Martin Edward and Lavantia E. (CHASE) MOLBY
His Parents - Samuel and Orillas (or Rillar) Delight (GRIFFETH) MOLBY
Spouse's Parents -
kid - Rose MOLBY
CGB-GEA-F. Martin Edward MOLBY, b. Nov. 3, 1846 (Sam.6, Chester 5, Jonathan 4, Sam.3, Sam.2, Wm.1). m. Oct. 25, 1864, Lavantia E. CHASE dau. of Bradford CHASE and Emeline TAPPAN, his first wife. Lavantia was b. 1845, Baldwinsville, N.Y.; d. June 9, 1931, in Reading, Mich. Her parents were prominent in Bladwinsville, and their records can be found in family genealogies. She owned a "quaint little hat that his mother MOLBY had worn." The hat is now (1955) in possession of Martin's nephew, Fred A. MOLBY, of Baldwin, Kansas. Martin MOLBY d. July 7, 1929, at Reading, Michigan. They, their daughter, and her husband are buried in the MOLBY-WARNER lot, Maplewood Cemetery, at Reading, Michigan. Mr. Molby was a farmer and also worked at the carpenter trade.
Child: CGB-GEA-Fa. Rose MOLBY, b. Aug. 12, 1865; Hillsdale Co., Mich.; m. Justus Burton WARNER, b. Dec. 16, 1865; d. Dec. 15, 1917. He was of Dutch descent. She d. Aug. 28, 1914.
* Known as "Jim" he usually signed "James". Years after set his TI was corrected to better identify it and reads "S. James Molby-I." FAM.
1865 Van Buren Census--2nd Election District.
Marriages during year ending June 1, 1865. Martin MOLBY, 18, Single and Lavantia (sic) E. Chase, 19 Single, mar. Oct. 25, (1864) in Baldwinsville by a Methodist clergyman.Mr. Fred A MOLBY of Baldwin, Ks., supplied the information for Mar- tin Edward MOLBY's family.