Eliza Jane Hymers worked for Hamilton Kipp whose wife had died leaving him with five young children. Eliza and Hamilton married, and had six more children, two of whom died quite young.
After Hamilton's death, Eliza married Henry Albert Cook. She brought with her perhaps two of her stepchildren, as well as her own four children. Henry Albert first wife had died, leaving him with five children.
When Eliza and Henry married, there would likely have been as many as eleven or even twelve children coming into that marriage, followed by two more born to Henry and Eliza!
Eliza Jane lived with her son Olten and his wife Vera Murphy after their marriage, and helped care for the first four of their children until her death, when the oldest of the for children was eleven years old. She had a hand in helping to raise some 20 children over the years!
Eliza Jane Hymers worked for Hamilton Kipp whose wife had died leaving him with five young children. Eliza and Hamilton married, and had six more children, two of whom died quite young.
After Hamilton's death, Eliza married Henry Albert Cook. She brought with her perhaps two of her stepchildren, as well as her own four children. Henry Albert first wife had died, leaving him with five children.
When Eliza and Henry married, there would likely have been as many as eleven or even twelve children coming into that marriage, followed by two more born to Henry and Eliza!
Eliza Jane lived with her son Olten and his wife Vera Murphy after their marriage, and helped care for the first four of their children until her death, when the oldest of the for children was eleven years old. She had a hand in helping to raise some 20 children over the years!
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