1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1820

3.  1830

4.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3-4 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

PA

Schuylkill Co.

Lower Mahantango Twp.

Roll 492

pp. 80B-81A

Ln. 22

Michael Artz

010 200 100 - 102 100 100

0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	5-9	1830-1835	= Levi (b. 1833)
2 males	15-19	1820-1825	= Son A = Joseph (b. 1819)
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= Michael (b. 1792)
1 female	4 or under	1835-1840	= Sarah (b. 1835/6)
2 females	10-14	1825-1830	= Anna Maria  = Daughter A
1 female	15-19	1820-1825	= Elizabeth (b. 1821)
1 female	40-49	1790-1800	= Catharine (b. 1795)
3	persons employed in agriculture

5.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 36):  Lower Mahantongo Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, p. 354B, 31/31, enumerated 11 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Joseph Artz	32	M		Farmer	2000	Penna
Sarah	28	F				"
Amos	5	M				"
Samuel	3	M				"
Isaac	1	M				"
Adam	2/12	M				"
Sarah	14	F				"
Amos Straub	12	M				"
Kitty Artz	55	F				"

Amos STRAUB is the son of the late John STRAUB II, whose widow married second, Valentine SAVIDGE.

6.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 14):  Sacramento P.O., Hubley Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, Roll M653_1180, p. 555, PN 94, 698/703, enumerated 25 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sarah Artz	36	F			2640	1007	Penna
[Sarah's children]
Cath    "	65	F				170	"
Mary M Hoffman	24	F					"

7.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).  A file submitted there includes this abstract of our subject's will:

Will of Michael Artz, Jr. of Lower Mahantango Twp. Schuylkill Co, PA, Book # 1, Page 286 mentions wife Catharina Son Joseph - gets plantation keep my youngest 2 children, Levi and Sarah mentions daughter Elizabeth wife of David Shade and Anna Maria Executors: Philip Osman and David Buffington Witness: Valentine Savidge and Samuel Miller Dated April 2, 1842 Probated May 30, 1842

Valentine SAVIDGE is Amos STRAUB's step-father.