David STROUP & Esther Ann MELLICK

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David STROUP
Esther Ann MELLICK

Husband: David STROUP/STRAUB
Birth: 18 Jul 1809, of Hemlock Twp., Columbia Co., PA
Death: 18 Aug 1884

Secondary sources give his death year as 1844, but this has to be a typo for 1884.

Marriage: 28 Jan 1840

Wife: Esther Ann MELLICK
Birth: 6 Jun 1817, of Mount Pleasant Twp., Columbia Co., PA
Father: John MELICK (1788-1847)
Mother: Sarah CONNER (1791-1843)

Adopted Child? :

1. Ann/Anna "Annie" STROUP, b. 1864/5

Annie is probably Hester [Ann] MOSTETTER.

Sources (n.b., settlement in the town of Bloomsburg began as early as 1802, but it was was not officially incorporated until 1870, from Bloom Twp., which then became extinct):

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

David STROUP
Birth: 18 Jul 1809, Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Esther Ann MELICK
Source: LDS Film #451114

1b. WPA. nd. Columbia [including Montour] County, Pennsylvania, Marriage Records Extracted from the Columbia Democrat Newspaper. Works Progress Administration, Project No. 5175 (online at the Columbia County PAGenWeb site):

1840...
28 Jan
David Stroup (Hemlock) Ester Eckman (Mt Pleasant)

Are these our subjects? Did Esther have a previous spouse? Or is this just a bad rendering of MELICK? Newspapers are notoriously inaccurate.

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316): can't find, but as newlyweds, they are likely living with his parents or hers.

3. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 75 — indexed "Stromp"): Bloom Twp. [now Bloomsburg], Columbia Co., PA, p. 283B, 9/11, enumerated 19 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

David Stroup 40 m None 1800 Penna

Esther A Stroup 23 f "

Esther should be 33, not 23.

4. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #13 of 67 — indexed "Strouss"): Bloomsburg P.O., Bloom Twp. [now Bloomsburg], Columbia Co., PA, p. 519, PN 13, 83/83, enumerated 14 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

David Stroup 51 M Grocer 3700 4300 Pennsylvania

Esther A Stroup 43 F 300 Do

5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #4 of 50): Bloomsburg P.O., Town of Bloomsburg (East Ward), Columbia Co., PA, Roll 1326 (Book 1), p. 29B, PN 4, 27/27, enumerated 20 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup David 60 M W Dry G. & Grocer 10,300 15,200 Pa

______ Hester A. 52 F W Keeping House Pa

Mostetter Hester 5 F W Pa

6. 1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family History Resource File: CD-ROM Library):¤•

Census Place:Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania

Source:FHL Film 1255118; NARA Film T9-1118; Pg 78A

Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Occupation Fa Mo

David STROUP Self M M W 71 PA Merchant PA PA

Ester STROUP Wife F M W 62 PA Keeping House PA PA

Annie STROUP Dau F S W 15 PA At Home PA PA

Annie cannot be their biological child. Is she the adopted Hester [Ann] MOSTETTER?

7. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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

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

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

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