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Harriet Armor <I>Ritchie</I> Poulson

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Harriet Armor Ritchie Poulson

Birth
Mercer County, Illinois, USA
Death
5 Jul 1904 (aged 72)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Saint Helena, Napa County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 7, Lot 14 H
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Harriett married Oliver Perry Poulson 28 Feb. 1847 in Russian River Twp, Sonoma County, California. The Russian River Township is in the area across the Russian River from Healdsburg. Included Alexander Valley and Windsor.

1870 to 1882, Oliver Perry Poulson and his family were living in Coyote Township, Lake Co., CA as per Calif. Great Registers (voting). The first registering to vote was 28 April 1870; he was 43 yrs of age. His age differs on all the following voting registrations.

1880 U.S. Census for Middletown, Lake Co., CA:
O. P. Poulson M 58 Virginia
WIFE Harriet Poulson F 48 Illinois
DAU Angeline Poulson F 22 yrs, b. 1858 CA
DAU Lizzie Poulson F 18 yrs, b. 1862 CA
DAU Addie Poulson F 14 yrs, b. 1866 CA
DAU Nettie Poulson F 11 yrs, b. 1869 CA
SON William P. Poulson M 8 yrs, b. 1872 CA
DAU Mattie Poulson F 6 yrs, b. 1874 CA
Abbie Armstrong F 16 Washington

Harriet's husband, Oliver Perry Poulson, died in 1890.

1900 U.S. Census for Russian River Township, Sonoma Co., CA:
Harriett A Poulson F 69 yrs, b. Oct. 1831 Illinois; widow
Dau Mattie Reddick F 26 yrs, b. Mar. 1876 CA
Granddau Jewett Reddick F 4 yrs, b. April 1896, CA (both parents b. in CA)

Harriett had 12 children, 11 living at the time of this census. She is farming.

Listing of their children:
1. John D. Poulson b. 22 Jan. 1849 in Calistoga, CA
2. Caroline M. Poulson b. 1850 in California
3. Cynthia Ann Poulson b. 23 May 1852 in California
4. Angeline Poulson b. 2 Mar. 1858 in Calistoga, CA
5. Amanda Poulson b. ca 1861, CA
6. Eliza Kennedy Poulson b. 1862 in CA
7. Emily Poulson b. in CA
8. Mary E. Poulson b. in CA
9. Addie E. Poulson b. 13 Oct. 1868 in St. Helena, CA
10. Nettie Eddington Poulson b. 1869, CA
11. William P. Poulson b. Oct. 1872 in CA; d. 1901; buried in St. Helena Cem., St. Helena, Napa Co., CA
12. Mattie Poulson b. 11 May 1874 in Lake Co., CA

Note:
Harriet A. Poulson
Los Angeles Daily Times, Jul 6, 1904

At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Foster, 918 East Twenty Eighth street, Harriet A. Poulson, aged 74 years. Interment Thursday at St. Helena Cemetery.

Note: Harriet's brother, William Dill Ritchie, married Sarah Graves Fosdick in 1848 in Napa Co., CA. Sarah was a survivor of the Donner Party tragedy in the Sierras in 1846/47. She lost her first husband during this travail. Harriet's father was one of the first to rescue the surviving members of this wagon train.
Harriett married Oliver Perry Poulson 28 Feb. 1847 in Russian River Twp, Sonoma County, California. The Russian River Township is in the area across the Russian River from Healdsburg. Included Alexander Valley and Windsor.

1870 to 1882, Oliver Perry Poulson and his family were living in Coyote Township, Lake Co., CA as per Calif. Great Registers (voting). The first registering to vote was 28 April 1870; he was 43 yrs of age. His age differs on all the following voting registrations.

1880 U.S. Census for Middletown, Lake Co., CA:
O. P. Poulson M 58 Virginia
WIFE Harriet Poulson F 48 Illinois
DAU Angeline Poulson F 22 yrs, b. 1858 CA
DAU Lizzie Poulson F 18 yrs, b. 1862 CA
DAU Addie Poulson F 14 yrs, b. 1866 CA
DAU Nettie Poulson F 11 yrs, b. 1869 CA
SON William P. Poulson M 8 yrs, b. 1872 CA
DAU Mattie Poulson F 6 yrs, b. 1874 CA
Abbie Armstrong F 16 Washington

Harriet's husband, Oliver Perry Poulson, died in 1890.

1900 U.S. Census for Russian River Township, Sonoma Co., CA:
Harriett A Poulson F 69 yrs, b. Oct. 1831 Illinois; widow
Dau Mattie Reddick F 26 yrs, b. Mar. 1876 CA
Granddau Jewett Reddick F 4 yrs, b. April 1896, CA (both parents b. in CA)

Harriett had 12 children, 11 living at the time of this census. She is farming.

Listing of their children:
1. John D. Poulson b. 22 Jan. 1849 in Calistoga, CA
2. Caroline M. Poulson b. 1850 in California
3. Cynthia Ann Poulson b. 23 May 1852 in California
4. Angeline Poulson b. 2 Mar. 1858 in Calistoga, CA
5. Amanda Poulson b. ca 1861, CA
6. Eliza Kennedy Poulson b. 1862 in CA
7. Emily Poulson b. in CA
8. Mary E. Poulson b. in CA
9. Addie E. Poulson b. 13 Oct. 1868 in St. Helena, CA
10. Nettie Eddington Poulson b. 1869, CA
11. William P. Poulson b. Oct. 1872 in CA; d. 1901; buried in St. Helena Cem., St. Helena, Napa Co., CA
12. Mattie Poulson b. 11 May 1874 in Lake Co., CA

Note:
Harriet A. Poulson
Los Angeles Daily Times, Jul 6, 1904

At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Foster, 918 East Twenty Eighth street, Harriet A. Poulson, aged 74 years. Interment Thursday at St. Helena Cemetery.

Note: Harriet's brother, William Dill Ritchie, married Sarah Graves Fosdick in 1848 in Napa Co., CA. Sarah was a survivor of the Donner Party tragedy in the Sierras in 1846/47. She lost her first husband during this travail. Harriet's father was one of the first to rescue the surviving members of this wagon train.


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  • Maintained by: Connie
  • Originally Created by: Beca
  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20027755/harriet_armor-poulson: accessed ), memorial page for Harriet Armor Ritchie Poulson (17 Oct 1831–5 Jul 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20027755, citing Saint Helena Cemetery, Saint Helena, Napa County, California, USA; Maintained by Connie (contributor 47390019).