Rosanna Caroline Caskey Caskey (1828-1897)

Rosanna Caroline Caskey Caskey

Birth

8 Sep 1828

Death

2 Jul 1897 (aged 68)

Burial

Gills Creek Cemetery

Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map

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She had a son named William that died in childhood.

I've figured out her parentage because of her daughter Sarah. Sarah never married. At different times she is living with different sides of her Caskey family.

Rosanna's husband John Caskey was a son of William G. Caskey by his first(?) wife. William then married the much younger Agnes Porter. After William died Agnes married Andrew Jackson Sistare. Agnes' Caskey children had half siblings from both parents.

In 1900 and 1910 Sarah Ann (the daughter) is living with James Caskey along with James' sister Jane. Those two adults are the children of William and Agnes Caskey. (William died not long after son James was born). This makes them John Caskey's half-siblings. Sarah is listed as being a niece. This is the Caskey/Porter/Sistare side of Sarah's family. Further proof is on the 1850 census. The newly married AGnes is listed as a Sistaire, along with James and Jane (even though they actually kept their Caskey name). However, two of her husbands children in the household are listed as Caskey still. Next door at the Porter house, John D. Caskey is living.

The 1850 census is missing Elizabeth Caskey and family (newly widowed, as James Craig Caskey died in 1847). I'm not sure where she is. However, there is an R C Caskey of the right living at the house of an older Caskey (unfortunately, there are only initials).

Back to Sarah and showing the other side of her Caskey family. In 1930 Sarah is living with the Humphries family. Her relationship is listed as "Aunt". Wylie Q. Caskey is also in the household and is listed as the father in law. Marie Caskey Humphries is Wylie Q's daughter. Being in this house I believe shows that Sara Ann is also related to the James Craig Caskey family (her mother Rosanna is in the right age category to be one of his older daughters on the 1840 census). Sarah Ann isn't truly an aunt as she isn't one of Wylie's children (she would actually be his niece) but as an older unmarried relative they I assume they just called her aunt?
Information from SuzanneTF