The household of “Orin” Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan (pg. 553; dwelling #216; family #219; enum. June 15, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ.
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Orin Edgerton		31	MI	NY	CT	farm laborer
Anna	wife	25	OH	OH	OH	keeping house
Willie R.	son	5	MI	MI	OH
Charles	son	2	MI	MI	OH

The household of “Orren” Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Sterling, Macomb County, Michigan (pg. 296; dwelling #162; family #164; enum. June 20, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Orren Edgerton	head	Mar. 1849	MI	51	M 25y	NY	CT
Anna B.	wife	July 1855	OH	44	M 25y	OH	OH
William	son	Dec. 1875	MI	24	S	MI	OH

According to the above census record, Annie was the mother of two children, both of whom were still living. Orrin’s occupation was listed as “farmer”, and William was listed as a “farm laborer”. The household also included one servant, Albert Hearn.

Original Source Documents:

Marriage record – Orrin Edgerton & Annie Belle (Robertson) Edgerton; Macomb Co., MI Vital Records, Vol 2, pg. 293, #1651.

1880 Federal Census – household of Orrin Edgerton; Sterling, Macomb Co., MI.

1900 Federal Census – household of Orrin Edgerton; Sterling, Macomb Co., MI.

Funeral notice – Mrs. Annie Belle (Robertson) Edgerton; The Daily Leader (Mt. Clemons, Michigan); March 30, 1902.