John C. ATKINS & Harriet STRAUB

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John C. ATKINS
Harriet STRAUB

Husband: John C. ATKINS
Birth: 1825/6, Elmira, Tioga [now Chemung] Co., NY
Death: 1870-80, presumably in Shannon, Carroll Co., IL
Occupation: tailor, farmer
Father: Adna S. ATKINS, b. 1789/90, CT
Mother: Sarah __?__, b. 1893/4, NJ

Marriage:
Residence in 1860: Loran, Stephenson Co., IL
Residence in 1870/1880/1900: Shannon, Carroll Co., IL

Wife: Harriet STRAUB
Birth: Jan 1834, Juniata Co., PA
Death apparently: 1900-1910, Shannon, Carroll Co., IL
Occupation: homemaker
Step-Father(?)/Uncle(?): Jacob STRAUB
Step-Mother(?)/Aunt(?): Hannah GORDON

Harriet is said to be the daughter of Jacob STRAUB & Hannah GORDON, but she is not in their household in either the 1840 or 1850 census. I suspect Harriet was orphaned and that Jacob was her uncle.

Child:

1. John Pitney ATKINS, b. Oct 1860, IL

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Sources (n.b., Chemung Co. was formed in 1836 from Tioga Co.; county seat Elmira):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, at least not as Adna S. ATKINS.

3. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there is an Adna S. ATKINS (æ 26-44) living in Elmira, Tioga [now Chemung] Co., NY (p. 299A), with a wife and four children.

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there is an Adna S. ATKINS (æ 40-50) living in Elmira, Tioga [now Chemung] Co., NY (p. 231), with a wife and six children.

5. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there is an Adna S. ATKINS (æ 50-60) living in Elmira, Chemung Co., NY (p. 266A), with a wife and seven children.

6a. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there is an Adna S. ATKINS (æ 60, b. CT — indexed "Adon S. Atkin") with wife Sarah (æ 56, b. NJ) living in the Town of Loran, Stephenson Co., IL (p. 350A), but John is not with them.

6b. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 35): Town of Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL, Roll M432_129, p. 243A, 27/28, enumerated 10 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William Holly 32 M Carriage Maker 250 NY

Margaret D " 25 F NY

Mary G " 7/12 F NY

John Atkins 24 M Tailor NY

Hezekiah " 19 M Do NY

Hezekiah is almost certainly John's brother, and Margaret may be their married sister.

6c. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #30 of 44): Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 315, 2075/2105, enumerated 4 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Shaffer 30 M Farmer Pennsylvania

Cath Shaffer 34 F "

George Shaffer 2 M "

Harriet Straup 16 F "

7. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 36): Freeport P.O., Town of Loran, Stephenson Co., IL, Roll M653_230, p. 428, 3177/3052, enumerated 6 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Homer N Knolton 21 M Farmer 500 Ill

Adna S Atkins 71 M " 3090 700 Ct

Sarah " 67 F NJ

John C " 35 M NY

Harriet " 26 F Pa

8. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 28): Shannon P.O., Shannon, Carroll Co., IL, Roll M593_191, p. 242B, PN 4, 29/29, enumerated 9 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Atkins John C 44 M W Farmer 300 New York

______ Harriet 36 F W Keeping House Penn

______ John P 9 M W Illinois

9. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #25 of 33): Village of Shannon, Carroll Co., IL, Roll T9_178 (Book 1), p. 594A, PN 25, Sd 2, ED 20, enumerated 12 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).

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181 Atkins Harriet W F 46 / Keeping house PA PA PA

______ J Pitney W M 19 Son / Painter IL NY PA

10. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

11. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 22): Shannon, Carroll Co., IL, Roll T623_239 (Book 2), p. 252B, SN 5, SD 3, ED 24, enumerated 9 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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99 99 Atkins Harriet Head W F Jan 1834 66 Wd 1 1 PA PA PA Y Y Y O F H

Listed next to married son, Pitney ATKINS (b. Oct 1860, IL).

12. 1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Harriet not found, but son is in Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL.

13. Gleaner & Luzerne Advertiser (online at the Wyoming County PAGenWeb site):

28 Aug. 1812
Notice — The Co-Partnership of J.J. WARD and A.S. ATKINS, Tailors, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Wilkes-Barre [Luzerne Co., PA], Aug. 22nd. N.B. Adna S. ATKINS will continue to carry on the business at the same stand, where he respectfully solicits the patronage of his friends an the public.

While this may seem a stretch, Tioga/Chemung Cos., NY, are just two counties away from Wyoming/Luzerne Cos., PA.

14. "Carroll County Biographies: Jacob Straub." A Goodly Heritage. Supplement #1, Spring 1975 (online at the Carroll County "Illinois Trails" web site):

Jacob Straub (1808-1889) was the first of three brothers to come from Snyder County, Penna., to Carroll County. He came to this country in 1854, and settled on a farm three miles west of Shannon. Later he moved to Manson, Iowa, where he died. In Pennsylvania, he had married Hannah Gordon; and they were the parents of five children: Harriet, the wife of John C. Atkins of Shannon; Lucinda, the wife of John Q.A. Clark of Savanna...

Yes, Jacob & Hannah were the parents of five childen, but not these five. Harriet and Lucinda are, at most, adopted. Jacob & Hannah's first two children were Hannah and Susan, not Harriet and Lucinda.

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