Eliza's gravestone says 1832-1930. In 1860 she was listed as JaneLinn ( Ginn?), 44, living with Uncle John Ginn in Moultrie Co, IL.The census a lso said she was insane and suffering from congestion.
Following the death of John, she continued to live with his childrenan d is buried on their family plot with a matching gravestone.
Who were her parents?
7/9/1870 Was she the 35 year old servant living with the Isaac Keysfa mily in Springfield? The wife Alvina Keys was 40 and born in Ky,the r est of the family were born in IL. Is there a connection?
1880 Recorded at age 50 and living with Robert Ginn and sisters asthe ir cousin.
6/2/1900 She was living with the Ginn children as a lodger, her agewa s 65.
5/21/1910 That year she was listed in the census as a cousin toRobert G inn and his two sisters. She was 56 (should be nearer 76).
1/10/1920 That census listed her at age 86 and she was a boarder withE lizabeth Ginn.
Her birth year changed from census to census but she was always bornin I reland.
