John William BLOSSER & Lydia Happy Jane SHORT

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John William BLOSSER
Happy Jane SHORT

Husband: John William BLOSSER
Birth: 1846/7, VA
Death: 12 Mar 1873 or 15 Apr 1873, Page Co., VA
Occupation: farmer
Father: Joseph BLOSSER (1816/19- )
Mother: Delilah GOOD (1821/27- )

Marriage: 6 Jun 1870, Page Co., VA

Wife: Lydia Happy Jane SHORT
Birth: 11 Jan 1848, Page Co., VA
Death: 22 Jan 1921, Page Co., VA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 27 Apr 1879, Page Co., VA, Noah STROOP
Other Child: Ann E. "Annie" SHORT, b. 1866/7, Page Co., VA
Father: Richard SHORT
Mother: Margaret Ann PRICE

Child:

1. Ada R. BLOSSER, b. 1871/2, Marksville Twp., Page Co., VA

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Sources:

1. Jordan Dodd. Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929. Liahona Research, Provo, UT (online at Ancestry.com):

John Blosser Allie J. Short 6 Jun 1870 Page Co.

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): John W. BLOSSER (æ 4/12, b. VA) is living in Rockingham Co., VA (p. 103B), with his parents, Joseph BLOSSER (æ 28, b. VA — indexed "Bloeser") & Delilah (æ 27, b. VA), plus siblings. Happy J. SHORT (æ 2, b. VA) is living in Page Co., VA, with her parents (q.v.).

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): William BLOSSER (æ 14, b. VA) is living in Rockingham Co., VA (p. 715), with his parents, Joseph BLOSSER (æ 40, b. VA) & Delila (æ 40, b. VA), plus siblings. Happy J. SHORT (æ 12, b. VA) is living in Page Co., VA, with her parents (q.v.).

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #33 of 55): Luray P.O., Marksville Twp., Page Co., VA, Roll M593_1670, p. 385A, PN 33, 240/226, enumerated 10 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Short Margaret 56 F W Keeping house Va

      Happy J 21 F W At home Va

      John R 18 M W Farm Laborer Va

      Ann E 3 F W Va

      Hannah 42 F W House Keeper Va

      Samuel 17 M W Farm Laborer Va

      David 8 M W Va

      Charles 2 M W Va

Blosser John 23 M W Farm Laborer Va

Ann is Happy's apparently illegitimate daughter.

3. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #45 of 64): Marksville Twp., Page Co., VA, Roll T9_1383, p. 390B, PN 46, SD 4, ED 62, enumerated 23 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 7 8 9 10 13 22 23 24 25 26

329 353 Stroop Noah W M 21 / Laborer / / Va Va Va

" Jane W F 30 Wife / Keeping house / " " "

Short Annie W F 13 StepDau / At home / / " " "

Blosser Ada R W F 8 StepDau / " " "

Stroop Mary M W F 8/12 Oct Dau / " " "

Ada is indexed with middle initial, "R," and it looks like "R" to me, too, but secondary sources give her middle initial "B."

4. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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