General Notes

Source: Kay Franklin - see email 240401.

On board the OSCEOLA from Glasgow to NYC, April 16,
1847, these names are together:
James Bruster, 50, farmer
Mary Bruster, 48
Jane Bruster, 20
Hugh Creelman,16
Ann Creelman, 14
M.J. Creelman, 6 mos
BG:  This must be Hugh Creelman and Ann Brewster Creelman with their daughter Mary Jane.  Who are the other three on the Osceola in 1847?  It surely has to be the ones we have as Charles siblings, Mary and James, and maybe Jane is another but died?  The Creelman’s ages are nonsense so probably, ALL the ages are total nonsense.
BB: Looking at genforum and an old note there by Kay (and a recent one by David).  Another researcher - Murphy - says Charles' sister, Jane, Married John  Mitchell and there is the following on Ancestry - a personal tree.  So you may be right that Jane was another sibling on the Osceola.

1860 Census:
Name:    Charles Brewster
Age in 1860:    44
Birth Year:    abt 1816
Birthplace:    Ireland
Home in 1860:    Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa
Gender:    Male
Post Office:    Fort Madison
Value of real estate:    View image Household Members:    Name    Age
Charles Brewster
44
Eliza Jane Brewster
33
Mary Brewster
4
Martha Brewster
10/12
Mary Brewster
45
Anna Bunn
11
James Brewster
32
William W Morrison
23

Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925about Charles Brewster
Name:    Charles Brewster
Birth Year:    abt 1816
Birth Place:    Pennsylvania
Gender:    Male
Marital Status:    Married
Census Date:    1856
Residence State:    Iowa
Residence County:    Lee
Locality:    Madison
Roll:    IA_58
Line:    18
Family Number:    491
Neighbors:    View others on page  Household Members:    Name    Age
Charles Brewster
40
Jane Brewster
30
Mary Brewster
41
Mary Brewster
1
Charles Brewster
32
James Brewster
25
John Dempsey
17

1870 United States Federal Censusabout Charles Brewster
Name:    Charles Brewster
Age in 1870:    53
Birth Year:    abt 1817
Birthplace:    Ireland
Home in 1870:    Fort Madison Ward 2, Lee, Iowa
Race:    White
Gender:    Male
Post Office:    Fort Madison
Value of real estate:    View image Household Members:    Name    Age
Charles Brewster
53
Jane Brewster
43
Martha Brewster
9
James Brewster
8
William Brewster
4
Mary Brewster
54
Catherine Knauff
25
Lawrence Buchanan
18

1880 United States Federal Census about Charles Bruster
Name:    Charles Bruster
Age:    67
Birth Year:    abt 1813
Birthplace:    Ireland
Home in 1880:    Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa
Race:    White
Gender:    Male
Relation to Head of House:    Self (Head)
Marital Status:    Widower
Father's Birthplace:    Ireland
Mother's Birthplace:    Ireland
Neighbors:    View others on page 
Occupation:    Banker
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:    
View image Household Members:    Name    Age
Charles Bruster
67
James Bruster
18
William Bruster
15
Mary Bruster
68
Leana Fisher
18