Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Acute cardiac dilation
• Occupation: Dressmaker
• Occupation: Milliner
• Research Notes: According to the 1900 census, Celestia’s father was born in Scotland and her mother in Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1900 census, Celestia has a grandson living in her household: Lyle E. Matteson, b. June 1890 in Pennsylvania. Age listed as 24 years in 1870 census, which would put her birth in about 1855. Age listed as 61 in 1910 census, which would put her birth in about 1849. Death certificate lists birthdate as 1 March 1844. Find-a-grave entry lists 1 March 1845. Death Certificate indicates that she had lived in California for 18 years, but that would put her arrival in about 1905, five years before she appears in the census in Buffalo, New York. Most records give her birthplace as simply “Pennsylvania,” but the death certificate of her daughter Clara gives “Greenville, Pennsylvania.”
• Census: 1870, Evansburgh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Census: 1880, Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Census: 1900, Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Census: 1910, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA

Notes:

Appears as “C.P.” in the 1870 census.

Census:
Evansburgh is now Conneaut Lake

Census:
35 Goodrich Street

Died:
Clara Barton Hospital

Buried:
Section G, Lot 70; cremated

Family/Spouse: Samuel Thompson Totman. Samuel was born about 1842 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Mar 1908 in Fairland, Shelby County, Indiana, USA; was buried on 18 Mar 1908 in Fairland Cemetery, Fairland, Shelby County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clara C. Leyde was born on 7 Jan 1865 in Orangeville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 24 Jun 1934 in Downey, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 29 Jun 1934 in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
2. Frederick Samuel Leyde was born on 11 Apr 1866 in Orangeville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 Jun 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried on 13 Jun 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
3. Jennie Mae Leyde was born on 15 Feb 1871 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 17 Sep 1948 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA; was buried in Sep 1948 in Arroyo Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.

Celestia married John W. Leyde on 18 Mar 1875 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA. John was born before Mar 1854 in Niles, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA; died before Jan 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]