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Note: erkins) was born in 1857 in Canada (but supposedly a U.S. citizen at birth -- likely not correct). Her father apparently died when she was very young. It appears that she lived in Canada until she was about three years old (say 1860) or perhaps as late as 1865. She was in Illinois with her family by 1870 and removed to Alameda Co., California by 1878.
She married first John Monks (who was a half-brother to Alice Ellen Proctor who married Wm. Charles Steinhoff). In 1880, they were living in the household of his mother and step-father, John and Nancy (Blacow; Monks) Proctor, in Irvington, Washington Twp., Alameda Co., Calif.
She married a second time a man named S. J. Logie. She and S. Logie resided in southern California. She was widowed prior to 1920 when she was living in San Diego. She moved to Glendale, Los Angles Co. about 1922 where she died in 1931.
Samantha became an evangelist, was an early adherent of Aimee Semple McPherson and a member of the first Foursquare Gospel Church in Glendale. She had no issue.
Samantha apparently went by the name Amanda (or it was miswritten in the 1880 census). She was affectionately called "Aunt Mattie" by her family. Betty Jane (Steinhoff) Sheedy recalls visiting her great-Aunt Mattie in southern California when she was a girl, and receiving $100 from her estate in 1931.
There is some confusion as to her two husbands:
There seem to have been two men named John Monks in California in the late 1800s (see notes under John Monks--also note that Samantha's husband, John Monks, was the half-brother of Alice Ellen Proctor who married Samantha's brother, Wm. Charles Steinhoff.) Secondary marriage records of Alameda Co. show she married John "T." Monks, but the man who went by that name was born in Ohio and apparently was not the same. One John T. Monks married a woman named Bertha, moved to Shasta Co. and then Tehama Co., Calif. There is a mention of John Monks (the farm laborer of Alameda Co.--presumably the son of Nancy (Blacow) Monks Proctor and the husband of Samantha Steinhoff) as late as 1894. Samantha was either widowed by or divorced John Monks.
Sometime after that, Samantha married one S. J. Logie and was widowed before 1920 as she is noted as a widow in the census that year (unless she was divorced and only reported that she was widowed). The only S. J. Logie I could find also appears in the 1920 census living in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., Calif.: Samuel J. Logie, aged 70, cabinetmaker, b. Canada, fath. b. Scotland, mo. b. England; wife Amelia S., 70, b. Canada, parents b. Ireland.
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1880 U.S. Census, Irvington, Alameda Co., California:
Amanda* Monks, 27, b. Michigan, help in the house; fath. b. Vermont; mo. b. Pennsylvania
(in the household of John and Nancy Proctor; the record shows her as wife of John Monks, farm laborer, who was the son of Nancy (Blacow; Monks) Proctor and the step-son of John Proctor.)
(*"Amanda" was certainly Samantha E. Steinhoff, although I find no other place where she went by that nickname.)
(have not located her in census records for 1900 or 1910)
1920 U.S. Census, San Diego, San Diego Co., California (precinct 30, sup. dist. 9, enum. dist. 274); enumerated 3 January 1920; house no. 4023, dwelling house 51, family 51:
Logie, Samantha E., age 62, widowed, b. Canada; fa. b. Canada; mo. b. Canada; immigrated to United States in 1865; naturalized; occupation: evangelist; owned home, free; farm number 888
1930 U.S. Census, Glendale, Los Angeles, California (dist. 984; dist. 19-954); enumerated 4 April 1920; house no. 114, dwelling no. 74, family no. 84:
Logie, Samantha E., age 72, widowed, b. Canada; fa. b. Canada; mo. b. Canada; immigrated to United States: "un"; naturalized: "un"; occupation: "none"
she had two lodgers living with her:
Huling, Lytle, lodger, age 24, b. Missouri; fa. b. Missouri; mo. b. Missouri; cabinet maker
Withers, Bernard T., lodger, age 25, b. New Zealand, fa. b. England; mo. b. England; radio engineer
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Information extracted from the death certificate of Mrs. Samantha E. Logie:
State of California #31-015201, Local registered no. 194
Informant was herself, Mrs. Samantha E. Logie, widow of S. J. Logie
born 14 Aug. 1857
birthplace: Canada
father: W. J. Steinhoff, b. Canada
mother: Anna Perkins, b. Canada
years she spent in California: 57 [hence arrived in Calif. abt. 1876--this may be about right]
She was a resident of Glendale, Calif. for the previous 9 years
She had lived in the United States for 70 years (hence she was about 3 1/2 years old when she arrived in the U.S. about 1860 or 1861)
occupation: Evangelist
place of death: Dist. No. 1907, 114 N. Everett St., Glendale, Los Angeles Co., Calif.
died 16 March 1931
Aged 73 yrs., 7 mo., 2 days
date of burial: 18 March 1931
place of burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Calif.
Note: Samantha Elizabeth Steinhoff (daughter of William J Steinhoff and Anna P
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