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Elizabeth (Betsey) Erskine

Elizabeth (Betsey) Erskine

Female 1826 - 1881  (54 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth (Betsey) Erskine  [1] 
    Birth 6 Jun 1826  Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Mar 1881  Fernwood, Oswego Cty, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Willis Cem. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I19892  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Salmon Erskine,   b. 2 Mar 1791, Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1881, Oswego, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Hastings,   b. 1 Oct 1795, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts43 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1868 (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1811 
    Family ID F6125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Chares A. Norris 
    Family ID F6104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Betsey Erskine Norris - died March 5, 1881, age 54 years. Daughter of Salmon and Elizabeth "Betsey" Hastings Erskine. Wife of Charles A. Norris.
      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 10, 1881 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died - Norris - In Holmesville, March 5th, of congestion of the brain, Mrs. Betsey Erskine, wife of Charles A. Norris, aged 54 years and 9 months.
      Newspaper Obituary - March 10, 1881 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - South Richland - A deep gloom has settled over Holmesville. On Saturday morning the bell tolled the death of Dr. Chapman; on Saturday night, Mrs. Norris breathed her last after four days of terrible suffering; and on Sunday at about three o'clock, her father, Salmon Erskine died. The father and daughter were both laid out in the same room, and the double funeral is to be held on Tuesday at two o'clock p.m. Salmon Erskine was one of the first members of the Methodist church in Itolmesville, and while he was dying, Rev. W. II. Hall was taking seven persons into the church in full.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Salmon Erskine
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20164006721&indiv=try