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Surnames: Candy, Emerick, Hartzel, Bloom, DeWild
Classification: Query
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Betsy, thanks for the challenge. I started off only knowing the history of their oldest
daughter (my grandmother's great grandmother) and found the trail of both of the other
daughters and possibly some mention of the only son, John. Mary Magdalena died in 1851
leaving Samuel with young children: Catherine, age 13; Sophia, age 11; John, age 9; and
Mary Elizabeth, age 3. Ultimately, the children were fostered out to relatives &
neighbors with the 1860 Census showing Sophia listed as a servant in the home of her
uncle, David Emmerich, in Stephenson Co, IL and Mary Elizabeth listed in the home of Fred
Susenburgh in Stephenson Co, IL. Catherine has already married John Hartzel and they are
listed as residing in Rock Grove, Stephenson Co, IL. However, I can find no mention of the
son John in the census records of this time. Samuel is likewise listed as a farm laborer
in another household: Robert Shaw of Buckeye, Stephenson Co, IL.
Samuel Candy b. September 06, 1815 Walker, Centre Co, PA(son of Jacob Candy &
Catherine Ann Snyder)
married Mary Magdalena Emerich b. January 13, 1818 Walker, Centre Co, PA (dau of John
Emerick & Elizabeth Dunkle)
on December 21, 1837 in Walker, Centre Co, PA
Children:
Catherine Ann Candy b. April 18, 1838
Sophia Candy b. September 1840
John Candy b. 1842-1843
Mary Elizabeth Candy b. August 23, 1848
Catherine Ann Candy married John Hartzel (b. September 02, 1834 PA) before 1858 most
likely in PA.
Children:
Alice Lovina Hartzel b. April 26, 1858 PA
Sarah J. Hartzel b. 1864 IL
John E. Hartzel b. July 28, 1866 IL
Ida Mary Hartzel b. Abt. 1861 IL
John Hartzel died May 18, 1897 (most likely Bennet, NE)
Catherine Ann Candy Hartzel died August 04, 1921in Pasadena, CA. Both are buried in the
Bennet Cemetery, Bennet, NE.
Sophia Candy married David H. Bloom (b November 1838 PA) on 11 July 1861 in Green Co, WI
(Wisconsin pre-1907 Marriage Records)
Children:
George E. Bloom b. July 1877 KS
(Sophia and David moved to Jewell Co, KS by 1900 Census and on to Jefferson Co, NE by 1910
Census where they lived with their son George and his wife Dora LNU). From Census records,
David and Sophia both died between 1920-1930 in Jefferson Co, NE.
Mary Elizabeth Candy is believed to have moved to Jewell Co, KS to stay with Sophia where
she met her future husband, Albert DeWild (b abt 1853 Holland) who worked as a harness
maker in Jewell Co, KS in the 1880 Census. The DeWild family had first settled in Pella,
Marion Co, IA area as seen in the 1860 Census. Albert and Mary who married on May 11, 1880
in Jewell, Jewell Co, KS moved back to IA and eventually settled in Des Moines, Polk Co,
IA (1910 Census).
Children:
Ida Bell DeWild b. 1883 IA
Albert DeWild died in 1918 (most likely in IA) while Mary Elizabeth died on March 26, 1921
in Marengo, Iowa Co, IA where she is buried in the municipal cemetary. The 1920 Census
finds Mary in the home of her daughter Ida Bell.
Regarding John Candy, I have nothing conclusive to offer. He disappears off the Census
record for years, but interestingly, a John Candy with the right birth year shows up again
on the 1910 Census in the home of Albert T. Achor (b. 1857 OH) in Lagoon, Pawnee, OK where
he is listed as a "brother". This may be the foster home that John was sent to,
but I have no information regarding a connection between the Candy's or Emmerich's
and the Achor's of OH. Any help further elucidating the identity of this John Candy or
what happened to John Candy the Son of Samuel Candy would be very appreciated. Thanks.