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Comment by Al Dawson on September 28, 2012 at 10:58am

Ruby Ann VANDECAR - born Jan 1827, New Brunswick, Canada.  Married Joshua ELSON, in Canada.  Divorced?  Abandoned?  Later married long term common-law husband William LOTT in Michigan:

Source #1: The Ionia County GenWeb (marriages)

LOTT, WILL M  married VANDECAR, RUBY A  on 16 September 1878

Source #2:  Records of Marriages, Ionia County, Michigan:  May 9, 1879 [da te of record]:  Campbell, Ionia County - entry 5163

Sept 16, 1878:  Campbell, Ionia County, Will M. Lott married Ruby A.

Vandecar, both white, both residing in Campbell, he is 89, she is 49, he b orn

in New Jersey, she born in Canada, he is listed as a Mechanic;  they we

married by Jacob Kepner, Minister of the Gospel.  Witnesses, both of

Campbell, Leonard Lott and Ira Elson. [AD note: William Lott died the foll owing month]

Source #3: 1860 Federal Census, 30th Day of August - Keene Township, Ion ia County, PO Lowell

William Lott  77 M  Farmer born NJ

Ruby A  33 F born Canada West

Cynthia 16 F born Canada West

Ira 10 M born Canada West

Leonard 3 M born Michigan

Joseph 21 M born Canada West

Ester [Multree??? can't read it]  33 F born Canada West

Source #4:  1870 Kent County (Federal) Census, Bowne Township, PO Lowel l, page 71

William LOTT 83 White male, Farmer, 2500 = value of real estate;

206 = value of personal estate.   Born NJ

Ruby 43 White female, born Canada, mother and father of foreign birth

Ira 20 born Canada, mother of foreign birth

Leonard 13 born Michigan, mother of foreign birth - at school

Persis [Persiz?] 9 Female, born Michigan, mother of foreign birth - at sch ool

Henry 1 born Michigan, mother of foreign birth

Source #5:  1880 Federal Census:  Campbell, Ionia, Michigan, p. 30

Ruby A. LOTT   Self   W   Female   W   59   CAN   Keeping House  Fathe r:   NB   Mother:  NB

Ira LOTT   Son   S   Male   W   26   CAN   Farm Laborer   ENG   NB

Leonard LOTT   Son   S   Male   W   23   MI   Farm Laborer   ENG   NB

Percias LOTT   Dau   S   Female   W   19   MI      ENG   NB

Henry LOTT   Son   S   Male   W   13   MI      ENG   NB

William VANDECAR   Cousin   S   Male   W   19   MI   Farm Laborer   C AN  CAN

Source #6:  Campbell Township, Ionia County, 1900 Federal Census,

enumerated on the 1st day of June, 1900

LOTT, Lenard [sic] born Dec 1857, 42, born Michigan, father NY, mother Can ada

note: married 11 years

Ann - wife - born April 1868, 32, born Michigan, father Michigan, mother E ngland

- noted than Ann is the mother of 3 children 2 living

William M - son - born April 1890, 10, born Michigan, father Michigan, mot her Michigan

John - son - born March, 1894, 6, born Michigan, father Michigan, mother M ichigan

Ruby - mother - widow - born Jan 1827, 73, born Canada (Eng), father Canad a, mother Canada.

- note:  came to United States 1850, been in United States 50 years

- note: mother of 8 children, 3 living

Comment by Armando Framarini on March 25, 2010 at 8:56pm

Read a little of your activity on your research. Vandecar looks like American spelling of the name. on geneanet.org you have 9 researchers on "Vandecar", 2 on "Vandekar", 3 on "Vandercarre", 1 on "Vander Carre", 6 on "Van der Karre", 1 on "Van der Carre", 4 on "Van de Karre", 1 "Van de Carr", 5 on "Van de Car", (30+) on "Van der Kar", 1 on "Vander Kar", but the most searching for "Van de Kar".
Also another variant may be Quarre.

Kar/Car could be short for Carre/Karre. There was "Carre ou Quarre" on geneanet and also recorded in the Netherlands family name of Quarre! But right not go with Car/Kar until it changes.

In discussion Forum I will post recorded dutch arms for related family name for future researchers of "Vandecar"