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Note: Thomas Wilson Vincent was born May 13, 1846, the fourth child of James Ray Vincent and Susannah Pitman. We find Thomas at age 6 in the 1851 Canadian census, living with his family in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario. He was still there in 1861 at age 15, described as a laborer and in school. Neither Thomas nor his parents were located in the 1871 Canada census or in the 1870 US census.
Thomas moved back and forth between Canada and the US several times during his adult life. The 1900 US census indicated that Thomas came to the US in 1870, had been here for 30 years and was a naturalized citizen of the US. It also indicated that he had been married for 30 years to Rosina who was born in Wisconsin. We do not know if he came to the US and then married or was married in Canada. James Brown Vincent, his brother, reportedly moved from Canada to Michigan in 1865 so Thomas may have followed him there in 1870.
James Ray Vincent, Thomas' father, apparently moved to the US in May 1870 to homestead a farm in Kansas. James Brown Vincent, Thomas' brother, homesteader the adjacent farm in April 1870. It is likely that Thomas and his new wife moved to Kansas with them. We know that Thomas was in Kansas in April 1871 when he signed as a witness on land purchase papers for his father's farm. Census records indicate that his first son Charles was born in Kansas. Judy Vincent Barnes provided information that Charles was born on November 17, 1870 in Kansas so Thomas was apparently living there in the 1870-71 time period.
Birth records show that Thomas' daughter Effie was born in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario in August 1872 so Thomas' family apparently had moved back to Canada by then. His son Thomas was also born in Thurlow Township in June 1875.
Sheridan Vincent reviewed an index of land transactions in Thurlow Township that listed three in which Thomas sold or bought land. No dates were in the index. Perhaps the two sales were when Thomas moved to the US about 1870 and 1880 and the one purchase was when he returned to Canada about 1872. These land records are likely in the Thurlow Township offices.
Thomas W. and wife Rosina were in Saginaw County, Michigan in 1883 when they signed an affidavit related to the sale of the Kansas farm upon the death of James Ray Vincent. They apparently moved to Jackson, Michigan by 1891. Search results from Ancestry. com for Vincent (47), T-520 (857),MI(41280) finds him at 425 N. 9th, East Saginaw, MI in 1889 and 126 S. Bond, Saginaw, Michigan in 1890-both years show his occupation as a carpenter.
The 1900 census found them at 326 Pringle Ave., Jackson, Michigan. This is approximately at the intersection of Pringle Ave. and Airline Drive on the east edge of the present downtown district near the Grand River. Their daughter Effie (26) was living with them. Their sons Charles and Thomas were living nearby. Thomas W. was described as a carpenter.
According to Jackson, Michigan City Directories, Thomas Sr. worked as a carpenter in 1891-94 and as a janitor for Pleasant Street School in 1896-98. He again worked as a carpenter in 1900-1906. Sometime between 1907 and 1909 he moved to Kansas.
Thomas died of a stroke on January 26, 1909 in Shawnee County, Kansas, the county that includes Topeka. We do not know if he was living in Topeka or just died there. He had been an I. O. O. F. member and was buried in the Oak Ridge Cemetery at Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas. This is the county adjacent to Topeka. We do not know why Thomas moved to the Topeka/Perry area or why he was buried in the cemetery in Perry.
From information from Stve Clark, PGM of the Grand Lodge of Kansas I received this information on Thomas's IOOF membership:
He joined the IOOF (Oddfellows) in Perry, Kansas at Hope Lodge #45 on March 31, 1894 and was an active member in the Lodge achieving the highest position of the Lodge. Before he could accomplish this achievement he was required to serve in several appointed and elective positions. Steve Clark, PGM, Grand Lodge of Kansas. sclark@@cessa.textron.com
His brother Sanford pastored a church in Perry in 1893. More information now why he was in Topeka/Perry area from Richar Wellman from the Jefferson County Genealogical Society:
FUNERAL OF T. W. VINCENT From The Perry Mirror of 28 Jan. 1909, page 4, col. 6
The death of Thomas W. Vincent, aged 63 years, occurred in Topeka Monday night, due to Apoplexy. The remains were shipped to Perry this morning and laid to rest in Oak Ridge cemetery. The deceased was a member of the I.O.O.F. at Perry, and this order had charge of the services at the grave. Mr. Vincent, some 20 years ago resided in Perry, working at the carpenter's trade. He was the brother of the Rev. Sanford Vincent, who was at that time pastor of the Perry Methodist church.
========================================================================== ==========NOTES FROM ROSALEE VINCENT PIERSON- DAUGHTER OF THOMAS VINCENT II. ASSIGNMENT OF SALARY, WAGE, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE FOR VALUE RECEIVED. I hearby assign, transfer and set over the HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Room 220 Huniber Bldg., 13565 Woodward Ave., Corner Grand Ave., Highland Park, Michigan hereinafter called the assignee, all my rights, title and intrust in and to all salary, wages, commission and other compensation for services now earned and hereafter to be earned by me in the employ of Verville Aircraft Company (Name of Employer) All sums of money now due and owing to me from my said employer and all my right, title, interest and demand in commissions and other compensation for services, earned ant to be earned, direct to the said assignee and I hereby release and grant unto the said assignee full power and authority to demand and receive the same. I constitute the said assignee my lawful attorney to take an and all legal proceedings which may be proper or necessary for the recovery of all salary, wages in my name. This assignment is executed and delivered as security for a loan which is simultaneously with the execution of this assignment. The said loan is payable in installments of 29th November 19?, 30 each on the day of the month, with interest rates of 2.29% per month on unpaid balances. This assignment is executed and onforcable Public Acts of 1925. I am married. (Witnessed). ========================================================================== ========== MORE NOTES FROM ROSALEE VINCENT PIERSON-DAUGHTER OF THOMAS WILSON VINCENT II
APPLICATION FOR AGE ASSISTANCE-STATE OF MICHIGAN-DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE
In that I have not previously applied for Old Age assistance, I agree to give complete and accurate information to the Bureau when requested, and I empower the Bureau and its agents to obtain information from any source as to my resources and deny circumstances. If granted assistance, I agree not to transfer my income or sources of my spouse. I understand that if I am dissatisfied with some action of the Bureau, I have an opportunity for a fair hearing which will be granted at my request, as provided in the Michigan law. Subscribed and sworn by my signature. ===================================================================================
NOTES FROM TIM VINCENT-SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-GREAT GRANDSON OF JULIAN VINCENT (JULIAN VINCENT IS CHARLES ELBERT VINCENT'S OLDEST SON)
Thomas may very likely have moved from Canada with both parents and brother James Brown, if not his entire family, to Iowa. Thomas and Rosina moved to Kansas about June or July of 1870 and it was there that their son, Charles was born. The exact place of their residence is not known. Sometime in the summer of 1871 the young family moved back to Foxboro, Ontario to Thomas' old childhood home. Effie and Thomas Jr. was born there. In Thurlow Twp. the family lived in Lot nmber two of the fifth Concession. Thomas and Rosina sold their property on 4 November 1875 for three hundred dollars. Mr. Henry Valderwater from Sidney in Hastings County bought the property. Thomas was to receive a payment annually in 1877, 1877 and 1878 for the land sold.
Soon thereafter, the family with the three young children moved back to Kansas. Thomas was a carpenter or day laborer there, since he was not interested in farming.
Thomas was a handsome man of medium build. He had a solid forehead. His hair was parted on the left side and combed over and of medium legnth. Even in his later years, his black hair was only peppered with white hair, but the temples were all white. His light blue eyes were really striking with the large white bushy moustache he wore, almost resembling that of a walrus. His complexion was light and even though his hair was changing color, he had not a hint of any wrinkles on his face.
Rosina was a short, solidly built woman, but not overly plump. She wore her hair pulled to the back of her head. It remained dark all her life. She was suppposedly part Blackfoot Indian on her mother's side of the family.
In 1891 the Vincent family first arrived in Jackson, Michigan. They boarded at 127 Johnson Street. At that time, Thomas Vincent, Sr. was a carpenter. Daughter Effie was the only child at home when she and her parents moved to 227 Summit Avenue where they boarded. Thomas was a machinist for F. J. Hubbard.
By 1896 Thomas and Rosina moved and they boarded at 336 Pringle Street. Thomas worked for the Fuller Buggy Company and built carriage tops. Thomas Jr. also lived at home in 1896 through 1898 and he was a janitor at Pleasant Street School.
In 1898 Thomas Sr. and Rosina moved to 400 N. Pleasant Street and he continued to work for the Fuller Buggy Company. In 1900 Thomas changed jobs and he went to work as a carpenter and the family moved to 326 Pringle Street where they resided. In 1902 Thomas went to work for the City Lumber Company. In 1904 they moved to 112 Chapin Street and Thomas continued to work as a carpenter. They lived there until sometime in mid-1906.
Thomas and Rosina moved back to Kansas and lived in Shawnee County. They resided at 1204 Clay Street in Topeka and Thomas worked as a carpenter, despite his advancing age. He died on 25 January 1909 from a stroke. Thomas' brother, Sanford, was a Methodist minister then serving in Perry, just a few miles to the east in Jefferson County. Sanford performed the funeral service for his brother and Thomas was buried in Perry, Kansas in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Thomas Vincent had belonged to the I. O. O. F. and they were in charge of the funeral.
In early early summer of 1909. Rosina went on the train back through Chicago to Jackson. Upon arrival in town, she boarded at 212 E. Mason Street. She later married Joseph Conquest, perhaps in Genesee County, Michigan. By mid-1911 they were living in Clio.
After he died, Rosina moved back to Jackson and it was there that she married Louis Curry. She died at the home of her son, Charles Vincent, on South Pleasant Street on 12 February 1934 from old age.
LAND DEED INFORMATION-TRANSCRIBED BY TIM VINCENT OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Thomas W. & Rosina P. Vincent to Henry Vandewater Thurlow Deed Book K, No. 2036 Hastings County, Ontario
THIS INDENTURE. made in duplicate the 24th day of November in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five in pursuance of the act respecting short forms of mortgage between Thomas Wilson Vincent of the Township of Thurlow and County of Hastings and Province of Ontario, carpenter hereinafter called the mortgagor, of the first part, Rosina P. Vincent, his wife, of the second part and Henry Vandewater of the Township of Sidney and County aforesaid, yeoman, hereinafter called the mortgagee of the third part.
WITNESSETH; that in consideration of Three Hundred Dollars of lawful money of Canada now paid by the said mortgagee to the said mortgagor, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. The said mortgagor doth grant and mortgage unto the said mortgagee, his heirs and assigns forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situated, lying and being in the Township of Thurlow in the County of Hastings and Province of Ontario, being composed of part of Thurlow and may be better known as follows, that is to say Village lot number nine in the Village of Foxboro, situated on the east side of the Madoc Gravel Road as shewn on a certain plain of lots laid out by Jno. D. Evans, designated the Ashley Block and registered in the Registry Office of the County of Hastings on the 16th day of May A.D. 1874. And the said party of the second part hereby has her dower in the said lands. Provided his mortgage to be void in payment of Three Hundred Dollars of lawful money of Canada with interest from the first day of December A. D. 1875 at ten percent per annum as follows: in three equal and annual instalments of One Hundred Dollars each, payable on the first day of December A. D. 1876, 1877 and 1878. Respectfully, with interest at rate aforesaid on the whole principal remaining unpaid at the time each payment falls due. Otherwise to become principal and draw interest aforesaid and taxes and performance of statute labor.
The said mortgagor covenants with the said mortgagee that the mortgagor will pay the mortgage money and interest and observe the above provisal that he, mortgagor, has a good title in fee simple to said lands and that he has the right to convey the said lands to the said mortgagee and that on default the mortgagee shall have quiet possession of the said lands free from all incumbrances and that the said mortgagor will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be required. And that the said mortgagor has done no act to encumber the said lands and that he, said mortgagor, will insure the building on the said lands to the amount of not less than Two Hundred and Sixty Dollars and assign the policy to the said mortgagee and the said mortgagor does release to the said mortgagee all his claims upon the said lands subject to the said proviso privoded that the said mortgagee on default of payment for one month may on his giving three months notice enter on and lease or sell the said lands. Provided that in default of payment of the interest hereby secured, the principal hereby secured shall becmone payable. Provided that until default of payment that mortgagor shall have quiet possession of said lands.
In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Hartford Ashley Thomas W. Wilson (L.S.) Rosina P. Vincent (L.S.)
Received in the day of the date of this Indenture from Henry Vandewater, Three Hundred Dollars, being full consideration therein mentioned.
Witness: Harford Ashley Thomas W. Vincent
County of Hastings:
I, Harford Ashley of the Township of Thurlow and the County of Hastings, yeoman, make oath and say, first, that I was personally present and did see the mentioned instrument and duplicate thereof duly signed and sealed and executed by Thomas Wilson Vincent and Rosina P. Vincent, two of the parties thereto and secondly, that the said instrument and duplicate were executed at the Village of Foxboro, County of Hastings and thirdly, that I know that the said parties, and fourthly, that I am a subscribing witness to the said instrument and duplicate.
Sworn before me at Belleville in the County of Hastings this 24th day of November in the year of Our Lord 1875.
Harford Ashley C. L. Coleman
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