Notes for: Amelia Cain
In the 1850 Census of Doddridge County, the enumeration of the household of Henry Wanstreet (59, b. Germany, farmer, value of real estate $300) included six other Wanstreet family members plus: J. H. Diss Debar, 30, b. France, land agent, value of real estate $8,500.
Also in the 1850 Census, Amelia Cain was listed as Milly Cain, 26, b. Va, cannot read/write, in the hotel/household of Francis M. F. Smith in the town of West Union.
1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 6 1860:
J. H. Diss Debarr, 40, b. France, farmer, value of real estate $18,960, value of personal estate $2,158; Amelia, 34, b. Va; George, 7; Francis (female), 5; Mary, 3.
Diss Debar's home in Doddridge County was in the community of St. Clara, founded by him in 1846 and named for his first wife.
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1870 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated in July 1870:
James Diss Debar, 50, b. France, land agent, value of real estate $19,000; value of personal estate $1,500; Amelia, 45, b. Va; George, 17; Frances (female), 14; Mary, 12; Floretta, 9; James, 5; Clara, 3; domestic servant Mahala (surname not indicated), black female, 56, b. Va, cannot read or write.
1880 Census, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enumerated in June 1880 at 1621 Hutchinson Street:
Jos. H. Dissdebar, 60, b. France, real estate agent; wife Amelia, 54, b. Va; son George, 27, b. Va, printer, single; dau Florence, 19, b. Va, single; dau Clara, 13, b. Va; granddau Mary J. Charlton, 4 months, b. Feb 1880 in Pennsylvania; son-in-law Wm. Charlton, 51, b. Ireland, actor, widowed; boarder Phineas Michiner, 71, b. Pa, watchman, married.
1900 Census, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enumerated on Jun 5 1900 at 2544 Franklin Street:
Joseph Debar, 80, b. Mar 1820 in France, year of immigration 1842, naturalized citizen, occupation artist, married 41 yrs; wife Amelia, 74, b. Jun 1825 in Virginia, married 41 yrs, mother of 1 (sic) child (still living).