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 == Laura Bien on Winsor McCay's Birth == 

 Winsor McCay left home in 1886 to study business and drawing in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His time there is covered by Laura Bien in her Hidden History of Ypsilanti (2011).  
 Under the heading “Little Nemo in Ypsilanti” (pp 123-25), she has this to say about McCay's birth: 
 * To this industrious hive (Ypsilanti) in 1886 came the dreamy young artist Zenas Winsor McCay. Born in Canada in 1867, Zenas was the oldest son of Robert and Jeanette. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Spring Lake village in Michigan's Ottawa County near Muskegon.  

 * The 1870 census lists twenty-eight-year-old Robert as a teamster, twenty-eight-year-old Jeanette as a homemaker, Zenas as three and younger brother Arthur as two. The 1880 census lists Robert as a grocer with three children: twelve-year-old Zenas, ten-year-old Arthur and four-year-old Mary. Robert also worked in a lumber mill.  

 Laura Bien's statements concerning McCay's birth can be summarized as follows: 
 :   1) Winsor McCay was born in Canada in 1867.  
 :   2) Winsor was his parents' firstborn, followed by Arthur, then Mary.  
 :   3) The 1870 census lists Winsor as 3, and Arthur as 2.  
 :   4) The 1880 census lists Winsor as 12, Arthur as 10, and Mary as 4.  

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