Family: Rev. Ephraim Sedweek / Effie Jane McDermott (F13364)

• Father | Male Rev. Ephraim Sedweek

  
  

  Born	2 Jun 1863	Canada
  Died	24 Feb 1948	Los Angeles County, California
  Buried
  Married	Abt 1890  [1]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Effie Jane McDermott

  
  

  Born	15 Oct 1865	Culross Township, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada
  Died	20 Sep 1950	Los Angeles County, California
  Buried
  Father	Hugh Carson McDermott | F13361 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret McLean | F13361 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Edna Marguerite Sedweek

  
  

  Born	Aug 1896	Illinois
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: The 9-29-1905 issue of the Cass City Chronicle noted that "Rev. and Mrs. E. Sedweek, formerly of Tecumseh, are visiting relatives here this week. They are on their way to Calument where Mr. Sedweek has been stationed as pastor by the M. E. conference for the coming year." Bruce McDermott notes that they moved to Los Angeles around 1920. On 4-19-1940, it was noted in the same paper, in a letter from John H. MOORE, that guests at a dinner party given by his sister included "Rev. and Mrs. Eph SEDWEEK of Los Angeles...Mrs. Sedweek was formerly Miss Effie McDermott of Grant."

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Oakland County, Orion Village Enumerated 4 Jun 1900 SD 6 ED 95 Sheet 3A 56-57 (Reliability: 3).