Dennis,
Actually, there are three McCormick households on page 292 of 1860 Lake
township. Households are as follows:
Line 1 of this page is Dwelling #400, Family#389 has
Adam McCormick, age 27, male, carpenter, born in Ohio
Margaret McCormick, age 23, female, born in Ohio,
Alida J. McCormick, age 2, female, born in Indiana
Line 14 of this page is Dwelling #404, Family #393 has
Mary A. McCormick, age 49, female, born in Pennsylvania
Mary A. McCormick, age 21, female, born in Ohio
Sarah C. McCormick, age 8, born in Indiana
Line 17 of this page is Dwelling #405, Family #394 has
William H. McCormick, age 24, male, Farmer, born in Ohio
Anne McCormick, age 26, female, born in Pennsylvania
Emily McCormick, age 1 female, born in Indiana
My feelings of this family is that Mary, age 49 is probably a widow and that
Adam, William, Mary ,age 21, were her children. Sarah could either be a
child or grandchild of Mary as her age fits both possibilities William is
listed as a farmer but has no real estate value, however Mary has a real
estate value of $2,500, a good piece of land at that time. William probably
farmed his mothers land. I did a search of the 1850 census of both Indiana
and Ohio and couldn't find any McCormick's to verify my family feelings.
A hint on trying to read the different writing styles. If you can't figure
out what a letter is, look at other names that you can read that have the
same letter. for example, I didn't know at first weather Anne McCormick was
Anna or Anne so I looked around different families with names that ended
with a and e to decide that it was Anne.
Hope this helps
Brian E. Smead
Terre Haute, Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "dennis" <dennischap(a)aros.net>
To: <INALLEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: [INALLEN-L] Re: Civil War solders of Allen Co.
Oh my, I just looked at the 1860 census and between the handwriting
& the
faded film it was almost unreadable. Thank you so much!!!!
Does any have access to the 1860 Lake twp. Census or know where I can get
these names I can't read? They are on the same page, I think Mary A 49 is
Adam McCormick's mother.
Adam McCormick 27 Carpenter? b.OH
Marga**** 23 (Got her now hurray!!!)
A***** 2 b.IN
Mary A McCormick 49 b.PA
Mary? A 21 b.OH
Sarah? (C or O) 8 b.IN
Dennis
At 10:00 AM 5/30/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I found an Adam McCormick that married a Margaret Ruhl on 1/6/1856 in
>Allen County: Allen County, Indiana
> Index to Marriage Record, Indiana 1824 - 1920 Inclusive Volume III
> Letters L - R Inclusive
> W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Fort Wayne
> Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1938
>
>County: Allen
>Name: Adam McCormick
>Spouse: Margaret Ruhl
>Marriage Date: 06 Jan 1856
>Book: 3
>Original Source Page: 431