b. abt. 1870; Ida I. Giddings, dau. in law, age 30, b. abt. 1870; Adell Giddings, grand-daughter, age 4, b. abt.1896. Lafayette Giddings, both parents born in New York.
Spouses
Birth14 Nov 1831, Of Milford, Oakland, Mi.
Death7 Jul 1856, p n/k
BurialPrestonville, Cemetery, Macomb Twp., Macomb, Mi.
Marriage17 Oct 1855, p n/k
ChildrenDelia
Birth28 Jan 1839, p n/k
Death18 Mar 1909, Ray, Macomb, Mi.
BurialPrestonville Cemetery, Macomb Twp., Macomb, Mi.
FatherThomas French Dryer (1801-1899)
MotherMary Brown
Marriage4 Oct 1866, Macomb Twp., Macomb Co., Mi.