Prudence Philena Thurston1

b. 31 August 1847, d. 27 January 1907
Last Edited=9 Jun 2016
Relationship
2nd great-grandaunt of Joseph Michael Flint
     Prudence Philena Thurston was also known as Lena. She had not been born, when her father, Samuel Thurston, died on 20 June 1847.2

Prudence Philena Thurston was born on 31 August 1847 at Indiana.3,1 She was the daughter of Samuel Thurston and Prudence Bearss.1,3

On 1 October 1850 Prudence Philena Thurston was enumerated in the household of Prudence Bearss on the 1850 U. S. census for Pleasant township, Wabash County, Indiana as Philma Thurston, 3 years old, birthplace of Indiana. Also enumerated in the household were Samuel Wesley Thurston, William Kilbourn Thurston, Mary Frances Thurston and Laura Caroline Thurston.3

On 19 June 1860 Prudence Philena Thurston was enumerated in the household of Prudence Bearss on the 1860 U. S. census for Laketon Post Office, Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana as Philena Thurston, 12 years old, birthplace of Indiana. Attended school within the year. Also enumerated in the household were Samuel Wesley Thurston, Mary Frances Thurston and Martha Shallenberger.4

On 9 June 1870 Prudence Philena Thurston was enumerated in the household of Amanda F Kidd on the 1870 U. S. census for Blue Earth City, Faribault County, Minnesota as Lena Thurston, 22 years old, birthplace of Indiana, occupation of Milliner, value of personal property $200.5

Prudence Philena Thurston married Robert McLaughlin on 3 October 1871 at Faribault County, Minnesota.6

On 5 June 1900 Prudence Philena Thurston was enumerated in the household of Robert McLaughlin on the 1900 U. S. census for 1446 Washington St, Precinct 72, Los Angeles, 5th Ward, Los Angeles County, California as Lena Mc Laughlin, 52 years old, Wife, married for 29 years, gave birth to 2 children, number of children still living 1, Born Aug 1847 in Indiana, Could read, Could write, Could speak English. Father born in New York. Mother born in Connecticut. Also enumerated in the household were Frederic T McLaughlin.7

Prudence Philena Thurston died on 27 January 1907 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at age 59.8

Prudence Philena Thurston was buried at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, FG .8

Child of Prudence Philena Thurston and Robert McLaughlin

Citations

  1. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies Second Edition (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston, 1892), 625; Reprinted by: Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts 01970.
  2. Wabash County Genealogical Society., Nabors Cemetery, Wabash County Indiana, http://www.ingenweb.org/inwabash/cem/nabors.html, January, 1998) Located at USGenWeb Wabash County, Indiana http://www.rootsweb.com/~inwabash/index.html
  3. 1850 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, Pleasant Township, p. 404 back (stamped), dwelling 194, family 205, Prudence Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 09 Nov 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, Roll 178.
  4. 1860 U. S. census, Wabash County, Indiana, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Laketon Post Office, p. 33 (written), dwelling 231, family 230, Prues Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 28 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, Roll 304.
  5. 1870 U. S. census, Faribault County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Blue Earth City, Blue Earth City Post Office, p. 10 (written) p. 1214 (written), dwelling 73, family 79, Amanda F Kidd; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 23 Feb 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T132, Roll 3.
  6. Marriage Register , Minnesota , Faribault County, 1871-1876: 23, Robert Mclaughlin and LenaThurston; index and images, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDZ1-LXV : accessed 24 Feb 2015).
  7. 1900 U. S. census, Los Angeles County, California, Precinct 72, Los Angeles, 5 Ward, Enumeration District 49, p. 4 (written) p. 73 (stamped), dwelling 78, family 78, Robert Mc Laughlin; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, Roll 89.
  8. Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com: 24 Feb 2015), memorial page for Lena T. McLaughlin, Find A Grave Memorial no. 88537559, Creator:TLS, Photo TLS, accessed 24 Feb 2015, citing Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.