Marriage of Edward D. Chapin and Hattie E. McColley

[Erato]

Looks like her, doesn't it?  Maybe they split up.  [I don't recognize any of those other names].

There is one clue that Olive might have remarried.  Her son, Dwight Doe Chapin, went out to Texas with his father and brother sometime in the 1880s.  Dwight D. eventually died in Maverick County, Texas in 1945.  On his death certificate, his mother's maiden name is listed as 'Olive Emma Howard' although 'Howard' was not her maiden name.  I've tried searching for her under that surname but no luck so far.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j3m/

[Lisa in California]

After a brief search, I've not found Olive Howard.  I will look again tomorrow night (I better stop for the night).   

[Erato]

Thanks for all your help!  I've advanced a lot with this people  -  at least Hattie McColley is straightened out.

[Lisa in California]

You're welcome.  I wish we could find Olive, but I've not yet given up.

You've most likely tried this, but is there any chance that her marriage or death might be mentioned in Wisconsin newspapers?  Also, is there any chance that there could be an error with Olive's surname (on Dwight's death certificate)?  Could the reporting person have not known her name, or is there a chance that she was adopted?

Good night for now.

PS  I might keep an eye out for Hattie and family around the mid-1870s, as I feel like we've missed something.   

Assuming that Edward's wife died, yes, he was left with young children  -  Grace [12], Charles [11] and Dwight [5] in 1880.  Another odd thing is that Grace cannot be found in 1880; she was not living with her father in Brookline.  But she turned up in Cincinnati in 1887 where she married a strange English immigrant.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT67-8M8?mode=g&i=205&cc=1520546

If I have time tonight, I'll look for Grace as well.  (I don't like to give up.)   

[Erato]

The Howard surname could very well be an error.  The information was provided by Dwight D. Chapin's wife, Lula Kite.  She probably never met any of his family and could easily have been mistaken about his mother's name.  She got the birthplaces wrong - said both parents were born in Massachusetts, which was untrue.

As far as I know, Olive never went out to Wisconsin.  Her mother, Mary Mitchell, and stepfather, Daniel Johnson, went out to Appleton in the 1870s; they were there for the 1875 Wisconsin state census.  Daniel Johnson died in Appleton in 1878 and Mary Mitchell stayed on until at least 1880 with her son Daniel Johnson, Jr. and her oldest, widowed daughter, Isabella [Stanford] Allen.  They all moved back to Boston at some point and Mary Mitchell died there in 1895.

[RJ137]

I believe I've found Olive in the census records. It appears she was placed in a state mental hospital, which might explain Edward going elsewhere to marry and then head to Texas.

I think she died between 1920-1930, but can't find record of death yet.

Here's what I'm seeing. She seems to always be listed as "Olive E."

1865 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHZ-B43

State Hospital censuses.

In 1900 both her names are  mistranscribed. Her birth is listed as Nov. 1843 Maine. Mother or 4 with 3 still alive. That seems to match, daughter Gertrude was b. 1864 & died 1865.

1900 census (line 2): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BC-V75

1910 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22T-849

1920 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSS-QKS

Unfortunately deaths for those at mental hospitals aren't always reported and rarely are their deaths in the newspaper obit/death notices.

Still need to find her prior to that 1900 census.

[Erato]

Bingo!  Poor Olive, 25 or 30 years or more in the asylum.  She must have been really seriously ill because she did have relatives she could have lived with.

[shellyesq]

Massachusetts death index has Olive E. Chapin nee Stafford who died in Worcester in 1925.  Slightly off on the maiden name, but considering that the information probably came from a hospital, I'm guessing RJ137 found the right one.

[shellyesq]

The Boston Daily Globe from 10 and 11 Sep. 1883 says under Supreme Court Decisions:  "In the case of Olive Emma Chapin vs. Edward D. Chapin on the agreed facts the full bench affirms the judgment, which was for the plaintiff."