Doctor Grandma

In 1900, the parents of Cena, Martin and Trena (Trenje) Brink, were living on a farm they rented in Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Martin was born in 1857 in Holland, Trena in 1858. They were both 42 at the time of the 1900 census. They had 3 daughters living with them, Martha, Clara and the baby, “Sennie” (Cena). They also had 2 servants living w/ them, Dick Brink  (a relative) and Charley Seatson. Two older daughters, Fannie and ______ (I forget her name) had already moved out, and they had 2 OTHER children who did not survive. (I wonder if any were boys.)
 
 They had been married 21 years and in the States for 18. Martin was a “farmer”. (My relatives never say anything else.) They could read, write, and speak English. Cena was 8 years old. She was born 9-21-1892. (Actually this census says 1891, but her legal records say 1892. Either one could be correct.)
 
— just taken from ancestry.com 1900 census.

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