Notes:

Family says this last name is Tritley.

Benjamin + Frances McFarland. Frances (daughter of William Thompson McFarland and Elizabeth McKensie) was born in 1892 in Illinois; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, East St Louis Ward 1, St Clair, Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1840, Missouri
• Residence: 1850, District 80, St Francois, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1860, Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1900, East St Louis Ward 1, St Clair, Illinois

Notes:

In his marriage certificate, it states his name is William Thompson. Why would he go by Thomas? Was there a mistake in his marriage certificate?

William T. and this family is somewhat a mystery.
In 1850, Wm. T. is the son of John H. in the census in St. Francois County. He is 14 and there seems no question of that, considering he falls in the middle of a slew of children born 2 years apart.

In the 1860 census he is married, age 24, and living with his wife Irena in Iron Mt. in the Liberty township and has a male child W. H. that is 6 months old.

In the 1870 census, he is going by Thomas and now says he is 40, which is off by 4 years and now has two more children, Jennie, 7, and Edward, 5.

In the 1880 census they are all gone. John H., his father, moved to East St. Louis between 1870 and 1880. It seems that William Thomas did also, but it is a mystery about his wife Irene and the children.

Is the William McFarland, husband of Elisabeth McKensie, the same person as William T. McFarland? We know by DNA testing of a descendant of William McFarland and wife Elizabeth that they are part of the same group of McFarlands, but have not seen definite proof that the two Williams are the same.

In 1880 there is a McFarland, living in East St. Louis, age 40, with wife Lissie, born in Ohio, parents both from Ireland, and a daughter named Jennie age 9, born in Missouri, father MO and mother Ohio, so appears to be their child.

In 1900, William McFarland, with birth date listed as January 1840 is living in East St. Louis, married 25 years to Elisabeth. She has given birth to 4 children all alive still and living with them. The oldest, James, was born in Missouri, the rest in Illinois.

In 1910, T. W. McFarland, 69, born MO, with father born NC and mother born MO lis living in Ward 1, Dist. 102, in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co. Illinois with wife Lizzie, 55, born Ohio, parents from Ireland. Both T.W. and Lizzie have been married before, and have been married 34 years. She has given birth to 4 children, all alive. There is a daughter, Goldie, 23, born in Illinois, and another daughter Frances, 18, now married for half a year, to Ben Trilley, also 18, born in east St. Louis and living with them.

In 1920, Lizzie McFarland is living in East St. Louis, and is listed as a widow.

William married Elizabeth McKensie on 8 Feb 1876 in St Clair, Illinois, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1855 in OH; died on 30 Mar 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, East St Louis Ward 1, St Clair, Illinois

Notes:

In the 1930 census, Elizabeth McFarland, age 70, is living still in East St. Louis, she is living at the school where she is a janitress, and according to the 1920 census, that is the Douglas school. It lists her parents as being, father from Northern Ireland, and mother from the Irish Free State. In her family in 1930 is Goldie Pinkerton, 42, daughter, and Eleanor Smith, granddaughter, 15.