WEST, Thomas Sands^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1850 - 1931  (80 years)

• Name	WEST, Thomas Sands
  Born	21 Sep 1850	Conneaut, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jan 1931	Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois   [9]
  Buried	29 Jan 1931	Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Lake Co., Indiana
  Person ID	I1806	George Soule | Francis West I1585 B650
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	WEST, Alonzo Russell,   b. 10 Jun 1819, Highgate, Franklin Co., Vermont ,   d. 23 Jun 1907, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	BRUMBLY, Lodelia Ann,   b. 26 Feb 1828, Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio ,   d. 16 Oct 1885, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	DORN, Emma,   b. 26 May 1851, Ashtabula Co., Ohio ,   d. 12 May 1879, Monroe Twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio  (Age 27 years)
  Married	ca. 1876	Monroe Twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio
  Children	1. WEST, Walter Byron,   b. 18 Dec 1877, Monroe Twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio ,   d. Feb 1970, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan  (Age 92 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	LOVE, Elizabeth,   b. 15 May 1853, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1922, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois  (Age 69 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1881	Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan   [10]
  Children	1. WEST, John Alonzo,   b. 9 Jul 1882, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan ,   d. ca. 1957, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois  (Age 74 years)  [Birth] + 2. WEST, Thomas Custer,   b. 1 May 1890, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan ,   d. 25 Feb 1967, Cottonwood, Yavapai Co., Arizona  (Age 76 years)  [Birth]   3. WEST, Elizabeth M,   b. 14 Apr 1893, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan ,   d. 26 Apr 1926, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois  (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Sep 1850 - Conneaut, Erie Co., Pennsylvania Married - ca. 1876 - Monroe Twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio Married - 3 Mar 1881 - Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan Died - 27 Jan 1931 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Buried - 29 Jan 1931 - Oak Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Lake Co., Indiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Documents

  West, Thomas Sands, death certificate

  
  

  Headstones

  West, Thomas Sands Tombstone of Thomas Sands West

  
  

• Sources

  [S62] 1860 US Census, (Ancestry.com), Conneaut, Ashtabula co., Ohio page 98, 29 Oct 2014. Thomas West is 10 years old in 1860 [S72] 1880 US Census, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio page 5A, 27 Oct 2014. Thomas Sands West is 29 years old in 1880 and his occupation is sailor. His marital status is widowed. [S110] City Directories 1821-1989, (Ancestry.com), Muskegon City and County Directory 1887-88 page 287. In 1887 Thomas S West was living at 31 East Isabella Street in Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan. His occupation is listed as foreman. [S110] City Directories 1821-1989, (Ancestry.com), Muskegon City and County Directory 1889-189 page 307. In this city directory Thomas S West is a boom hand for Muskegon Booming Company. His residence is 31 East Isabella in Muskegon. [S61] 1900 US Census, (Ancestry.com), Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois sheet 15B, 30 Oct 2014. Thomas Sands West was living in the Hyde Park district of Chicago in 1900. His occupation is foreman. (His employer was Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company.)Those persons living in the household with Thomas Sands West were his wife, Elizabeth Love West, born in Canada, and John Alonzo and Thomas Custer, their sons, and Elizabeth, their daughter, all born in Michigan. [S63] 1910 US Census, (Ancestry.com), Chicago, Ward 8, Cool Co., Illinois page 4A, 7 Nov 2014. In 1910, Thomas Sands West, was living in Chicago, Ward 8, Cook Co., Illinois. Both Thomas Sands West and his son, Thomas Custer West, were employed in the dredge and dock business. Also living in the household were Elizabeth Love West, and Elizabeth May West. [S64] 1920 US Census, (Ancestry.com), Chicago, Ward , Cook Co., Illinois page 7A, 7 Nov 2014. In 1920 Thomas Sands West and his wife, Elizabeth Love West, were living in the same place they were located in 1910.Thomas is shown as a superintendent for the dredge and dock company. Also living in the household were their daughter, Elizabeth May West, and her husband, Harold Smith, age 28, born in New York, who's occupation was listed as electrician. [S65] 1930 US Census, (Ancestry.com), Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois page 21A. In 1930 Thomas Sands West is eighty years old, is a widower, and has no occupation. Living in his household are Harold Guy Smith, Thomas's son-in-law, also a widower, and Ernest and Elizabeth Smith, twin grandchildren, ages four years and 5 months [S103] Illinois Standard Cerificate of Death, (State of Illinois), copy of death cert purchased from the state and marked "genealogy purposes", 3 Nov 2014. Full Name: Robert S. West Date of Death: 27 Jan 1931 Date of Birth: 23 Sep 1854 Place of Burial: Oakhill Cemetery, Hammond, Lake Co., Indiana Robert S. West's year of birth is incorrect. He was born in September of 1850 and appears on the 1860 Federal Census as ten years old. His father's name is also incorrect on the death certificate. [S101] Michigan Marriages, (FamilySearch.ogr), Michigan marriages Muskegon County Record 448, 30 Oct 2014. Thomas Sands West and Elizabeth Love were married in Muskegon, Michigan, on 3 Mar 1881. Elizabeth Love was previously married to Francis Bixby, from whom she was divorced. Witnesses to the marriage were Mitchell Love, the bride's brother, and Margaret Love, the bride's sister-in-law.