Joseph & Maria's daughter is "Elisabeth A." in 1850 and "Catharine" in 1860; I can't find her in 1870.  Daniel's wife is "Lizzie" in 1880, and I can't find her in 1900 or 1910.  If these women really are one person, it's likely her name was, in typical German fashion, something like, "Anna Catharina Elisabetha," or some other combination of the three given names.  Or… is the Lizzie in the 1880 census really surnamed RUMMEL?  If the 22 Dec 1848 birthdate of Joseph & Maria's daughter is correct and if the tombstone in the Berkey Cemetery is correct, then the woman who died 10 Mar 1911 is not Joseph & Maria's daughter.

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Daniel HOLSAPPLE and Christina STRAUB are not yet born.  Elisabeth A. RUMMEL (æ 2, b. PA) is living in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (p. 76A), with her parents, Joseph RUMMEL (æ 35, b. PA) and Maria (æ 28, b. PA).

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Daniel HOLSAPPLE (æ 8, b. PA) is living in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (p. 356), with his parents, Isaac HOLSAPPLE (æ 60, b. PA) and Christena (æ 54, b. PA).  Christina STRAUB (æ 7, b. PA) is living in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA, with her parents (q.v.).  Catharine RUMMEL (æ 12, b. PA) is living in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (p. 367), with her parents Joseph RUMMEL (æ 46, b. PA) and Maria (æ 42, b. PA).

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Daniel HOLSAPBLE (æ 18, b. PA) is living in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (p. 426A, 114/110), with his parents, Isaac HOLSAPBLE (æ 68, b. PA) and Christina (æ 64, b. PA).  Christina STRAUB and her parents not found, nor do I find Christina's married brother.  I do find Joseph & Maria (MEYER) RUMMEL, but no daughter Lizzie/etc. (or even one Lizzie's age) is living with them, nor do I find her living elsewhere.  It appears likely that part of Paint Twp. was skipped by the enumerator (or the pages were later lost).

4a.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 25 — index mis-linked to Image #20):  Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA, Roll T9_1195, p. 408A, PN 21, SD 8, ED 18, enumerated 21 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

14

24

25

26

164

176

Holsapple Daniel

W

M

27

/

Farmer & Sawmiller

Penna

Pa

Pa

_________ Lizzie

W

F

32

Wife

/

Keeping House

Penna

Pa

Pa

Reipple Jackson

W

M

24

Servent

/

laborer

12

Penna

Pa

Pa

Holsapple Isaac

W

M

79

Father

/

at home

Penna

Pa

Pa

Supposed son, William and Daniel, not found anywhere.

4b.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Silvester N. HOLSAPPLE is living in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (p. 406A), with his parents Noah HOLSAPPLE (æ 40, b. PA) and Elisabeth (PEBLEY) HOLSAPPLE (æ 33, b. PA).  Noah is son of Samuel, brother of Isaac, father of our subject.

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Lizzie not found; sons Daniel and William not found.  Sylvester HOLSAPPLE (b. Dec 1877, PA) is living alone in Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (p. 67B).

7a.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Lizzie not found; son Daniel not found.

7b.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 24):  Shade Twp., Somerset Co., PA, Roll T624_1420 (Part 2), p. 213A, SN 11A, SD 22, ED 159, enumerated 6 May 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910:  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	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
214	219	Holsopple William H	Boarder	M	W	34	S	PA	PA	PA	Eng	Farm Laborer	General Farm	W	N	0	Y	Y

There are only two William HOLSAPPLE/HOLSOPPLEs in all of Pennsylvania, and both are the right age and birthplace to be our subject:  one is a married man with three children in Snyder Co., PA, and the other is the above single man in Somerset Co., PA, who is living with Sylvester N. HOLSOPPLE (æ 32, b. PA) and wife Amanda (CUSTER) HOLSAPPLE.

8.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 14):  Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA, Roll T625_1653, p. 35B, SN 5B, SD 21, ED 156, enumerated 18 Mar 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
2	5	6	9	10	11	12	17	18	19	21	23	25	26	28
Fm	Holsopple William	Hired man	M	W	44	S	Y	Y	PA	PA	PA	Y	Farm Laborer	W

Living w/BERKEYBILE family.

9.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 29):  Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA, Roll 2149, p. 181A, SN 9A, ED 56-40, SD 24, enumerated 14 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
3	4	5	6	10	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	24	25	26	27	28	30
168	173	Holsopple William	Hired man	X	M	W	54	S	N	Y	PA	PA	PA	Y	Labor	farm	W	Y	N

Living w/OTT family.

10.  Joseph Berkey Graveyard, Paint Twp., Somerset Co., PA (online in the Somerset County PAGenWeb archives; contributed by Rosemary Miller):

HOLSOPPLE Daniel S  b 2-19-1871  d 8-29-1910. HOLSOPPLE Daniel  d 1-30-1895 ag 42-5-1. HOLSOPPLE Elizabeth wife  d 3-10-1911 ag 63-3-19. HOLSOPPLE Wm.  b 12-25-1877  d 2-20-1938...

There are numerous other HOLSOPPLEs listed in the cemeter, with nothing given in the file to indicate why these four should be connected as parents and children.

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

Name	Deathdate	Age at Death	Result
Daniel HOLSOPPLE	30 Jan 1895	01d 05m 42y	29 Aug 1852
Elizabeth HOLSOPPLE	10 Mar 1911	19d 03m 63y	19 Nov 1847
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

12.  Messages posted to the HOLSAPPLE Surname Board (online at Ancestry/com/RootsWeb.com), including one that cites Closson (1984), "Index to Somerset Co., PA Wills, 1795-1900)," as listing a will for Daniel HOLSAPPLE dated 1895.  Was it the will that connected these individuals?  If so, why is the census so screwed up?

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