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Georgiana STANWOOD

Georgiana STANWOOD

Female 1872 - 1939  (67 years)

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  • Name Georgiana STANWOOD 
    Birth 31 Jan 1872  Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Death certificate states birth 31 Jan 1871 in Monticello, MN.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1 May 1875  Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 9 Jun 1880  Webster, Rice, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1 May 1885  Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    News 2 Mar 1893  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Hazen Cravens and wife mourn the loss of their baby of three months. The little one was as well as usual Sunday evening, but was attacked by some acute disease and died Monday morning about 9 o'clock.
    News 9 Jan 1896  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Seriously ill, visited by parents.
    News 13 Feb 1896  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • “Mrs. A.J. Stanwood, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H.E. Cravens, for a month past, returned to her home in Northfield, last Thursday.”
    News 16 Aug 1900  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Mrs. A.J. Stanwood and daughter Susie visit Mrs. H. E. Cravens.
    News 18 Feb 1904  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Visit from brother Melvin 
    • Melvin Stanwood of Grantsburg, Wis., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Hason Cravens.
    News 25 Jun 1913  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Hazen Cravens and Georgiana Stanwood were married by Probate Judge Briggs at the home of the bride's parents in this village last evening.
    Census 8 Jan 1920  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    News 19 Feb 1920  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Mrs. Lavina Stanwood
      Mrs. Livana (sic) Stanwood, wife of A.J. Stanwood, formerly of this village, died on February 8 at the home of her son-in-law, J.C. Cameron, in Minneapolis. Death resulted from pneumonia accelerated by old age.

      Mrs. Stanwood, whose maiden name was Lavina Bursley, was born in Bangor, Maine, on October 11, 1848. She later moved, with her parents, to Minnesota, first locating in Monticello and then moving to Santiago, where on January 26, 1870, she was married to A.J. Stanwood. She and her husband celebrated their golden wedding this winter and the children were present at the festivities. Besides her husband she is survived by seven children, viz., Mrs. H.E. Cravens and Mrs. J.C. Cameron, Minneapolis; Mrs. Susie Simpson, Owatonna; Bert Stanwood, Duluth; Benjamin Stanwood, Pray, Wis.; Fred Stanwood, Rochester; and Melvin Stanwood, Valla (sic) Jose, Cal. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Henry Orrock of Santiago; and a brother, John Bursley, who is an inmate of the soldiers' home at Ritsel, Wash., besides 15 grandchildren.

      Mrs. Stanwood lived in Princeton for several years and her old time friends will be grieved to learn of her death. she was one of those sturdy pioneer women who was held in high esteem by all who knew her.
    Death 19 May 1939  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Obituary 20 May 1939  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Burial 23 May 1939  Crystal Lake Cemetery, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I343  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Albert Jerome STANWOOD,   b. 23 Dec 1848, Woodville, Penobscot, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Lavina Spencer BURSLEY,   b. 11 Oct 1848   d. 8 Feb 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1871  Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Family ID F659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hazen Elmer CRAVENS,   b. 23 Apr 1863, Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1936, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1888  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Children 
     1. Clyde Albert CRAVENS,   b. 20 Apr 1889, Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1948, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Claire William CRAVENS,   b. 26 Feb 1891, Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1958, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Baby CRAVENS,   b. Dec 1892, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1893, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Vernon Elmer CRAVENS,   b. 14 Jul 1897, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1950, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     5. Merle CRAVENS,   b. 18 Apr 1900, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1978, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     6. Madge Lavina CRAVENS,   b. 3 Jan 1903, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1988, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Doris Gertrude CRAVENS,   b. 30 Jul 1905, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1966, Seattle, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     8. Helen CRAVENS,   b. 1913   d. Abt 1994 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1580] Sherburne County MnGenWeb, 3 February 2013; entry for Georgiana Stanwood, b 31 Jan 1872.

    2. [S1346] CENSUS: State, 1875 Minnesota, Sherburne, Santiago, p. 622, J. A. & L. S. Stanwood, with G. A. and L. A. Stanwood; Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota State Population Census, 1875, roll MNSC_15; images online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Feb 2020).
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    3. [S1253] CENSUS: U.S., 1880 Minnesota, Rice, Webster; 131; p. 9 (penned) or 210A (stamped); dwelling 76, family 76; ebster, Albert, Lavina, Georgiana, Lavina, Albert, Benjamin and Mortimer Stanwood; 3 May 2015.
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    4. [S1351] CENSUS: State, 1885 Minnesota, Sherburne, [Town not specified], pp. 6-7 (447-448 written in margins), family no. 46, Albert, Lavina, Georgiana, Lavina, Bertie J., Benjamin, Freddie and Melvin Stanwood; Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota State Population Census, 1885, roll MNSC_44; images online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2015).
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    5. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, [title not specified]; death announcement; 2 March 1893; Hazen Cravens and wife mourn loss of infant, p. 5 [not numbered]; 17 February 2013.

    6. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Items of Interest; 9 January 1896; Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Stanwood, and daughter Mrs. H. E. Cravens, n.p., c. 2.; 18 March 2012.
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    7. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Local Notes; 20 February 1896; Mrs. A. J. Stanwood, p. 9 [unlabeled], c. 2.; 18 March 2012.
      accessed 13 February 1896
      The Princeton Union, 13 February 1896, images online, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : 18 March 2012), Mrs. A. J. Stanwood, n.p., c. 2.
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    8. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Local; 16 August 1900; Mrs. A. J. Stanwood and daughter, guests of Mrs. H.E. Cravens, p. 5, c. 1; 18 March 2012.
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    9. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Local; 18 February 1904; Melvin Stanwood visits sister, Mrs. H.E. Cravens, p. 5, c. 3; 17 March 2012.
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    10. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Local; 25 June 1913; Hazen Cravens and Georgiana Stanwood, p. 3, c. 4; 17 March 2012.
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    11. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Mrs. Lavina Stanwood; obituary; 19 February 1920; Lavina Stanwood, p. 1, c. 1; 11 November 2011.
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    12. [S328] Minnesota, Division of Public Health - Vital Statistics, Deaths, death certificate no. 2252 (1939), Georgiana Cravens, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
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    13. [S1145] NEWS: The Minneapolis Star, Death notices; 20 May 1939; Georgiana Cravens, p. 8; 2011.
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    14. [S803] Minnesota, Sherburne County, marriages, marriage license n.n. (1871), Albert Stanwood and Lavina Bursley, County Recorder, Elk River.
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    15. [S999] Ilgen, Diana Schwartzkopf, E-mail to Lauren Rogers Mahieu, Cravens Family Files, ca. 2000, copy of marriage certificate for Hason E. Cravens and Georgiana Stanwood (1888).



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