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Family HistoryFamily History - Josephine Antonia Jewett


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Josephine Antonia Jewett and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Josephine Antonia Jewett,1 born 25 November 1869 in Fort Antonia, Texas, the daughter of Charles Elam Jewett and Mary Huldah Knight.1, 2, 3

Although her birth place is given as Fort Antonia, Texas, in the Jewett family genealogy, a fort by that name has not been identified, and is more likely meant to be Fort San Antonio, Texas.3

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, California, Kern County, Mount Breckinridge, Enumeration District 17, Page No. 20, family of Charles E. Jewett (37, Vermont, farmer); wife Mary K. Jewett (36, Wisconsin); daughter Josephine Jewett (10, California); son Rafael [sic] Jewett (8, Texas); daughter Agnes R. Jewett (4, Massachusetts).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, California, Alameda County, City of Oakland, Enumeration District 373, Sheet No. 5B, family of Mary F. Jewett (56, Wisconsin, Sept. 1843, widow, 4 children, 4 living); daughter Josephine A. Jewett (30, Texas, Nov. 1869, stenographer); son Russell M. Jewett (28, Texas, Jan. 1872, clerk, hdw.); daughter Agnes R. Jewett (24, Massachusetts, Sept. 1875, school teacher); daughter Dorothea Jewett (16, California, Feb. 1884).
  3. History and Genealogy of the Jewetts in America, by Frederic Clarke Jewett, M.D., Volume II. The Grafton Press, New York: 1908. Pages 734-736. Includes a biographical sketch and likeness of Captain Charles Elam Jewett, and details about his wife and children. Digitized copy available at Google Books.