Time-Line for John Calvin

One of the most useful research tools is to have a time-line of the life events for an ancestor.  It makes it so that the time and place of different events are clear, which makes finding information much easier.  Here is a time-line for John.

Event	Date	Place
Born	9 Sept 1854	Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
1860 Census	11 Jul 1860	Barree, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
1870 Census	8 Jul 1870	Jackson, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Marriage to Ada Stone	3 Jul 1883	Toulon, Stark, Illinois
Birth of son Roy	4 Oct 1884	Peoria, Illinois
Birth of son Erwin	6 May 1886	Clay City, Nebraska
Birth of son Lois	27 Nov 1887	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son John	11 Nov 1889	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son Otto	23 Jul 1893	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son Clyde	22 Oct 1895	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son Irva	11 Nov 1898	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
1900 Census	9 Jun 1900	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
1910 Census	19 Apr 1910	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Death of son Otto	15 Apr 1919	France
1920 Census	16 Jan 1920	Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon
1930 Census with Sarepeta	1930	Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon
Death	23 Jan 1944	Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon

 For a visual view of John's life see this map showing his birth, marriage, Hastings, and death.

See John's Map

John C. Saucerman of Perry, Pennsylvania

    I was under the impression that Saucerman was not all that common of a name and that duplicate people wouldn't be a problem. For the most part, this is true. John C. Saucerman of Perry is an exception. John of Perry was born in the year 1853 while John Calvin is born in 1854. John of Perry was married to Ida while John Calvin is married to Ada. Both men are born in Pennsylvania. Fortunately, John Calvin is from Adams County, Pennsylvania and migrates west throughout his life. The other John is from Perry County, Pennsylvania and stays there most of his life. Another distinction is that John Calvin has a number of children while it appears that John of Perry has none at all.


If you are interested in the John of Perry, the following two web sites might be of interest to you.

Robin Blunt which states that John's father is Jacob and his mother is Eleanor Kough.

Bosserman Family This site not only has Jacob and Eleanor as John's parents, but also lists several siblings.

Ada Maria Stone

    John Calvin's wife is Ada Stone. Ada was born to Henry Sparhawk Stone and Martha Lois Stacy in Osceola, Stark, Illinois. She is the second daughter of 10 children. I have done little research on her and her family as there is an extensive book about the Stone line. It is Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass. 1320-1917 by J. Gardner Bartlett. She and John were married in Toulon, Stark, Illinois. The couple can be found with their children in the Gregory Stone book on page 706. Her parents and siblings are listed and discussed on pages 705-707.

    One of the problems that I have had in my research is locating Ada in the 1880 census prior to her marriage. I have found her parents in Union, Republic, Kansas with her siblings Guy, Julia, Glenn, and Effie. I have also found her oldest sister Flora living with her grandparents Liberty and Thankful Stone in Buda, Bureau, Illinois. Her younger sister Bell is found living with her Aunt and Uncle Louisa and William Jackson in Elmira, Stark, Illinois. Her younger brother Gilbert has already passed away, leaving her sister Henrietta unaccounted for. Henrietta is married to a George Cinnamon the same year in Elmira, Stark, Illinois. I have found George with his family in Elmira and suspect that Henrietta is not far away. I have also found an Ada in Osceola, Stark Illinois that is 19 (a year or two off) and a servant for the Winslow family. It states that her father is from Massachusetts and her mother from Ohio. Both the Gregory Stone book as well as the two censuses that I have state that Martha is from Illinois. I hope that when Henrietta is located, that Ada will also surface.

For those of you that are interested, I do have copies of Ada with her family in the 1860 and 1870 census.