Cornelius Lezenby and Eliza Wilson, Immigrants
and some of their Ancestors
and Descendants

MARGARET² LEZENBY (Cornelius¹) was born at Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, on 20 March 1856, a daughter of Cornelius Lezenby and his wife Eliza Wilson. She died at Camden on 27 March 1932.^[1] She married at Camden on 25 March 1873 FREDERICK HOWARD.^[2] He was born at Pennsylvania about 1844, a son of Thomas and Mary Howard. He died at Camden on 23 June 1884.^[3] Margaret (Lezenby) Howard married as her second husband about 1885-6 MICHAEL REILLY.^[4] He was born at Ireland on 19 August 1841 and died at Camden on 12 October 1911.^[5]

Margaret Lezenby married Frederick Howard five days after her 17^th birthday. Frederick was a ship's carpenter.^[6] Margaret, often called "Maggie," gave birth to three children, but only one survived infancy.^[7] Maggie was 28 when her husband died, leaving her with a six-year-old son.

Margaret Lezenby remarried at about age 30. Her second husband, Michael Reilly, was 45. He had been born in Ireland, and came to America in 1850, at about the age of nine. He was a marble cutter. They owned their own home at 1862 Mount Ephraim Avenue, Camden.^[8]

Michael Reilly died in 1911, at the age of 70; Margaret was 55; her grown son and his family soon moved in to the family home with her.

George Howard was the only surviving child of Frederick Howard and his wife Margaret Lezenby. When he was five years old, his father died. A year or two later his mother married Michael Reilly, an immigrant from Ireland. George's step father was a marble cutter, an industry which shaped George's life. George's occupation was described in census records as follows:^[9]

In 1900 George was still living with his mother and step-father on Mount Ephraim Street, Camden.^[10] He married within two years of that census. In 1910 his mother and step-father were at 1862 Mount Ephraim Avenue, while George, his wife and three children, resided nearby at 1848 Mount Ephraim Avenue.^[11] In 1920 George, his wife and five children resided at the 1862 Mount Ephraim Avenue address.^[12] His step-father had died in 1911. I have not found his mother in the 1920 Census. The 1930 and 1940 censuses reported George Howard's family at two locations, the Mount Ephraim Avenue address, and locations in Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey. The 1930 census reported George, Olive, and the four children still at home at 2 Nashville Avenue, Ventnor City.^[13] The report from the family home in Camden described a four generation home:^[14]

The record also indicated that Margaret Reilly owned the home, valued at $10,000, that George had a radio, and that Thomas and Margaret had married at the ages of 27 and 23, or about three years before. This record also suggests that George Howard's son-in-law, Thomas Dalton, working for an undertaker, was in an occupation closely related to George's. It would appear that the George Howard family was living at the shore, while George and George, father and son, continued to work in the family business at Camden.

George's mother, Margaret (Lezenby) (Howard) Reilly died in 1932.

The 1940 census contained several entries for this family:

• At 103 North Richards Street, Ventnor City, resided George and Olive Howard, where they had been living for at least five years. In addition to George, 62, and Olive, 57, the household included Franklin, 26, working as a night man at a garage, and Vincent, 21, an attendant at a filling station.^[15]
• At 1862 Mount Ephraim Avenue, Camden, resided George, 62, Thomas Dalton, 40, Margaret Dalton, 36, Margaret Anne Dalton, 12.^[16]
• At the same address, as a separate household, on the second floor, the census reported the younger George Howard, 24, and his wife Evelyn, 32. George was a sand-blaster for monuments. They were probably married within the previous five years, as George lived at that address in 1935, and Evelyn lived at Westville, Gloucester County, New Jersey.^[17]
• At 30 Clearmont Avenue, Margate City, Atlantic County, resided Olive (Howard) Otway, 30, with her husband, Erwood B. Otway, Jr., 34, salesman for a retail clothes store, and his parents, Erwood B. Otway, Sr., 67, a barber, and Anna L. Otway, 60. They had all been living at that address for at least five years.^[18] In 1930 Erwood and Olive had been living at 7 Frontenac Street, in the same town, when both were working as salesersons for retail clothing.^[19]
• Daughter Marie Howard had married Henry Shepherd in 1935, but I have not found them in the 1940 census.

Olive Howard died in 1960. George married Agnes Rasmussen in January 1963 and died in April 1964. The monument at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Camden County, provides information on the family:^[20]

Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
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Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
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Originally Created by: Soul Searcher,
Maintained by: Dave B,
Photos added by Soul Searcher.

Margaret Lezenby and her first husband Frederick Howard had the following child who survived to adulthood:

1. GEORGE H.³ HOWARD b. at New Jersey on 13 March 1878, d. on 9 April 1964;^[21] m(1). about 1901-2 OLIVE HEWETT^[22] b. at New Jersey on 19 April 1883, d. on 7 April 1960;^[23] m(2). at Woodlynne, Camden County, on January 1963 AGNES RASMUSSEN.^[24] Children of George and Olive Howard:
   1. MARGARET⁴ HOWARD b. at New Jersey on 4 November 1903; d. on 4 October 1989;^[25] m. on 27 October 1926 THOMAS DALTON,^[26] b. at New Jersey on 31 January 1900, d. on 16 December 1977.^[27] Child of Thomas and Margaret Dalton:
      1. Margaret Ann Dalton b. at Pennsylvania abt 1927-8^[28]
   2. GEORGE T.⁴ HOWARD b. at New Jersey on 12 June 1905; d. on 28 September 1983;^[29] m. after 1935 EVELYN COX,^[30] b. at Westville on 29 October 1907, d. on 20 February 1975,^[31] child of Albertus V. Cox and Evalena Hendrickson.
   3. OLIVE⁴ HOWARD b. at New Jersey on 28 September 1906; d. at Pasco County, Florida on 13 July 1998;^[32] m. at New Jersey on October 1928 ERWOOD B. OTWAY Jr.,^[33] b. at Pennsylvania on 29 September 1905, d. at Pasco County on 18 February 1995,^[34] child of Erwood B. Otway, Sr., and Anna L.
   4. MARIE⁴ HOWARD b. at New Jersey on 26 July 1910; d. at Pasco County on 2 July 1985;^[35] m. at New Jersey on 29 November 1935 HENRY STEWARD SHEPHERD,^[36] b. on 4 November 1906, d. at Hernando County, Florida, on 13 June 1987.^[37]
   5. FRANKLIN⁴ HOWARD b. at Camden on 28 August 1913; d. on 1 May 1991;^[38] m. CATHERINE BROWN or HENRY,^[39] b. on 4 June 1916, d. on 4 March 2009.^[40]
   6. VINCENT⁴ HOWARD b. at New Jersey on 7 April 1919; d. at Riverside County, California on 4 February 1982.^[41]

• David Barnett reports that Franklin Howard married Catherine ________. New Jersey Marriage Index reported a Franklin Howard married Catherine Mercer in 1942, location not given, and a Franklin Howard married Catherine Brown a.k.a. Catherine Henry on the date and location indicated above. Either could be the correct identification. As the second marriage is reported twice, under two names, it is probable that one was a maiden name and the other the surname in the first marriage. There is no indication which is which.

• Paul Howard, b. 12 May 1947, d. 23 May 1947, appears on a tombstone with Vincent Howard. However there is no clear indication whoae child Paul was.

¹Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 31 May 2018), Reilly-Howard marker; Originally Created by: Soul Searcher, Maintained by: Dave B, Photos added by Soul Searcher and Tom Jennings.
²Craig H. Stanley, "Camden County New Jersey Marriages," Merchantville, New Jersey: Stanley Craig Pub., 1932; database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 November 2008), Howard-Lezenby, 1873
³Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 28 May 2018), Frederick J Howard; Created by: Dave B.
⁴Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 49, roll 873, p. 25B, household 500, Michael Reilly family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2015); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C...
⁵Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Reilly-Howard marker.
⁶Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 51, roll 774, p. 282D, household 36, F. J. Howard family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2015); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
⁷Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 71, roll 958 p. 12A, household 223, Michael Reilly family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2015); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
⁸1910 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 49, roll 873, p. 25B, household 500, Michael Reilly family. Michale Reilly immigrated in 1850 according to the 1910 Census, in 1844 according to the 1900 Census.
⁹1900 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 71, roll 958 p. 12A, household 223, Michael Reilly family. 1910 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 49, roll 873, p. 25B, household 501, George Howard family. Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 94, roll 1022, p. 10A, household 198, George Howard family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2015); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 72, roll 1310 p. 10A, household 275, George Howard family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2015); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 22-123, roll 2396 p. 8A, household 157, George Howard family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 September 2015); NARA microfilm group T627.
¹⁰1900 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 71, roll 958 p. 12A, household 223, Michael Reilly family.
¹¹1910 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 49, roll 873, p. 25B, household 501, George Howard family.
¹²1920 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 94, roll 1022, p. 10A, household 198, George Howard family.
¹³1930 Census, Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, ED 72, roll 1310 p. 10A, household 275, George Howard family.
¹⁴1930 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 71, roll 1322 p. 35A, household 505, Margaret Reilly family.
¹⁵1940 Census, Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, ED 1-141, roll 2303 p. 6A, household 139, George Howard family.
¹⁶1940 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 22-123, roll 2396 p. 8A, household 157, George Howard family.
¹⁷1940 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 22-123, roll 2396, p. 8A, household 158, George T. Howard family.
¹⁸1940 Census, Margate City, Atlantic Conty, New Jersey, ED 1-114, roll 2302, p. 6B, household 228, Otway/ Erwood family.
¹⁹1930 Census, Margate City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, ED 57, roll 1309, p. 19B, household 530, Erwood Otway family.
²⁰Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Reilly-Howard marker.
²¹Ibid.
²²1910 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 49, roll 873, p. 25B, household 501, George Howard family. Her maiden name provided by David Barnett.
²³Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Reilly-Howard marker.
²⁴New Jersey State Archive; Trenton, New Jersey "Marriage Index, 1901-1966," index, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 July 2018), Howard-Rasmussen, no. 00509.
²⁵Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Reilly-Howard marker. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 October 2016), Margaret H. Dalton.
²⁶David Barnett, to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 19 October 2015, "mark up of Lezenby descendants,"; privately held
²⁷Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill,Reilly-Howard marker. "U.S. Social Security Death Index", Thomas Dalton.
²⁸1930 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 71, roll 1322 p. 35A, household 505, Margaret Reilly family.
²⁹Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill,Reilly-Howard marker. "U.S. Social Security Death Index", George Howard.
³⁰1940 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 22-123, roll 2396, p. 8A, household 158, George T. Howard family. United States Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 October 2016), Evalyn Howard, 139050356.
³¹Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill,Reilly-Howard marker. "U.S. Social Security Death Index", Evelyn Howard.
³²"Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007," Olive Otway, 211165457. Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Erwood-Olive Otway; Created by: Dave B, photo Added by IMAGINE. Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database of index, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 August 2018), Olive H Otway, 1998.
³³New Jersey, "Marriage Index, 1901-1966," E.O.-Howard, 1928.
³⁴"U.S. Social Security Death Index", Erwood B. Otway. Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Erwood-Olive Otway. "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," Erwood B Otway, 1995.
³⁵Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," Maria H Shepherd, 1985.
³⁶New Jersey, "Marriage Index, 1901-1966," Shepherd-Howard 1935.
³⁷"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," Henry S. Shepherd, 1987.
³⁸"Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007," Franklin Howard, 150094209.
³⁹New Jersey, "Marriage Index, 1901-1966," Howard-Brown, no. 27752.
⁴⁰"U.S. Social Security Death Index", Catherine M. Howard, 150-09-7307.
⁴¹State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics., "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry (ancesty.com : accessed 1 August 2018), Vincent Howard, SSN 137141245.

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