THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: William Elliott
           Born: 1833 in Tipperary, Ireland
        Married: after 1877 in California
           Died: 24 JUL 1898 in California
         Father: William Elliott
         Mother: >>>
        Spouses: Ann Hefferman; Maria Healey; Anna Markey
           Wife: Emma Eudora Riehl
           Born: 1860 in Gridley, Butte County, California
           Died: 03 NOV 1896 in Gridley, Butte County, California
         Buried: in Gridley Cemetery, Gridley, Butte County, California
         Father: Eugene Riehl
         Mother: Sophia Waukerle
        Spouses:
Children
01          (F): Annie Monica Elliott
           Born: 04 FEB 1880 in Gridley, Butte County, California
           Died: 27 AUG 1964 in Fresno, Fresno County, CA
        Spouses: Jonathan Guy Cheney
02          (M): Thomas Jefferson Elliott
           Born: 05 AUG 1882 in Butte County, California (1)
           Died: 10 MAR 1946 in Butte County, California (2)
        Spouses: Alta Belle Hammon
03          (F): Rose Blanche Elliott
           Born: 29 NOV 1883 in California
           Died: 23 AUG 1963 in Butte County, California (3)
        Spouses: Charles Geear
04          (F): Elizabeth Antisha "Bessie" Elliott
           Born: 10 DEC 1885 in California
           Died: 17 FEB 1944 in Fresno County, California
        Spouses: Leonard Edward Turner
05          (M): Edward Joseph Elliott
           Born: 31 DEC 1888 in California (4)
           Died: 1931
        Spouses: Mary Leda Barry
06          (M): James Henry Elliott
           Born: 18 SEP 1890 in Gridley, Butte County, California (5)
           Died: 07 JAN 1965 in Marysville, Yuba, California
        Spouses: Mary Josephine Dunne
07          (M): Franklin Cicero Elliott
           Born: 25 JAN 1893 in Butte County, California (6)
           Died: 1949
        Spouses: Ruby Ida Brown
08          (F): Emma Eudora Elliott
           Born: 01 OCT 1896 in Gridley, Butte, California
           Died: 30 DEC 1972 in Turlock, Stanislaus County, California
        Spouses: Clay Jefferson Janes

Additional Information

William Elliott:

Notes:
The 1870 Census for Marysville, Yuba County, California p 53 taken 13/Aug/1870 listed:
Elliott, William 35 Laborer Ireland
Emma 34 Hskp Missouri
John 14 At School Missouri
William 12 " "
Timothy 10 " California
Mary 1 California
John 70 Ireland

"Elliott, Wm., farmer and contractor, P.O. Box, Marysville was born in Ireland in 1833. He emigrated to the United States in 1849 and located in Ohio where he lived until 1853 when he moved to Illinois. He afterwards moved to Missouri.

In 1859 he came to California and settled in Marysville, where he has since resided. He has large farming interest in Sutter and Butte Counties; where he owns 760 acres. He also owns property in Marysville. He was married in Dayton, Ohio in 1852 - has 4 children: 3 sons and 1 daughter." (From "History of Sutter County, California" 1879).

The 1880 Census for Butte County, California p 194-210 listed:
Elliott, William W, M, 47 Farmer Ireland
Emma W, F, 20 Hskp California
John W, M, 24 Son Missouri
William W, M, 22 " "
Timothy W, M, 20 " California
Mary W, F, 11 At School California
Anna W, F, 4 mths At Home "

The 1890 Great Register for Butte County had William Elliott, 48, farming and residing in Gridley. William was naturalized on 21 February 1871 at the Yuba County District Court.

"William Elliott Dead
A Well Known Pioneer Contractor Pays Natures Debt"

William Elliott Sr., the well known levee contractor, died Sunday evening at the home of his son near Gridley.

The deceased was a former resident of Marysville, and was well known in this northern section of the country. He was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland and was 68 years of age.

Up to the last few years, he performed most of the levee work in this district, and at the time the cut-off on the Yuba River was constructed, he handled a heavy sub-contract.

The deceased was married twice, and was the father of 10 children. The announcement of his death will not cause surprise as he had been on the sick list for the past two years." (From the "Marysville Semi-Weekly Appeal" Thursday, 28 July 1898"

Emma Eudora Riehl:

Notes:
"Mrs Emma Elliott who died at Gridley on Tuesday had many warm personal friends in this City. She was the wife of William Elliott, the well-known levee contractor. She was a native of California and 35 years of age and eight children mourn her loss.

The funeral services will be held at the Gridley Catholic Church this afternoon at 2. Internment in the Gridley Cemetery." (From the "Marysville Semi-Weekly Appeal" Thursday, 5 November 1896).

Footnotes

  1. Paradise Genealogical Society, Genealogical Goldmine (P.O. Box 460, Paradise, CA 95967-0460), Page 6.
    Vol 16, No 4, March 1984.
  2. California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, RootsWeb.com (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi).
    Elliott, Thomas Jefferson.
  3. Ibid.
    Geear, Rose.
  4. Personal Knowledge of Betty Fox.
  5. Paradise Genealogical Society, Genealogical Goldmine (P.O. Box 460, Paradise, CA 95967-0460), Vol 13, No 1, June 1980, p7.
    James Henry Elliott b Sept 1890 to William Elliott and Emma Riehl.
  6. Ibid., Page 6.
    Vol 16, No 4, March 1984.

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