Notes for Gideon Wilder Gerkin

Family Group Sheet

Notes for Gideon Wilder Gerkin

I recently had reason to research the Gideon Wilder Gerkin family mentioned above. This family removed from Martin County, Indiana to Colorado sometime between 1902 and 1910. The family is enumerated in the 1900 census of Halbert Township, Martin County, Indiana; the 1910 census of Pitkin County, Colorado and in both the 1920 and 1930 census of Carbondale, Garfield County, Colorado. My reason for posting this is that an Elizabeth Mary Gerkin b. 1894 is not included in either the 1900 or the 1910 census of the Gideon Wilder Gerkin household. In fact, Mary Mathewson, w/o Gideon Wilder Gerkin names all of her eight living children in the 1900 census and none of these are Elizabeth Mary. In 1910, Mary Mathewson Gerkin reports that she had 14 children, 10 of whom were still living. Neither an Elizabeth Mary nor a Naomi (sometimes assigned to Mary Mathewson Gerkin) is named among the seven who were then named in the household.Excluding Elizabeth Mary and Naomi as probable error, I have the names of 11 of the 14 children in this family.