Beaver Island Census Records - P

Page, Finley
(& Seymour Page)
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Page, Finley 32 Ohio Farmer
Page, Sally 24 N.Y.
Page, Cevila 8 Ill.
Page, Nancy 5 Ill.
Page, Tynal (?) 2 Wisc (Female)
------in the same house--------
Page, Seymour 30 Ohio Farmer
Page, Rachel 72 R.I.

Page, Ebenezer 44 N.Y. Farmer
Page, Angeline 43 N.Y.

Page is also on Maps between Green's Lake and Miller's March Section 6
On crude map of Mormon Woman, S. Page is shown just south of F.Page

Page, Ebenezer
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Page, Ebenezer 44 N.Y. Farmer
Page, Angeline 43 N.Y.
Whitney, Frances A. 16 N.Y. (Female)
Whitney, Mary L. 15 Ohio
(Last two entries step daughters?)

Ebenezer was one of seven men appointed in January 1847 to have charge of migration to Beaver Island, K of St. J page 83

Parrish, Azariah
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ. R.Est.
Parrish, Azariah 50 N.Y. "unknown" $100
Parrish, Almira 50 Conn.
Parrish, Andrew 20 N.Y. Lumber
(For some reason, he is listed as a separate family, living in the same house)

Mentioned as arrested in March '52, M. Islander. He is on '52 amp in Section 8, east of airport

Parsel, George A.
1910 Census
Age Yrs M B FB MB Occ.
Parsel, George Head 23 3 Mich. Can. Ire. Labor Mill
Parsel, Nora Wife 22 3 Mich. Mich. Mich.
Parsel, Pearl D 2 S Mich. Mich. Mich.
Parsel, Clara D 1 S Mich. Mich. Mich.

Parsel, Richard
1910 Census
Age Yrs M B FB MB Occ.
Parsel, Richard Head 22 2 Mich. Can. Ire. Labor Mill
Parsel, Sarah Wife 21 2 Mich. N.Y. Mich.
Parsel, Lester S 1 S Mich. Mich. Mich.

Pease, William
1910 Census
Age Yrs M B FB MB Occ.
Pease, William Head 40 12 Mich. Mich. Mich. Fish Gill
Pease, Jennie Wife 34 12 Mich. Mich. Mich.
Pease, Wallace S 10 S Mich. Mich. Mich.
Pease, Essie D 8 S Mich. Mich. Mich.
Pease, Alice D 7 S Mich. Mich. Mich.

Peckham, George
1860 Census
Age Born Occ. R.Est.
Peckham, George 35 N.Y. Merchant $2000

The whole household

George P. Peckham had land transactions with C.R. Wright 1869 through 1875. An Orville Peckham was in the Law firm of Peckham, Brown and Packard, located in 1st National Band Building in Chicago. Correspondence was carried on this letter head with James Dormer in Buffalo re a "Marquette Monument Ass", organized to erect a statue to Marquette in the "State Park at Mackinac Island".

Mrs. Sarah McKinley Livingston Manuscript
George Peckham lived at the Point with his wife who started a Sunday school and Prayer Meeting.
Soon after George came, his father Ray Peckham followed. He bought a farm near Round Lake and lived there with his "amiable wife".

Pierce, Isaac
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Pierce, Isaac 29 Ohio Farmer
("Served in Civil War and afterwords went to Texas where he became a terror to surrounding ccntry. During a raid was caught and killed", Sarah McKinley Livingston)
Pierce, Elizabeth 32 Ohio
Pierce, Martha 8 Ohio
Pierce, Zettla 6 Ohio
Pierce, George J. 1 Wisc.

This is one of the brothers at Battle of Pine River. Mrs. Williams calls him and his brother "heads of the Forty Thieves"

Pierce, Jonathan
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Pierce, Jonathan 21 Ohio Farmer
Pierce, Minerva 21 Ohio
Pierce, William 21 Ohio

He drowned, according to Sarah McKinley Livingston

1840 Census Mackinac

Jonathan Pierce, head of a household of 8, engaged in Manugastivu and trade
(Obviously not the same man, the above would have been 11 in '40)

Pischner, Herman
1910 Census
Age Yrs M B FB MB Occ.
Pischner, Herman Head 38 7 Minn. Ger. Ger. Labor Mill
Pischner, Helen Wife 24 7 Mich. Ger. Mich.
Pischner, Arthur S 4 S Mich. Minn. Mich.
Pischner, Harry S 2 S Mich.. Minn. Mich.
Pischner, Emil LeRoy S 1 S Mich. Minn. Mich.

Post
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Post, Warren 39 unk. Farmer
Post, Lenard 35 unk. Farmer
Post. Stephen 37 unk. Minister

Potts, Robert
(North Mormons?)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Potts, Robert 19 Ire. Fisherman
Potts, Fredrich 11 Mich.
Potts, Edward 7 Mich.
Kelly, John 23 N.Y. Fisherman

(Fisherman, summer residence, no women in the house, 2 young men and the boys)

Powers, Simon
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Powers, Simon 69 N.H. Farmer
Powers, Melinda 68 N.H.
Barker, Mary Ann 26 N.Y.
(Widowed daughter?)
Barker, John 9 N.Y.
Barker, Pauline 7 N.Y.
Barker, Sarah 6 N.Y.
Barker, Harriet 5 N.Y.
Barker, Middleson 3 N.Y.

1900 Census St. James Township
Age M/S Yrs M Mother of B FB MB
Pratt, Edward Head 34 M 7 Ohio N.Y. France
Pratt, Mary Wife 37 M 7 7-7 Mich. Ire. Ire.
Pratt, Forrest S 5 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, William S 4 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Briney S 3 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Alfred S 2 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
(Married Maybelle?)
Pratt, Mary D 2/12 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Gallagher, Arthur Step S 14 S Mich. Penn. Mich.
Gallagher, Hattie Step D 12 S Mich. Penn. Mich
Occ. Mo Unemp R W E House
Pratt, Edward Fisherman 0 y y y Owns H
Pratt, Mary y y y
(Widow of Charles Gallagher, son of Cornelius)
Pratt, Forrest School (Married Matilda Cole)
Pratt, William
Pratt, Briney
Pratt, Alfred
Pratt, Mary
Gallagher, Arthur School y y y (Married Rose Allers)
Gallagher, Hattie School y y y
(Married Frank La Freniere)
(Children of Charles Gallagher, son of Cornelius)

1860 Census Mackinaw
Age Born Occ.
Pratt, Henry 45 U.S. Captain in Garrison Mass.
Pratt, Mary 40 N.Y.
Pratt, Henry C. 17 N.Y.
Pratt, Sedgwick 14 District of Columbia
Pratt, Clara 11 Virg.
Pratt, Chester 8 Virg.
Pratt, Edward 7 Virg. (Married Mary, Whiskey's daughter who 1st married Charles Gallagher, who was lost on the Vernon? Age difference? He would have bene 47 in 1900)

Pratt, Edward
1910 Census
Age Yrs M B FB MB Occ.
Pratt, Edward Head 44 17 Ohio Ohio Ohio Fish Gill
Pratt, Mary Wife 47 17 Mich. Ire. Ire.
Gallagher, Hattie Step D 22 S Mich. Penn. Mich.
Pratt, Forrest S 15 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, William S 14 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Bernard S 13 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Alfred S 12 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Bertha D 10 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Loretta D 5 S Mich. Ohio Mich.
Pratt, Ernest S 3 S Mich. Ohio Mich.

1860 Census
Age Born Occ.
Preson (Preston), Benjamin 28 Ohio Fisherman

Mormon-son of George T. Preston

Preston, George
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ.
Preston, George 43 VT Farmer
Preston, Caroline 42 N.Y.
Preston, Cordelia 19 N.Y.
Preston, Benjamen 14 N.Y.
Preston, Mary 13 Mich.
Preston, Electra 11 Mich.
Preston, Orauge 9 Mich.
Preston, Caroline 8 Mich.
Preston, Geroge 6 Mich.
Preston, Enoch 3 Mich.
Preston, Edward 1 Mich.

In 1850 Edward Preston, age 22, birth place unknown, mason, is living in the home of Samuel Graham

On '52 map, south of D. Adams on Little Sand Bay, according to "Traverse Region", he started the Mormon settlement at Pine River.
He was the one jailed according to N. Islander on March '52

Preston, Benjamin
(Son of George T.)
1860 Census
Age Born Occ.
Preston, Benjamin 28 Ohio Fisherman

It looks as if he left the Mormon Church and came back to the Island fro Charlevoix

Prince, John
(Mormon)
1850 Census
Age Born Occ. R.Est.
Prince, John 44 Eng. Lumber $100
("late of Pittsburg" arrested as reported in N. Islander of '52)
Prince, Rachel 40 Eng.
Prince, Mary 13 Penn.
Prince, John Jr. 9 Penn.
Prince, Elizabeth Jane 7 Penn.

1900 Census Peaine Township Slop T.
Age B FB MB Yr Yrs Occ
Emg. U.S.
Protar, Fedor Head 61 Rus. Rus. Rus 1874 25 Farmer
Mo Unemp R W E House
Protar, Fedor 0 y y y Owns F

1910 Census
Age Yrs M B FB MB Emg. Occ.
Protar, Fedor Head 72 S Rus. Rus. Rus. 1874 Farmer

Died March 4, 1925, Fedor Protar, single, age 87, senility, born Russia, rest unknown (Charlevoix)