Twelfth Generation

1536. Edith C Chatfeild was born on 10 November 1851 in Stockwell, Lambeth, London, England. She emigrated in 1878 from England. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Edith appeared in the census in 1885 in Jackson, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, USA. She died on 31 January 1934 at the age of 82 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. She was buried on 2 February 1934 in Elmwood Cmtry., Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Edith appeared in the census 1861/1871 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She appeared in the census 1900/1910 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. She appeared in the census 1920/1930 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. No birth record on GRO.
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Illinois, Deaths
Name: Edith C. Dennis
Event Date: 31 Jan 1934
Event Place: DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1851
Birthplace: London, England
Father's Name: Robert Chatfield
Father's Birthplace: London, England
Mother's Name: Priscilla E. Page
Mother's Birthplace: England
Occupation: Housewife
Residence Place: DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois
Spouse's Name: Gordon Dennis
Burial Date: 02 Feb 1934
Burial Place: Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois
Digital Folder Number: 4008318
Image Number: 154
GS Film number: 1675308
Reference ID: 802
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Find A Grave Memorial# 40081120 - link manager Carolyn Dennis Kress.
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Sycamore True Republican -- February 3, 1934

Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Dennis; mother of Robert G. Dennis of Fair street here, who died late Wednesday afternoon were at 2 o'clock this Friday afternoon conducted from the late home on Sycamore avenue in DeKalb. Rev. John Spencer of the First Methodist church of DeKalb officiated. Interment was in Elmwood cemetery here.
Mrs. Dennis, 82 years of age, was a native of London, England, and was born November 10, 1851, the daughter of Robert and Priscilla Page Chatfield. She came to this country as a young woman and was wed to Gordon Dennis. He preceded her in 1911.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dennis four children were born. They are: Miss Grace C. Dennis of DeKalb, Robert G. of Sycamore, Mrs. Myrtle T. Lundberg of DeKalb and Mrs. Gertrude Groves of Electric Park vicinity. There are eight grandchildren and one great grandchild who remain. Mrs. C. H. Clark, an only sister, of Monrovia, Calif., also survives.
For 30 years the Dennis family lived at Electric Park corners on the Sycamore-DeKalb road. They were residents of DeKalb and Sycamore at intervals for a considerable length of time also. Mrs. Dennis was closely identified with the DeKalb Methodist church.
A large circle of friends and relatives mourn deeply the passing of a kind and loving lady. Paramount in the life of Mrs. Dennis was her devotion to her family and associates.
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Census, 1861
Name: Edith P Chatfield
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birthplace: Stockwell
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Ipswich
Parish: St Margaret, Suffolk
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Name: Edith Chatfield
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Robert Chatfield
Gender: Female
Where born: Surrey, England
Civil Parish: Ipswich St Margaret
Ecclesiastical parish: Norwich
Town: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Registration district: Ipswich
Sub-registration district: St Margaret
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 26
Piece: 1755
Folio: 6
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Chatfield 66
Edith Chatfield 19
Arthur R Chatfield 16
Joseph J Chatfield 13
Gertrude Chatfield 10
Theresa Chatfield 9
Hannah Page 48
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USA Census, 1880
Name: Edith Dennis
Event Place: Sycamore, De Kalb, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeping House
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: England
Birth Date: 1850
Spouse's Name: G. H. Dennis
Spouse's Birthplace: New York, USA
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Page: 251. Page Letter: C
Entry Number: 1498
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0202
GS Film number: 1254202
Digital Folder Number: 004240479
Image Number: 00747
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self G. H. Dennis M 40 New York
Wife Edith Dennis F 30 England
Sister-in-law Gertrude Chatfied F 20 England
Other Arthur R. Chatfied M 25 England
Son Amos Dennis M 9 Illinois
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USA Census, 1900
Name: Edith Dennis
Event Place: ED 4 DeKalb Township (excl. DeKalb city), DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Birth Date: Nov 1851
Birthplace: England
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 20
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1880
Mother of how many children: 4
Number of Living Children: 4
Immigration Year: 1878
Page: 3
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 42
Reference ID: 10
GS Film number: 1240296
Digital Folder Number: 004113755
Image Number: 00370
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Gurdan H Dennis M 69 New York
Wife Edith Dennis F 49 England
Dau Grace C Dennis F 19 Illinois
Son Robert G Dennis M 17 Iowa
Dau Myrtle T Dennis F 8 Illinois
Dau Gertrude Dennis F 0 Illinois
Nurse Helgar Hanson F 43 Sweden
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USA Census, 1910
Name: Edith Dennis
Event Place: De Kalb, DeKalb, Illinois
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Immigration Year:
Birthplace: England
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Household ID: 100
Page: 11
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Gurdon H Dennis M 78y New York
WIFE Edith Dennis F 58y England
DAU Grace C Dennis F 28y Illinois
DAU Mertel T Dennis F 17y Illinois
DAU Gertrude D Dennis F 9y Illinois
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USA Census, 1920
Name: Edith Dennis
Event Place: Dekalb Ward 2, Dekalb, Illinois
District: 21
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Own or Rent: Own
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: England
Immigration Year: 1877
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Household ID: 98
Line Number: 31
GS Film number: 1820303
Digital Folder Number: 004300174
Image Number: 00068
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edith Dennis F 68 England
Dau Grace S Dennis F 38 Illinois
Dau Gertrude J Dennis F 19 Illinois
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USA Census, 1930
Name: Edith Dennis
Event Place: Dekalb, DeKalb, Illinois
District: 0012
Gender: Female
Age: 78
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: England
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Household ID: 174
Line Number: 71
GS Film number: 2340245
Digital Folder Number: 004584591
Image Number: 00207
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edith Dennis F 78 England
Dau Grace Dennis F 49 Illinois

Edith C Chatfeild and Gurdon Harkness Dennis were married on 16 March 1880 in Mayfield, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Gurdon Harkness Dennis, son of George Washington Dennis and Phoebe Partridge, was born on 31 December 1831 in Arcade, Wyoming Co., New York, USA. He appeared in the census in 1855 in Mayfield, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Gurdon appeared in the census in 1885 in Jackson, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, USA. He died Pneumonia and a complication of diseases. on 19 February 1911 at the age of 79 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. He was buried in Elmwood Cmtry., Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Gurdon appeared in the census 1900/1910 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 40080718
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Sycamore True Republican February 22, 1911

Gurdon H. Dennis, a well known farmer, who was one of ten children who removed with their parents from Alleghany county, N.Y., and located in Mayfield township, this county, in 1844, died at his home on the corner by Electric park, a mile and a half southwest of Sycamore, early on last Sunday morning after an illness of a few weeks of pneumonia and a complication of diseases.

His father George W. Dennis bought 40 acres in Mayfield, erected a primitive log house and later added this his farm and improved it. He devoted much of his time to his trade, that of a carpenter.

The son Gurdon H. was the fifth in the order of birth of the ten children. He was 12 years old when he arrived with his parents in Mayfield, and 14 when he left the parental roof to hew out his own destiny. After working out for three years, and when he was but 17 years old, he bought a farm of eighty acres of wild prairie, which he at once began to cultivate, and which he paid for in two years.

When he was 23 years of age, on August 29, 1855, he was married to Miss Louise Osterhout. By this union six children were born: Fremont A., Nettie A., Mary E., Carrie B., Mina L., who died in 1872; Amos H., and May , who died in 1893.

Mr. Dennis resided on the farm until 1880, when he sold it and removed to North sycamore and two years later to Poweshiek county, Iowa, where he bought a farm of 255 acres, where he resided until 1886 when he exchanged it for the farm on which he died which consists of 174 acres.

The second marriage of Mr. Dennis was solemnized on March 16, 1880, when he married Miss Edith Chatfield, daughter of Robert Chatfield. By this union three children were born: Grace C., Robert G., and Myrtle T.

Mr. Dennis was a good citizen, a man of character and good common sense, and was well known throughout this part of the county.

The funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
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Illinois State Census, 1855
Name: Gurdon Dennis
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Mayfield, DeKalb, Illinois
Number in Family: 1
Page: 67
GS Film number: 976181
Digital Folder Number: 004541953
Image Number: 00158

Edith C Chatfeild and Gurdon Harkness Dennis had the following children:

2737	i.	Grace Celina Dennis was born on 13 January 1881 in Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. She appeared in the census in 1885 in Jackson, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, USA. She appeared in the census in 1940 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Grace died on 22 January 1965 at the age of 84 in Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. She was buried in Elmwood Cmtry., Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. She appeared in the census 1900/1910 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Grace appeared in the census 1920/1930 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Illinois, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 40082129 ===== "Sycamore Tribune" December 29, 1965 Obituary Grace C. Dennis, 84, passed away Wednesday evening, Dec. 22, 1965 at the Sycamore Municipal Hospital. She was born Jan. 13, 1881 in Sycamore, the daughter of Gurdon H. and Edith Chatfield Dennis. She attended the local schools and despite a hearing handicap she endeared herself to her many friends nieces and nephews. Her whole purpose in life was doing for others. Miss Dennis resided with her mother in DeKalb until her death when she moved to her sister's home at Electric Park Corners. She was a member of the DeKalb Methodist Church and the Home Bureau for many years. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle T. Lundberg of DeKalb and Mrs. John (Gertrude) Groves Lowe of Electric Park Corners. Also surviving are eight nieces and nephews, Mrs. Margaret Tomlinson, Robert Dennis, Mrs. Audrey Soli, Mrs. Marjorie Mohrman and several great nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the Coultrip Funeral Home with Rev. Asbjorn Smedstad of the Methodist Church of DeKalb officiating.
+2738	ii.	Robert Gurdon Dennis.
+2739	iii.	Myrtle T Dennis.
+2740	iv.	Gertrude D Dennis.