Elsie Huff

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Elsie Huff is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Frederick William Huf Daughter of Frederick Huff and Margaretta Schulz

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	Jul 1893	NY
Marriage	between 1910 and 1920		to John R. Houston
Death
Burial

Children

(all children with John R. Houston)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Frederick A. Houston	M	~1914	MD or NY
Margaret Houston	F	~1915	MD
Elsie Houston	F	~1917	MD
Bernice Houston	F	~1919	MD
John L. Houston	M	~1922	NJ

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
NY	1893 - ?
Baltimore, MD	1900
107 Catherine St., Baltimore, MD	1910
3144 Strickland St., Baltimore, MD	1920
803 Hart St., Brooklyn, NY	1925
191 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, NY	1930

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1900 United States Federal Census, Baltimore, MD, Ward 18, Enumeration District 233, Page 9B lines 88-93 lists Frederick Huf, 53, born Dec 1846, living with his wife Margaret Huf, 53, born Feb 1847, their son Christian Huff, 21, born Sept 1878, their son Fred W. Huf, 17, born Mar 1883, their son John A. Huf, 15, born Jan 1885, and their daughter Elsie Huf, 6, born July 1893. Frederick and Margaret have been married for 31 years. Margaret has given birth to 10 children, 5 of whom are still alive. Frederick, Margaret, and their parents were all born in Germany. Christian was born in Maine. Fred, John, and Elsie were all born in New York. Frederick immigrated in 1862 and has been in the US for 38 years. Margaret immigrated in 1856 and has been in the US for 44 years. Frederick is a naturalized citizen. Frederick works as a Tailor. Christian is an electritian [sic]. Fred and John are in school. The house they live in is rented, and the marginal notes suggest that it is on/in "A. Sant Dist."
2	1910 United States Federal Census, Baltimore, MD, Ward 20, Enumeration District 331, Page 26, dated 27 Apr 1910. Lines 95-96 lists Margaret Huff, 63, widowed, living with her daughter Elsie Huff, 16. Margaret has given birth to 10 children, 5 of whom are still alive. Margaret was born in Germany as were her parents. Elsie was born in NY, her parents were both born in Germany. Margaret immigrated to the US in 1872. They live at 107 Catherine St.
3	1920 United States Federal Census, Baltimore, MD, Ward 20, Enumeration District 350, Page 8, dated 8 Jan 1920. Lines 66-72 lists John R. Houston, 47, living with his wife Elsie, 26, their son Frederick A. Houston, 6, their daughter Margaret Houston, 5, their daughter Elsie Houston, 3, their daughter Bernice Houston, 1, and Elsie's mother Margaret Huf, 73. Margaret is a widow. She immigrated to the United States in 1856 and became a naturalized citizen in 1869. John, Elsie, and both of John's parents were born in NY, all of the children were born in MD. Margaret, her parents, and Elsie's parents were all born in Germany. John works as a superintendent at a warehouse. They all live at 3144 Strickland St.
4	1925 New York State Census, Brooklyn, Kings Co., Assembly District 19, Election District 7, Page 25, dated 1 Jun 1925. Lines 6-13 lists John Houston, 52, living with his wife Elsie, 32, their son Frederick A. Houston, 11, their daughter Margaret Houston, 10, their daughter Elsie Houston, 9, their daughter Betty, 7, their son John Houston Jr., 3, and Elsie's mother Margaretha Huf, 8?9. Everyone was born in the US except Margaretha, who was born in Germany. Margaretha has been in the US for 71 years. She is a citizen and was naturalized in 1854. John Sr. is a receiving clerk. Frederick, Margaret, Elsie Jr., and Betty are listed as working at "St. Leonard's." They all live at 803 Hart St. along with several other unrelated families.
5	1930 United States Federal Census, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Enumeration District 1067, Page 10, dated 4 Apr 1930. Lines 91-97 lists John R. Houston, 57, living with his wife Elsie, 36, their son Frederick, 17, their daughter Margaret Houston, 15, their daughter Elsie Houston, 13, their daughter Bettie, 11, and their son John L. Houston, 8. At the time of their marriage, John was 39 and Elsie was 19. John Sr., Elsie Sr., and Frederick were born in NY. Margaret, Elsie Jr., and Bettie were born in MD. John Jr. was born in NJ. John's father was born in Ireland, his mother in MD. Elsie's parents were both born in Germany. John Sr. works as a watchman on Pier 16. Frederick works as a delivery clerk at (illegible). Margaret works as a factory worker at Stonick Inc. They all live at 191 Hoyt St. There are two other families living at the same address, but no obvious relations between them.
6	Personal communication from Peter N. Robertson.	N/A