— born in Elkhart Co., IN:
2.  [Melissa?] "Mellie" PEANEY, b. 1860
3.  Caroline "Carrie" PEANEY, b. 1865/6
4.  Viola PEANEY, b. 1871/2

1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Robert M. PEANEY Spouse: Pheobe (sic) Jane STROUP Marriage: 01 Jan 1852, Wood, Ohio Source: patron submission

What/Who brought Phoebe to Ohio?

2.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #10-11 of 21):  Washington Twp., Elkhart Co., IN, pp. 45A-45B, enumerated 17 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

John Frizzle	38	M		Farmer		Ohio
Mrs Frizzle	34	F				Germany
Ruth     "	14	F				Ohio
Wilmina  "	8	F				"
Mary A   "	5	F				"
Benjamin "	4	M				Ind
James    "	2	M				"
Jane Stroup	17	F			550	Mich
Caroline "	15	F				"

Caroline is Jane's sister.  Their father has died, and they and their siblings have scattered.

3.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #12 of 16):  Middleburg P.O., York Twp., Elkhart Co., IN, p. 205, PN 41, 282/282,  enumerated 19 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Robert Peaney	33	M		farmer	7000	33	NJ
Jane      "	25	F					Mich
Theodore  "	6	M					O
Abram Keller	26	M		farm laborer			O

4.  1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #17 of 20):  Goshen P.O., City of Goshen (Ward 3), Elkhart Co., IN, Roll 311 (Book 1), p. 344A, PN 17, 132/136, enumerated 13 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Pearny Robert	42	M	W	Teamster	1500	300	NY
______ Jane	37	F	W	Keeps House			Mich
______ Theodore	16	M	W	Drives team			O
______ Mellie	10	F	W				Ind
______ Carrie	4	F	W				"

5.  1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 24):  Platte Valley Precinct, Douglas Co., KS, Roll 748, p. 425C, PN 3, SD 2, ED 31, enumerated 3 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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Peaney Robert

W

M

51

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Farmer

NJ

NJ

NJ

______ Jane

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F

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Wife

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Keeps House

MI

NY

NY

______ Carrie F?

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NY

______ Viola

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F

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Dau

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IN

NJ

NY

Jane's father was born in PA, not NY.  And surely the enumerator has screwed up in giving the children's mother's birthplace as NY, when it should be MI.

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900

8.  1910

9.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

10.  Messages on the STROUP Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com).