Rosalie Ida Byam

Notes:

From: Gerry Lynn Hamilton, General Manager, Collegian Inc. (glh5@psu.edu)

In 2008, Luella Mae (Mitchell) Hamilton said Rose Byam had a daughter before she married Mahlon Alvin Mitchell, and the daughter had two children "Buster" and Thelma Gee. Both children are included in a circa 1923 Mitchell reunion group photo.

The 1920 US Census report turned up the name Mabel, which Luella recalled as the name of Rose's daughter. The census report also provided a birth year of about 1894. "Buster" was a nickname for Forest. Who was Mabel's husband.

Census reports suggest the first husband could have been Ralph Hotchkiss, because this household had the only combination of Mabel born in New York about 1894 and mother's name Rose. A Mabel Hotchkiss born about 1894 in New York shows up e 1910 census liveing with grandparents in Andover, N.Y., and working as a weaver in a silk mill.

Social Security Death Index
No listing found for Rosalie, Rosalee, Rosa, Rose Byam, Hotchkiss or Mitchell.

1920 US Census, Tidioute, Warren Co., PA
[Mabel definitely is daughter of Rosalie Byam.]
Roll: T625_1657; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 172; Image: 405.
16 Jan 1920; 48 Jefferson St.
*[b 1891/2] 28, Walter B. Gee, head, mw, M, rwE, bfmNY, grinder, cutlery.
*[b 1893/4] 26, Mabel G. Gee, wife, fw, M, rwE, bfmPA, no occ. [Daughter of Rosalie Byam.]
*[b 1913/4] 6, Thelma B. Gee, daughter, fw, S, rwE, bfNY mPA.
*[b 1916] 3 11m, Forest E. Gee, son, mw, bfNY, mPA.

1930 US Census, Hornell, Steuben Co., NY
[Second marriage for Mabel.]
Roll: 1649; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 45; Image: 30.0.
18 April 1930; Steven St.
*[b 1896/7] 33, Lawrence H. Owen, head, own RE $4,500, radio, mw, 1M age 21, rwE, bfmNY, blacksmith, railroad.
*[b 1894/5] 35, Mable E. Owen, wife, fw, 1M age 17, rwE, bNY fmPA, no occ.
*[b 1927] 2 9m, Lawrence L. Owen, son, mw, S, bfmNY.
*[b 1912/3] 17, Thelma R. Gee, step daughter, fw, S, rwE, bfmNY, no occ.
*[b 1915/6] 14, Forest E. Gee, step son, mw, rwE, bfmNY, no occ.

Rosalie married Mahlon Alvin Mitchell on 31 Jan 1918 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York. Mahlon (son of George Washington Mitchell and Lydia Eliza Vergason) was born on 18 Aug 1883 in Sweden, Potter County, Pennsylvania; died on 08 Oct 1971 in Andover, Allegany County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]