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Surnames: Calkins, Laraway
Classification: Query
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The parents of Caroline were Sylvester W Calkins, b 1798 NY, and Jane, b 1806, NY. Other
sibs from the 1850 census are Sperry, Charles, and Marion, all males.
The family moved to Grand Rapids, Kent, MI by 1860 and were divorced by 1880, when John is
found in the Michigan Asylum for the Insane in Kalamazoo. Mother Jane Calkins followed
them and lived with them in 1860 & 1870.
I have not yet found the parents of John M Laraway. The 1850 census has both families in
Bainbridge, Chenango, NY. Sylvester is not found in 1860, so has apparently died
relatively young. I did not find Sylvester in 1840, but there is a Sylvanus in New
Berlin, Chenango, NY.
Is anyone else working on this line?