Related Web Site: Mary Burnham, by Barbara Trautlein on RootsWeb WorldConnect.

1810 Birth:2484 Birth year of 1810 taken from age (40 years) in 1850 census enumeration; birth place of New York taken from same source. Death certificate of son Francis Marion Frary2498 in 1943 gives mother's name as Mary Ann Patton; Trautlein gives mother's name as Mary Burnham.

1850 U.S. Census:2484 Mary enumerated in the household of her husband Alvin Frary in the town of Albion, Albion Township, Oswego County, New York as Mary Ann, a female, aged 40, born in New York. In addition to Alvin and Mary Ann, ten children were living in the household: Adelia, age 19; Mark, age 18; Augusta, age 16; Julia, age 14; Harrison, age 13; Lucy, age 12; Ruth M., age 9; George B., age 8; Charles, age 4; and Francis, age 2 months. Alvin was listed as a "joiner."

1860 U.S. Census:2491 Mary enumerated in the household of her husband Alvin Frary in the Morris (4th ward), Grundy County, Illinois as a female, age 50, born in New York. In addition to Alvin and Mary, sons Charles (recorded as age 19) and Francis (age 11) also resided in the household. Alvin was listed as a laborer.

1860-1861 Divorce:2491,2485 Alvin was enumerated with wife Mary, age 50, in the 1860 census. In the 1870 census, he was living with wife Elizabeth, age 42, and Huldah, a daughter assumed to be his who was 9 years old in 1870.

1880 U.S. Census:2490
Knox County, Illinois (Galesburg, 6th Ward)
Enumerated 3 June 1880
Main Street
Frank Frary •• white, male, 27, single, R. R. conductor, born in New York, father born in Vermont, mother born in New York
Mary •• white, female, 70, mother, divorced, keeping house, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born in New York