Gazlay Family History
 

FamilySarah Lucretia Green

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 June 2022; Last Edited: 8 June 2022 
Person ID12384
NameSarah Lucretia Green
GenderFemale
Born 20 March 1812 in Sennett, Cayuga County, New York1, 2, 3, 4
Married ca. 1832 to Daniel Papineau4
Died 20 May 1891 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan4, 5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyDaniel Papineau
Born ca. 1809 in New York
Married ca. 1832 to Sarah Lucretia Green
  
Children of Sarah Lucretia Green and Daniel Papineau:
  
1.FamilyHenrietta Lucretia Papineau
Born 17 December 1832 in Williamson, Wayne County, New York
Married 10 November 1856 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to George Henry Gazley
Married 5 September 1876 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan to William Selden George
Died 14 December 1920 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
  
+2.FamilyJennett Papineau
Born 1835 in New York
Married 1866 to William Selden George
Died 1874
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Walworth, Image 44 of 48, Daniel Popennyh [sic, Papineau], 41, NY, laborer; Sarah L. Popennyh, 38, NY; Henrietta Popennyh, 17, NY; Jennett A. Popennyh, 14, NY.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing, Page No. 13, William S. George, 45, Vermont, state printer; Janet George, 34, New York; Louis P. George, 1, Michigan; Sarah Papineau, 38 [sic, she was actually 58], New York; Henrietta Gazley, 37, New York; Kate Moon, 18, Michigan, domestic servant.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing, E.D. 128, Page No. 15, William S. George, 52, Vermont, state printer; wife Henrietta L. George, 47, NY; son Parker L. George, 11, Michigan; daughter Bessie R. George, 9, Michigan; mother in law Sarah L. Papinau, 68, NY, widow; plus one border and three servants.
  4. Historical Collections. Collections and Researches Made By The Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Vol. XVIII. Lansing: Robert Smith & Co., State Printers and Binders, 1892. Report of the Memorial Committee, Pages 178-179, Mrs. Sarah L. Papineau, maiden name Green, died 20 May 1891, aged seventy-nine years. The article provides vital and biographical details of her life. Born 20 March 1812 in Sennitt, Cayuga County, New York, she married Daniel Papineau of Wayne County, New York when she was about twenty years of age. Two daughters, Jeannette and Henrietta (Mrs. W. S. George). The article indicates that she was a strong abolitionist, and that her home in Detroit was the refuge of many black men and women. She was also deeply religious, an active and earnest Unitarian.
  5. Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897; Sarah Lucretia Papineaux, died: 20 May 1891 in Lansing; age: 79 years 2 months; widow.