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PROBERT, Mary Ann
1820 - 1908 (87 years) Has no ancestors but 12 descendants in this family tree.
1824 - 1875 (51 years)-
Name PROBERT, Mary Ann Birth 14 Sep 1820 England 
Gender Female Death 18 May 1908 Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA Person ID I6731 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Family 1 HOLBORN, Christopher, b. 1824, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 22 Oct 1875, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 51 years) Children 1. HOLBORN, Christopher, b. 3 Dec 1852, New York, USA d. 26 Sep 1914, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HOLBORN, James, b. Abt 1855, Connecticut, USA d. 20 Sep 1927, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA (Age 72 years)3. HOLBORN, Laura, b. Dec 1857, Wisconsin, USA d. Yes, date unknown4. HOLBORN, Timothy, b. 10 May 1861, Wisconsin, USA d. 5 Jun 1884, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 23 years)Family ID F2368 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 STEPHENSON, Alfred d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 29 Nov 1885 Dane County, Wisconsin, USA Family ID F2524 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY ANN HOLBORN née PROBERT 1821-1908
Mary Ann PROBERT was born on 14 September 1820 or 1821.
(September 1820: 1900 US Federal Census)
(14 September 1821: WI GenWeb Project, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Columbia County, Wisconsin)
The marriage between Christopher HOLBORN and Mary Ann PROBERT has not yet been traced.
From the 1870 US Federal Census of Lodi, Wisconsin, taken on 20 August 1870:
Christopher HOLBORN, aged 52, farmer, born in England, value of real estate $3000, value of personal estate $150;
*Mary A. HOLBORN, aged 50, keeps house, born in England;
Christopher HOLBORN, aged 17, stone mason, born in New York;
James HOLBORN, aged 15, at home, born in Connecticut;
Laura HOLBORN, aged 12, at home, born in Wisconsin:
Timothy HOLBORN, aged 9, at home, born in Wisconsin;
Ann RING, aged 23, at home, born in England.
(M593_1706 188B)
Christopher HOLBORN was supposedly born on 24 June 1822 and died or was buried on 22 October 1875.
(WI GenWeb Project, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Columbia County, Wisconsin)
From the 1880 US Federal Census of Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA:
*Mary A. HOLBORN, aged 58, widowed, keeping house, born in England;
Timothy HOLBORN, son, aged 19, at home, born in Wisconsin.
Note: Elijah HOLBORN and his family were living next door.
Mary A. P. HOLBORN married Alfred STEPHENSON in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA, on 29 November 1885.
(Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service Index)
From the 1900 US Federal Census of Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, enumerated on 2 June 1900:
Samuel I. LEWIS, head, aged 42, born in England in April 1858, immigrated 1860, naturalised, landlord;
Laura LEWIS, wife, aged 42, married 13 years, 0 children 0 living, born in Wisconsin in December 1857;
*Mary A. STEPHENSON, mother-in-law, aged 79, widowed, born in England in September 1820, 4 children of whom 3 living;
Annie RIBLE, aged 34, servant, born in Wisconsin in June 1865, 10 months unemployed during the last year.
(Roll 1781 Page 2A)
Note: Laura's brother Christopher HOLBORN and his family were living next door.
Mary Ann Holborn STEVENSON died on 18 May 1908. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin. According to her gravestone she was born on 14 September 1821 and died on 18 May 1908.
(WI GenWeb Project, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Columbia County, Wisconsin)
(Find-A-Grave)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Who was Mary Ann PROBERT? Was she Christopher HOLBORN's second wife? See marriage of Laura KLINE née HOLBORN to S. S. LEWIS at Milwaukee in 1893.
(revised 13.12.2015)