Joshua ARMSTRONG & Phoebe STERNS

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Joshua ARMSTRONG
Phoebe STERNS

Husband: Joshua ARMSTRONG
Birth: 7 Nov 1794, not 1789, Loughborough, LEI
Death: 10 Jun 1868, Waldo, Waldo Twp., Marion Co., OH
Disposition: buried Waldo Cemetery, Waldo Twp., Marion Co., OH
Occupation: innkeeper, chair maker
Migration: 1803, to U.S. (w/parents)
Military Service: War of 1812
Father: John ARMSTRONG (1760-1812), LEI > NY
Mother: Mary SIMONDS (1766-1835), LEI > NY

Marriage:

Wife: Phoebe / Phebe STEARNS / STERNS
Birth: 8 May 1796, MA
Death: 21 Jan 1885, Waldo Twp., Marion Co., OH
Disposition: buried Waldo Cemetery, Waldo Twp., Marion Co., OH
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

— born in Pittsford, Ontario [now Monroe] Co., NY:
1. (Daughter) ARMSTRONG, b. 1820-20 — who is possibly-Hannah ARMSTRONG, b. 1815/6
2. Clarinda ARMSTRONG, b. 25 Dec 1817
3. William Forrester ARMSTRONG, b. 17 Oct 1819

— born in OH, either in Jackson Twp., Champaign Co., OH, or Westfield Twp., Delaware [now Morrow] Co., OH :
4. Sarah ARMSTRONG, b. 1820/1
5. John ARMSTRONG, b. 5 Nov 1825; d. 12 Sep 1839; bur. Drake Cem., Waldo Twp., Marion Co., OH
6. David ARMSTRONG, b. 1825-30

— born in Waldo Village, Marlborough [now Waldo] Twp., Delaware [now Marion] Co., OH:
7. James S. ARMSTRONG, b. 1831/2
8. Mary Ann ARMSTRONG, b. 1834/5

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Sources (n.b., Monroe Co. was formed in 1821 from Ontario and Genesee Cos., and prior 1821, Pittsford was in Ontario Co.; Morrow Co. was formed in 1848 from Knox, Delaware, and Richland Cos.; also in 1848, the northern part of Marlborough Twp., Delaware Co., became Waldo Twp. and was annexed to Marion Co.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 OH Champaign Co. Jackson Twp. Roll M33_86 p. 510 Ln. 11 Joshua Armstrong 100100-21000-0-001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = William (b. 1820)

1 male 19-25* 1794-1801 = Joshua (b. 1794/5)

2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Clarinda (b. 1817)
= Hannah? (b. 1815/6)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 =

0 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Phoebe (b. 1796)

1 person engaged in manufactures

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25, which means any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. So, for an accurate representation of the household, the number in column three should be subtracted from the number in column four. If, after the subtraction, any individuals remain in column four, then they have to be age 19-25, thus creating a "new," more precise age class.

Phoebe has to be in the wrong age class, either that or Joshua is a widower, and he married Phoebe second, after 1820.

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 OH Delaware [now Morrow] Co. Westfield Twp. Roll 130 p. 117 Ln. 14 Joshua Armstrong 201 001 - 012 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = David
= John (b. 1825)

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = William (b. 1820)

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Joshua (b. 1794/5)

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Sarah (b. 1820/1)

2 females 10-14 1815-1820 = Clarinda (b. 1817)
= Hannah? (b. 1815/6)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Phoebe (b. 1796)

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1-2 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 OH Delaware [now Marion] Co. Marlborough [now Waldo] Twp. Town of Waldo Roll 391 pp. 255B-256A Ln. 8 Joshua Armstrong 011 000 100 - 010 100 100 _______

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = James (b. 1831/2)

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = David

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Joshua (b. 1794/5)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Mary A (b. 1834/5)

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Sarah (b. 1820/1)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Phoebe (b. 1796)

1 person employed in agriculture

Listed three lines from their married son, William F. ARMSTRONG, and his first wife, with whom he has two young daughters. They are the only ARMSTRONGs in Waldo.

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 24): Waldo Town, Marion Co., OH, Roll M432_708, p. 8A, 104/104, enumerated 7 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Joshua Armstrong 55 M Inn Keeper 4000 Eng

Phebe 54 F Mass

Mary A 15 F O

Mary A 10 F O

Mariah 9 F O

Jas S Armstrong 28 M Farmer O

It's implausible in the extreme that they had two daughters named, "Mary A.," and very unlikely that Phoebe would have had a daughter at the age of 44, much less 45, so the two youngest girls are almost certainly their grandchildren. We do, in fact, know that Mariah is "Clarinda Maria," a daughter of their son, William Forrester and his first wife, whose has passed away. The ten-year-old Mary A. is almost his daughter, too, because we know William had two daughters by 1840 (see 1840 census above). I've no explanation as to why James is listed last, or why he is shown age 28, instead of 18, except gross enumerator error.

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 28): Waldo P.O., Village of Waldo, Marion Co., OH, Roll M653_1006, p. 412B, PN 100, 718/718, enumerated 11 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Josua Armstrong 65 M Chair Maker 800 100 England

Pheobe " 64 F Massachusetts

Listed next to James S. ARMSTRONG (æ 28, b. OH), innkeeper — it appears James has taken over the inn, supporting that he is at least kin, if not son, of our subject.

7. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #24 of 27): Waldo P.O., Village of Waldo, Marion Co., OH, Roll M593_1240, p. 211B, PN 4, 30/33, enumerated 8 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Francis Pilander K 58 M W School Teaching 1200 250 New York

_______ Clarinda 51 F W Milliner 300 "

Armstrong Phebe 74 F W 500 Massachsetts

8. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27 of 35): Marion (Wards 2 and 3), Marion Co., OH, Roll T9_1046, p. 214C, PN 27, SD 5, ED 100, 273/280, enumerated 16 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 24 25 26

273 280 Thomas Henry W M 73 / Millinery & Notions OH NY MA

" Sarah W F 58 Wife / " " MA MA MA

Armstrong P W F 84 M-in-law / Milliner OH OH OH

Straub Mary W F 24 Boarder / " OH Ger Ger

Armstrong Nora W F 18 Niece / " OH PA PA

Selander M W F 22 Servant / Servant OH Ger PA

The enumerator got the birthplaces backwards: Sarah was born in OH and Phoebe was born in MA. Nora ARMSTRONG is Phoebe's granddaughter (daughter of the late James S. ARMSTRONG). The fact that Sarah (ARMSTRONG) THOMAS calls Nora "niece" supports that James is her brother and, thus, our subject's son. Mary STRAUB later married James B. SHULTZ (and a daughter later married a SELANDER). I cannot place M. SELANDER.

9. Paul J. Midlam & Barbara Midlam. 1985. Marion County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions (online at Heritage Pursuit):

ARMSTRONG, Josiah d. Jun 10 1868 Aged: 78y 8m 17d Waldo [Cemetery] Waldo [Twp.]

ARMSTRONG, Phebe w/o J. d Jan 21 1885 Aged: 88y 8m 13d Waldo [Cemetery] Waldo [Twp.]

ARMSTRONG, John s/o Joshua & Phoebe d Sep 12 1839 Aged: 13y 10m 7d Drake [Cemetery] Waldo [Twp.]

Josiah? His age here must be inflated because the censuses indicate that, if he was born in November, he had to have been born in 1794.

10. Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.

Name Deathdate Age at Death Result

Josiah ARMSTRONG 10 Jun 1868 17d 08m 78y 24 Sep 1789

Phebe ARMSTRONG 21 Jan 1885 13d 08m 88y 08 May 1796

John ARMSTRONG 12 Sep 1839 07d 10m 13y 05 Nov 1825

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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