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Searching for Census of 1830
Comparing to 1850 census -
ROBERT ELDER b. 1799 of Wilkins Twp, Allegheny Co PA
1830 (Heritage Quest)
Elder, Robert
Township: Youngstown
County:Westmoreland
State: Pennsylvania
Year: 1830
Series: M19
Roll:164
Page: 327
110201/10002
From 1850 - subtract ages:
Robert is age 31, 6th male category - yes
Wife is age 24, 5th female category- yes
girl age 2, 1st female category - yes
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History of Westmoreland Co PA:
Unity Township:
http://www.pa-roots.com/~westmoreland/historyproject/vol1/chap41.html
"One of the oldest boroughs in the township is that of Youngstown.
It was incorporated by Act of Assembly on the 2nd of April, 1831.
The inhabitants voted
at the house of John Gibson, on the first Monday of May ensuing.
The borough is about forty miles east of Pittsburgh, and is situated
on the old Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia turnpike. It was a very important stopping
place in the wagon and stage-coach days
of the earlier part of last century. One of its old
taverns was kept by a man named Reed, and was known all along the
route.
Long before the village was incorporated it was a respectable collection
of
houses. It was on the old Pennsylvania state road, which was used
by the Federal troops in 1794,
when they came west to quell the Whisky Insurrection.
Among the first landowners there was Alexander Young, after
whom the town was named.
It was laid out by Joseph Baldridge. Martin West was the
owner of land contiguous to the town. He took great interest
in the village, and sometimes the place
was called Martinsburg, in honor of his first name. It
was for some years a market town and postoffice of General Arthur
St. Clair, William Findley, our first congressman;
William Todd, the Proctors, and Lochrys, George Smith, and others
who lived near by, and who are well known in the
early history of our county. William Todd was a member of the
assembly and one of the council of censors. Still later he was an
associate-judge of our courts.
He came from the same stock that produced the Todd family of Ohio
and Kentucky, one of whom was the wife of President Lincoln.
Prominent among the citizens of a later period were Alexander Johnston,
James Keenan, John Coulter, John Head, Daniel Boonbright,
all of whom are familiar to Westmorelanders. The Boonbrights, members
of the firm of
Hood, Boonbright & Co., wholesale merchants of Philadelphia,
were sons of Daniel Boonbright, and received their early training in Youngstown.
Pleasant Unity is an unincorporated village in Unity Township.
It was formerly called "Buzzards Town," taking its name from a family
who were
descended from John Buzzard, who owned the land upon which
the town is built.
The name is now written "Bossart." Pleasant Unity is situated in
the
center of a splendid agricultural district, which was wealthy long
before the coal industry added to its opulence."
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See Ligonier Borough history:
http://www.pa-roots.com/~westmoreland/historyproject/vol1/chap43.html
... "Thomas Seaton built the Ligonier House in 1824, and it has
been used as a hotel ever since.
Its first landlord was Henry Ankey. After him as landlords came
Robert Elder, James Waugh,
Benjamin Marker, John Blair, the Franks, Glessners, and others"
I had already listed:
All Robert Elder names born PA
who are also in 1830 census (only one in Westmoreland Co PA):
Ancestry.com index:
Robert Elder- Colerain, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Robert Elder- Halfmoon, Centre, Pennsylvania
Robert Elder- Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Robert Elder- Black Lick, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Robert Elder -Youngstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (b. 1799/1800)
Robert J Elder- Plumcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
Robert Elder- Crawford, Orange, New York
Robert Elder- Greene, Clark, Ohio
Robert Elder- Delaware, Hancock, Ohio
Robert Elder Jr- Clinton, Jackson, Ohio
Robert Elder Sr- Clinton, Jackson, Ohio
Robert Elder- Reading, Perry, Ohio
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Searching Google.com for "LIGONIER HOUSE",
I found an article which describes it here:
(April 13, 2005 Tribune Review)
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_323361.html
Ligonier House
"Exhibit highlights Ligonier's travel history"
"the hotel, located on the site of the library, dated from the 1820's"
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ad a postcard photo here:
... Ligonier House. Ligonier, Pennsylvania 1909...
http://www.postcards-as-art.com/site1/listCards.asp?locCode=38&locDesc=Pennsylvania&catCode=26&catDesc=Hotels
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RE: Joseph McFarland - in 1850 household of Robert Elder (could
be his nephew)
WorldConnect genealogy:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3067873&id=I24984
by Neal Davis
e-mail: [email protected]
ID: I24984
Name: Elizabeth ELDER
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 1805
Father: Joseph ELDER b: 1770 ....
Mother: Polly Jane WALKER b: 1772
Marriage 1 John MCFARLAND b: 1800
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WorldConnect
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jvankirk&id=I33394
by Jerrod VanKirk
# ID: I33394
# Name: Elizabeth Elder
# Sex: F
# Birth: 5 MAY 1813
# Death: 5 DEC 1840
# Change Date: 19 AUG 2006
Marriage 1 John McFarland b: 26 SEP 1800 in Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland
Co., PA
* Married: 17 JUL 1832
Children
1. Mary McFarland
2. Josephine McFarland
3. Martha "Mattie" McFarland
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Col. John McFarland (and Elizabeth Elder) in Ligonier census:
1840,1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (John age 79)
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Ordered LDS Land microfilm indexes for Westmoreland Co PA
(929102)
and Allegheny Co PA (1532926).
No Robert Elder found. 8/22/05
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