From: Janey1230@aol.com Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:02:54 EST William E Lake b NY 1826, died Sturgis, South Dakota no documentation but yr. and place consistent all census years 1850 thru 1880 Christina Van Veckten 67 NY William E. Lake 24 NY stage driver Jeanette Lake 19 NY Schoharie Schoharie Co. NY 1850 federal census Jennet Lake 23 born Greene Co, NY (lived in Co 4 yrs). Anna Lake 4 dau b Greene Co NY NY State census Cairo Greene Co NY 1855 172 176 Anson Lake 23 NY Harry Lake 19 NY Charles Lake 19 Ohio 173 177 Wm Lake 31 NY Dwiett Ric---? 40 NY County of Lake, Territory of Minnesota Oct 1857 J B Mills Company ledger page 212 - William E Lake $2.00 source-J B Mills papers spanning 1862-1870 Minnesota Historical Society St. Augusta TWP Stearns Co. Minnesota 27 May 1865 James B Mills Martha Mills Joseph Rilland W E Lake J W Whipple Anton Rilland Jas B Mills jun Samuel Boylan John Johnson source-Minnesota State census Marriage Certificate State of Minnesota Stearns County 16th October 1865 William E Lake and Georgeanna Bates both of Stearns County at St. Cloud, County of Stearns Minnesota 1870 federal census Co of Stearns, St. Cloud 6 June 1870 Lake W E 45 Express Agent NY Georgy 23 Keep house NY Hatty 3 Minn (female) 1879 City of Bismarck, Dakota Lake, W E ranchman stage company source- City Register 1880 County of Morton, Dakota, 5 June 1880 William E Lake 55 Station Keeper source federal census Listing of a large camp of men with stage company 1880 County of Greene, Catskill NY federal census Lake Georgianna 36 NY Florence 13 dau Minn Mabel 7 dau Minn Will of Georgianna Lake Dec 7th 1881 Surviving are William E Lake residing at East Pierre Dakota Mabel Lake of Coxsackie Greene Co NY, H Florence Lake of Catskill Greene Co NY 8th September 1882 Black Hills Journal W. E. Lake, agent of the Northwestern Stage and Transportation Company at Sturgis, died at that place yesterday. The cause of his death thought to have been heart disease. (Notation: After their mother died of Tuberculosis the girls went by steamer around the Great Lakes to join their father. The eldest at fourteen worked as governess to the Townsend family to pay for their passage. After their father's untimely death they went to Bismarck to live with their mother's sister and husband Mary & Henry Gager. The eldest daughter married the week of her sixteenth birthday and took her little sister to live with her).-MJR Continue to search for parents/siblings of William E. Lake. Mary Jane From: Mjr1238@aol.com Mabel Irene Lake born 11 March 1872 St. Cloud MN Daughter of William E. Lake & Georgianna Bates Lake, both of New York. Mabel was a Registered Army nurse served Spanish American War & WW I, serving on hospital ships. Never married. Died 19 Feb 1948 Monterey Park CA Submitted by great niece Mary Jane Rice, Barnsdall OK From: Janey1230 at aol.com (Janey1230 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:26:27 EST Subject: William E Lake William E. LAKE born ca 1826 NY. Searching for parents/siblings of William E. LAKE. He married twice both wives from Greene Co. NY, followed stage company west. All I have is as follows: 1850 census Schoharie, Schoharie Co. NY: William E. LAKE age 24 yrs, stage driver listed with Jeannette LAKE age 19, in the household of Christina VAN VECKTEN age 67. 1855 Cairo, Greene Co, NY State census: Jennet LAKE age 23, dau. Anna LAKE age 4 , both born Greene Co, NY, residing at Cairo, Greene Co. NY (Wm. E Lake not located) 1857 Territory of Minnesota census, Lake County: Wm. LAKE age 31 b NY listed with Dewitt RICKER? age 40 b NY. In household above are Anson LAKE 23 b NY, Harry LAKE 21 b NY and HAINS? Lake 19 b Ohio, farmers (possible errors very difficult to read) 1860 not located 1865 Min State census, Stearns Co. Minnesota: W E LAKE listed in the home of James MILLS, St Augusta TWP (James B. MILLS ran a stage company & W E LAKE was listed as an employee among James B. MILLS papers- Minnesota Historical Society) 16 October 1865, St. Cloud, Stearns Co. Minnesota, William E. LAKE married Georgianna BATES of Catskill, Greene Co. NY (Georgianna's sister was Mary BATES GAGER, wife of Henry GAGER part owner of stage company in Stearns Co. MN) 1870 census St. Cloud, Stearns Co. Minnesota: W E LAKE, stage agent, 45 yrs. b NY, Georgy LAKE 23 yrs b NY, Hatty LAKE 3 yrs b MN 1879 Burleigh County, Dakota Territory, Bismarck City Register, William E. LAKE, ranchman stage company. 1880 Morton Co, Dakota Territory: William E. LAKE, age 55 yrs. station keeper, married b NY (listed in a large camp of stage employees) 1880 Catskill Greene Co. NY Georgianna LAKE age 36 b NY, Hattie Florence LAKE age 13 b MN, Mabel LAKE age 7, b MN (listed one block from her parents home) 2 December 1881 death of Georgianna LAKE Catskill, Greene Co, NY, of tuberculosis, minor dau Mabel age 7 yrs. of Coxsackie NY. William E. LAKE established at East Pierre, South Dakota. (will of Georgianna LAKE Greene Co. NY) Family knowledge: Hatty Florence LAKE, at age fifteen, worked as governess to the TOWNSEND family, to pay passage for her sister Mabel & herself on a steamer via the Great Lakes to Dakota Territory after their mother's death. 1882, September 7, Sturgis South Dakota, Black Hills Journal, : W E LAKE agent of the Northwestern Stage Company at Sturgis died at that place yesterday. The cause of his death thought to have been heart disease. The children made their home with their aunt & uncle Mary & Henry Gager, Bismarck, Dakota Territory for a short time after their father's death. Hatty married at age 16, taking her sister Mabel with her. (marriage certificate &1885 Dakota Territory census)