On this day in 1880

According to an 1880 Census, Florence ("keeps house") is 29 years old, and lives with husband Edward H. Coates ("cotton broaker") and daughter Alice Earle Nicholson Coates (Alice would eventually be adopted by Edward Coates; adoption date unknown). Also living with the Coates' is Edward's mother, Eliza H. Coates, who was 59 years old. "Servants" (from Ireland) are: Hannah Fried (29), Sallie Fried (19), and Alice Oniel (29). (5321 Hancock [now Baynton] St.)