William F. STROUP & Jane Elizabeth RITTENHOUSE

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William F. STROUP
Jane Elizabeth RITTENHOUSE

Husband: William F. STROUP
Birth: 24 Jan 1830, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA
Death (tentative, see below): 25 Feb 1871, Mifflin Co., PA
Disposition: buried Mechanicsville Lutheran Cemetery, Belleville, Mifflin Co., PA
Occupation: farmer
Father: John STROUP
Mother: Mary Ann __?__

Marriage:

Wife: Jane Elizabeth RITTENHOUSE
Birth: 13 Oct 1828 or 15 Oct 1827, Mifflin Co., PA
Death: 8 Mar 1883, Mifflin Co., PA
Disposition: buried Mechanicsville Lutheran Cemetery, Belleville, Mifflin Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Jacob RITTENHOUSE (1801-1886) of PA
Mother: Margaret KAYS (1803-1857) of PA

Children — born in Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA:

1. Franklin STROUP, b. 1851/2
2. Lawrence R. STROUP, b. 1854/5
3. John David STROUP, b. Mar 1856
4. James W. STROUP, b. Mar/Apr 1860; d. bef. 1870
5. Ellen J. STROUP, b. 1861/2
6. William G. STROUP, b. 1867/8

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): William STROUP (æ 20) is living in Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA, with his parents (q.v.). Jane E. RITTENHOUSE (æ 23, b. PA) is living in Granville Twp., Mifflin Co., PA (p. 297B), with her parents, Jacob RITTENHOUSE (æ 49, b. PA) & Margaret (æ 47, b. PA), plus siblings.

3. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #338+339 of 424): Bellville P.O., Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA, pp. 336-337, PN 123-124, 902/871, 31 Jul 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Wm F Stroup 30 M Farmer 15000 2500 Pa

Jane     " 31 F "

Franklin " 8 M "

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Lawrence Stroup 6 M Penna

John D     " 4 M "

James W    " ³/₁₂ M "

Ephraim Wier 24 M Lab^r "

John Beck 63 M Carpenter "

Margaret Bailey 24 F Domestic "

Catherine Stroup 18 F 150 "

Catherine is William's sister.

4. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #33 of 37): Allensville P.O., Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA, Roll M593_1375, p. 435A, PN 33, 233/242, enumerated 15 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup W F 40 M W Teamster 3000 1800 Penn

       Jane 42 F W Keeping house "

       Lawrence 15 M W Laborer "

       David 13 M W " "

       Ellen J 8 F W "

       Wm 3 M W "

Rittenhouse Mattie 26 F W "

Listed next to a KULP household.

5. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 29): Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA, Roll 1156, p. 46A, PN 21, SD 7, ED 170, enumerated 16 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 21 24 25 26

199 199 Stroup Jane E W F 51 Wife / Keeping house Pennsylvania Pa Pa

______ Ellen J W F 17 Daughter / At School / Pennsylvania Pa Pa

______ William G W M 12 Son / At School / Pennsylvania Pa Pa

______ Lawrence R W M 25 Son / Teamster Pennsylvania Pa Pa

______ Elizabeth R W F 21 D-in-law / Pennsylvania Pa Pa

Listed next to married son, David STROUP (æ 23, b. PA).

6. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Except for the tombstone images and occasional death certificate,
this database consists of undocumented patron submissions, so caveat emptor.

Name: William E Stroup Jane E Stroup

Birth: unknown unknown

Death: Feb. 25, 1877 Mar. 8, 1883

Burial: Mechanicsville Lutheran Cemetery
Belleville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Inscription: Age 41y 1m 1d Wife of Wm Stroup Age 54y 4m 23d

Contributor: Mona Anderson, 10 Jun 2009

Memorial #: 38188247 38188248

There's an image of Jane's stone, and it's extremely weathered. There's no image of William's stone, but if it's as weathered as Jane's, the discrepancies could be explained by the stone having been mis-read. If he was 41 yrs old at death, it makes more sense for him to have died in 1871 because that's about when Jane stopped having children.

7. Birthdate calculated using ProGenealogists' Birthdate Calculator.

Name Deathdate Age at Death Result

William E/F Stroup 25 Feb 1871 1d 1m 41y 24 Jan 1830

Jane E Stroup 8 Mar 1883 23d 4m 54y 13 Oct 1828

8. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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