Florence Bickford Ley (1865-1926) & family from Bible Register
Hi Folks,
In the latest issue of the Bickford Newsletter (Vol 20. No. 2) I published the following information about Florence Bickford Ley and her family. This data was found written on a Family Register page in her family Bible. The register was in about 10 pieces and when I pieced it together, these names and dates were revealed. The entire Bible and register were purchased online by one of our readers and donated to me and the newletter. I saw some of it online at Ancestry.com but I thought someone might also want to use this since it is a primary record of her family and perhaps recorded nowhere else.
Florence is from the Bickford/Ellenwood families of Porter, Maine. They moved into Ohio in about 1803 and some of them on to Ontario some years later. If you can connect to Florence and her family please let me know.
Thank you,
Mahlon Bickford
Births
William Ley Jan. 12, 1860
Florence Bickford Ley Sep. 2, 1865
Jason Ley Sep. 10, 1884
Stanley Ley Jun. 2 (?) 1886
Ernest Ley J (illegible) 1889
Laura Ley Apr. 3, 189-
Willard Harley McCarty Jun. 20, 1914
Clifford Ley McCarty Apr. 22, 1916
Elmer Newton McCarty Aug. 30, 1918
Carlene Olive McCarty Apr. 18, 1923
Deaths
Francis Udora Bickford aged 20 y. 2 mo. 5d;
died Apr 25, 1884
Emma Adella Bickford aged 18y. 3 mo. 19d.
died Nov. 9, 1885
Florence Cecelia Ley aged 61y. 8d.
died Sep. 10, 1926
William Ley aged 83 years
died Mar. 31, 1943
Link to Porter, Maine Families:A quick Ancestry.com search for Florence revealed she was born in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of John Bickford (1841-1918). Her grandparents were listed as Hezekiah Bickford and Charlotte M. Gibault. I found Hezekiah in my records as born 2 May 1807/8 in Porter, Maine. Volume 10, No. 1 (Spring 1998), featured this family and their trek from Maine to Ohio to Ontario.