Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyMaggie Knapp

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 8 December 2013; Last Edited: 20 December 2013 
Person ID6219
NameMaggie Knapp
GenderFemale
Born ca. December 1875 in New York1, 2
Married 18 May 1895 to Leander Coons2, 3

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyLeander Coons (son of John L. Coons and Phoebe Saxby)
Born 16 November 1867 in New York
Married 18 May 1895 to Maggie Knapp
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Rensselaer County, Nassau Town, Enumeration District 45, Sheet No. 20B, family of Leander Coons (32, New York, Nov 1867, day laborer); wife of 5 years Maggie Coons (24, New York, Dec 1875, no children, button hole collars home).
  2. New York State Census, 1905, Rensselaer County, Nassau, Second Election District, Page 4, three related families: head Willie C. Clifford (47, farmer); wife Aurulia [sic] Clifford (51); mother Lavantia Hollis (77); servant Francelia Carrier (56); head Leander Coon (37, farmer); wife Maggie L. Coon (29); head Martha A. Coon (84); daughter Flower C. Coon [sic, Cornelia Flower; her surname was not Coon] (62).
  3. Koon and Coons Families of Eastern New York, compiled by William Solyman Coons. The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont. 1937. Available at Heritage Quest Online. Extensive family history that includes, on page 122, Abraham Coons (b.1808 or 1809; d. 1890), preceded by his ancestors and followed by his descendants. His entry indicates his first wife was Angelina or Julina Adams, and after she died, Abraham returned to Rensselaer County and married, second, “some woman from Albany (name and date unknown). This 2nd wife was a widow and they made their new home not far from W. Stephentown or Alps.” All of his eight children were by his first wife.