Family Group Sheet
NameWilliam H. Pettit
BirthSep 1839, Lawrence Co., Ohio
FatherDaniel Pettit (1811->1900)
MotherMalissa Blankenship (~1822-~1863)
Marriageabt 1873, Nebraska
SpouseLucy M.
BirthMar 1852, Maryland
Census Notes for William H. & Lucy M. (Family)
1880 census of Webster Co., Nebraska, Guide Rock township, enumerated 18 June, lists on p. 13 as family #110/112:
Pettit, William, 39, b. Ohio Penn Penn; Lucy M., 28, wife, b. Maryland Penn Ireland; Laura M., 8, dau; Orpha L., 6, dau; Ida L., 3; Amy L., 1, dau. All children born Nebraska Ohio Md. Gates, Sherman, 13, farm hand, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
The preceding household is headed by William’s brother Samuel.
1900 census of Webster Co., Nebraska, Guide Rock township, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 11A as family #210/217:
Pettit, William, 59, b. Sep 1840, Ohio Penn Ohio, farmer; Lucy, wife, 48, b. Mar 1852, Md Penn Ireland, married 27 years, mother of 6 children, 4 living; Orpha, dau, 26, b. Nov 1873, single, teacher; Martha, dau, 16, b. Dec 1883; Frankie, dau, 11, b. Mar 1889. All children born Nebraska Ohio Md. Daniel, father, 88, b. June 1811 Penn Penn Penn, widowed. Urset, Paul, 24, b. Feb 1875, France France France, farm laborer.
The following household is headed by John Pettit, age 25.
1910 census of Webster Co., Nebraska, Guide Rock township, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 3A as family #43/50:
Pettit, William, 69, b. Ohio Penn Ohio, farmer; Lucy, wife, 58, b. Md Penn Ireland, married 39 years, mother of 6 children, 4 living; Ida, dau, 33, single, b. Neb Ohio Penn; Martha, dau, 25, single, b. Neb Ohio Penn. Martin, Frankie, neice, 21, single, b. Nebraska New Jersey Maryland.
The next household is headed by Charlie Pettit, age 29, b. Nebraska Ohio Ohio, with wife Minnie age 35, married 9 years.
Pettit, William, 39, b. Ohio Penn Penn; Lucy M., 28, wife, b. Maryland Penn Ireland; Laura M., 8, dau; Orpha L., 6, dau; Ida L., 3; Amy L., 1, dau. All children born Nebraska Ohio Md. Gates, Sherman, 13, farm hand, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
The preceding household is headed by William’s brother Samuel.
1900 census of Webster Co., Nebraska, Guide Rock township, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 11A as family #210/217:
Pettit, William, 59, b. Sep 1840, Ohio Penn Ohio, farmer; Lucy, wife, 48, b. Mar 1852, Md Penn Ireland, married 27 years, mother of 6 children, 4 living; Orpha, dau, 26, b. Nov 1873, single, teacher; Martha, dau, 16, b. Dec 1883; Frankie, dau, 11, b. Mar 1889. All children born Nebraska Ohio Md. Daniel, father, 88, b. June 1811 Penn Penn Penn, widowed. Urset, Paul, 24, b. Feb 1875, France France France, farm laborer.
The following household is headed by John Pettit, age 25.
1910 census of Webster Co., Nebraska, Guide Rock township, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 3A as family #43/50:
Pettit, William, 69, b. Ohio Penn Ohio, farmer; Lucy, wife, 58, b. Md Penn Ireland, married 39 years, mother of 6 children, 4 living; Ida, dau, 33, single, b. Neb Ohio Penn; Martha, dau, 25, single, b. Neb Ohio Penn. Martin, Frankie, neice, 21, single, b. Nebraska New Jersey Maryland.
The next household is headed by Charlie Pettit, age 29, b. Nebraska Ohio Ohio, with wife Minnie age 35, married 9 years.
