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John GORDON
Rebecca HAAS
Husband:  John GORDON
Birth:  1803, PA
Father:  Willis GORDON
Mother:  Elizabeth SNYDER
Marriage:
Partner:  Rebecca HAAS
Birth:  19 Apr 1803, PA
Death:  20 Jun 1881, Mt. Pleasant, Snyder Co., PA
Father:  Capt. Valentine HAAS
Mother:  Mary Elizabeth MAUCK
Child:
1.  Gideon GORDON, b. 16 Sep 1835, Perry [now West Perry] Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA


Sources (n.b., Snyder Co. was formed from Union Co. in 1855):

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, at least there is no John GORDON/GORDAN/GORDEN indexed in Union Co., PA.

3.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, at least there is no John GORDON/GORDAN/GORDEN indexed in Union Co., PA.

4.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #10 of 33 — indexed "Nass"):  Perry [now West Perry] Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA, p. 102B, 65/65, enumerated 15 Nov 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
Valentine Haas 79 M None 300 Penna
Rebecka Hass 50 F     "
Gideon Gordon 15 M     "
Valentine HAAS is Rebecca's father.  Gideon GORDON is said to be the son of John GORDON & Rebecca HAAS, but the fact that Rebecca never used the surname GORDON indicates she and John were never married, so Gideon must have been illegitamate.  Either that, or Gideon is not her son.

5.  1860

6.  1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #4 of 16):  Mt. Pleasant Mills P.O., West Perry Twp., Snyder Co., PA, Roll 1451 (Book 1), p. 205B, PN 4, 31/31, enumerated 8 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
Haas John 56 M W Farmer 4000 1000 Pa
____ Mary 48 F W Keeping House     Pa
____ John 14 M W       Pa
____ Rebecca 68 F W       Pa
The elder John HAAS is Rebecca's brother. 

7a.  LDS.  Family Search: Census Records: 1880 United States (online at FamilySearch.org):
Census Place: Perry, Snyder, Pennsylvania
Source: FHL Film #1255194; NARA Film #T9-1194; Pg 134A
  Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Occupation Fa Mo
John W. HAAS Self M M W 24 PA School Teacher PA PA
Elizabeth HAAS Wife F M W 27 PA Keeping House PA PA
Rebeca HAAS Other F S W 77 PA Keeping House PA PA
Philip PRESLER Other M S W 22 PA Works On Farm PA PA
John HAAS is Rebecca's nephew.  The link from the LDS record to the Ancestry.com image goes to the wrong page, in a different county.

7b.  1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 44, which is so faded, it's unreadable; online at Genealogy.com, Image #1 of 28, which is partly readable):  Perry Twp., Snyder Co., PA, Roll 1194 (Book 2), p. 134A, PN 1, SD 7, ED 153, enumerated 14 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 13 24 25 26
1 1 Haas John W W M 24     / School Teacher ? ? ?
    ____ Elizabeth W F 27 Wife   /   ? ? ?
    ____ Rebeca W F 77   /   Keeping house ? ? ?
    Westin? Philip W M 22   /   Works on Farm ? ? ?

8.  George W. Wagenseller.  1904.  Tombstone Inscriptions of Snyder County, Penna.  Wagenseller Publ., Middleburgh, PA (facsimile hard copies available from HigginsonBooks.com; online at the Snyder County PAGenWeb site):
p. 177 ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY.
Located at Fremont. List of deaths taken from Sexton's Record...
p. 180 Haas, Rebecca d of Valentine d June 20, 1881, aged 78 y 2 m 1 d...

9.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's JavaScript Birthday Calculator.
Name Deathdate Age at Death Result
Rebecca 20 Jun 1881  1d 2m 78y 19 Apr 1803
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

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

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