Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Belle Van Eps
Age in 1860: 3
Estimated birth year: 1857
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1860: Clinton, Macomb, Michigan
Post office: Mount Clemens
Occupation: not listed
Siblings living at home: John (age 10), Arthur (8), Katherine (6), Ally (4), and Effie (2)
Census place: Clinton, Macomb, Michigan; Roll M653_553; Page: 761; Image: 335; Family History Library Film: 803553.
Date: 17 Aug 1860

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Ada B Van Eps
Age in 1870: 12
Estimated birth year: 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1870: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan
Post office: Mount Clemens
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Frank (age 20), Arthur E (19), Alla (14), Katherine E (13), Effie M (10), and Maud M (7)
Census place: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: M593_688; Page: 385; Image: 209
Date: 2 Aug 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Mabelle Tennant
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: 158
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: wife
Home in 1880: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: keeping house
Census place: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: T9_592; Family History Film: 1254592; Page: 367.2000; Enumeration District: 202; Image: 0739
Date: 4 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Ada M Tennant
Age at last birthday: 42
Date of birth: Oct 1857
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Mount Clemens Ward 1, Macomb, Michigan
Address: 40 South Gratiot Street
Marital status: widow
Number of years of marriage: 20
Number of children: 3 [sic]
Number of children living: 3
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Farm or home: home
Home owned or rented: owned
Mortgage: no
Occupation: own income
Census place: Mount Clemens Ward 1, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: T623 727; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 60
Date: 18 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Mrs Ada M Tennant
Age in 1910: 52
Estimated birth year: 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: head
Home in 1910: Mount Clemens Ward 1, Macomb, Michigan
Address: 80 Church Street
Marital status: widow
Number of children: 7
Number of children now living: 3
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Farm or house: house
Home owned or rented: owned; no mortgage
Occupation: own income
Census place: Mount Clemens Ward 1, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: T624_659; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 173
Date: 18 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Ada Tennant
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: head
Home in 1920: Detroit Ward 4, Wayne, Michigan
Address: 93 Prentiss Street
Marital status: widow
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Census place: Detroit Ward 4, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T625_805; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 708
Date: 10 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Ada Tennant
Age: 72
Estimated birth year: 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: mother
Living with: Mabelle Tennant, age 47
Home in 1930: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Marital status: widow
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Census place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1033; Page: ; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 813.0
Date: 2 Apr 1930

Extract from Michigan death certificate:
Name: Ada Mabelle Tennant
Age: 82 years 4 months 28 days
Birth date: 11 Oct 1857
Birthplace: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan
Race: white
Sex: female
Marital status: widow of William C Tennant
Address: 70 Clairmount Avenue
Occupation: at home
Death date: 9 Mar 1940
Death place: 70 Clairmount Avenue, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Cause of death: cerebral arteriosclerosis with nephritis
Father's name: John E Van Eps
Birthplace of father: Perryville, Madison, New York
Mother's name: Ada I Traver
Birthplace of mother: Red Hook, Dutchess, New York
Informant: Mabelle Tennant
Place of burial: Clinton Grove Cemetery in Mount Clemens, Michigan
Date of burial: 12 Mar 1940

Obituary from the "Free Press" of Detroit, Michigan dated 11 Mar 1940:
Mrs. Belle Tennant.
Services for Mrs. Tennant, a native of Mt. Clemens, at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Clemens, conducted by the Rev. G. A. Merifield. Burial in Clinton Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Tennant, 82 years old, died Saturday at her home, 70 Clairmont. She had lived in Detroit since 1917 and was a member of the King's Daughters. Her daughter Mabelle, a son Robert, of Duluth, Minn., and six grandchildren survive.

Children:
(1) Sybil Tennant
(2) Willie Tennant
(3) Mabelle Tennant
(4) Richie Tennant
(5) Edith V Tennant
(6) Robert Hamilton Tennant I
(7) Helen C Tennant.