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Family of Anson Becker TOBIAS and Sarah (Jennie) Jane MCGOWAN
Anson Becker TOBIAS b. 1874 Nov 25221 at New York5613. d. 1943 Mar 135895 at home southwest of Waterloo, NY5895. bd. Maple Grove Cem., Waterloo, NY5895.
Sarah (Jennie) Jane MCGOWAN b. 1876 Sep 155899 at New York1126. d. 1957 Jun 245899 at Longwell Convalescent Home, Hammondsport, NY5899. bd. Bradford Cem., Bradford, NY5899.
Married5861 1907 Nov 185861 at North Urbana, Steuben Co., NY5861. Anson B Tobias and S Jennie McGowan were married5861 by Rev Colwel Townsend.
The obituary5613 for Hillory H Tobias provides Anson's parents names, including his mother's maiden name.
Following the death of his father-in-law, Edward McGowan, Anson was appointed administrator5627 to Edward McGowan's estate.
Anson's brother, Fred C Tobias, died5898 in Painted Post, NY, in 1934. Among Fred's survivors are mentioned his brothers Anson Tobias of Waterloo, and Clarence Tobias of Hammondsport.
Anson B Tobias died5895 at the age of 69 in his home southwest of Waterloo, NY. His obituary mentions surviving step-sons Kenneth and John Greene, and step-daughter Mrs William Lewis. Those children were by his second wife, Maude.
Sarah Jane appears variously in records as Sarah J, Jane, S Jennie and Jennie S.
Mrs Jennie Tobias of South Urbana is mentioned5862 in the 1928 obituary of her sister, Mrs Harry (Lillian McGowan) Ketchum.
It appears that Jane/Jennie and Anson were separated or divorced sometime between 1925 and 1930. Anson B and Sarah J Tobias resided2537 in Bradford, NY, in 1925. In 1930, Jane M Tobias (Jane McGowan?), resided1117 in the household of Samuel and Ida Ketchum. Jane, is listed as married at age 30, which matches closely the marriage date (1907) for Jennie McGowan and Anson Tobias. However, Anson Tobias is not found in census records that year. In 1940, Jane M Tobias resided4131 in the household of Helen(?) Wolcott, a housekeeper, age 61, having resided in rural Steuben Co., NY, in 1935. Anson Tobias appears5892 that year in Fayette, NY (near Waterloo), living alone. His second wife, Maude (nee Buckley, aka Green) Tobias, died5894 in Junius, NY (just north of Waterloo), 2 years earlier.