Thomas (Jr) Marsten JORDAN
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The 1850 censu lists "Thos M Jordan Jr" in the household of Thos M Jordan. Like his father, he was, at that time, a carpenter. By 1860, Thomas, a farmer, had married Rebecca Lee, and was living in Lee, Maine, where they were married.
Rebecca's parents may be Nathan and Mary A Lee as, in 1860, Thomas, Rebecca, Frank and Emma (Edna?) are farmers living next door to Nathan and Mary. Rebecca died sometime before Aug 1871, when Thomas married Hannah Maria Russell.
Jordan Memorial lists "Edna M." In 1860, she is listed as Emma M. In 1870, she's listed as Mary.
Maria may be the Maria Russell, age 26, living in 1870, Excelsior, MN, in the household (family 35) of Esther Milliner, age 28 or 38, and Jane Giffin, age 35 or 38. All three ladies were born in Nova Scotia, both parents of foreign birth.
Jordan has daughter "Ella," In 1880, daughter born ~1873 is Alice E.
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He apparently remained behind in Maine for a few years, perhaps until Rebecca's death, when his father and his brother Charles moved to Minnesota between 1850 and 1857.
He may have purchased land adjacent to his father near Greenleaf, MN, in 1869. In any case, in 1870, Thomas, farmer, is living with his parents in Minnesota. There is a child Mary in the household, likely hias daughter Edna M.
Thomas and Maria/Hannah, following their marriage in 1871, remained in Minnesota through 1885.
Rebecca LEE
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Maria Hannah RUSSELL
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In 1875, Maria is listed in the census as Hannah M. A child "Minnie R" Jordan is living in the household. Jordan Memorial has Thomas's second marriage to Maria Russell. Apparently she had a previous marriage to (unkn) Russel as, in 1880, a step-daughter named Minnie Russell is living in the household.
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722. Jordan Memorial: Family Records of Rev. Robert Jordan, and His Descendants in America (1882) – www.newenglandancestors.org
726. 1850 Fed Census ME, Penobscot Co., Twp 4 Range 3
729. 1875 State Census, MN, Minnesota Territory, Wadena Co., Wadena
752. 1880 Fed Census MN, Wadena Co., Wadena
992. 1860 Fed Census ME, Penobscot Co., Lee
993. 1885 State Census MN, Hennepin Co., Excelsior
994. 1870 Fed Census MN, Sherburne Co., Big Lake
995. United States. Bureau of Land Management. Minnesota Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1995. (www.ancestry.com)