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I've found its not uncommon for persons to switch their middle name to their first
name. Also, some persons just go by their middle name when addressed thus when the census
taker would come around the person giving the information in the home may have addressed
him by the name she/he called him.
The only way you will be able to be certain is to find documented proof.....be prepared
that you may not ever know for certain. Since we're not sure where he was born then
you'll have to back track. The last documented proof for him was his marriage
license/application to Mary in Fountain County, Indiana. Thats where I would start first.
I'd try to obtain this and see if it lists any facts on it.....DOB, Where Born,
Parents Names, etc... This may help in locating him on the 1830-1840-1850 Census. I did a
wide search for the 1850 census and below is what I came up with. The only one that fits
age/name is the onf in Buffalo, Perry County, PA with Sarah and Infant. So if this is him
then he must of been married before. I still suspect him and his wife Mary A. PARKS were
married in PA and then remarried in Jackson, Fountain County, IN. Try and locate his
marriage license to Mary A. PARKS in Fountain Co., IN 1st. Then check in Perry County, PA
and see if you can find a m!
arriage for him there to Mary A. PARKS. Also, see if there are birth records around 1851
in Perry County, PA and see if you can locate one for John McElwee and see if it lists
Mathew and Mary as his parents. I'm not sure if death certificates were required back
in 1898 but if so try and obtain one for Mathew and see what it shows.
Matthew M McElwee
Spouse Name: Mary A Parks
Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1860
Marriage County: Fountain
Source Title 1: Fountain Souhty Indiama
Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1848 - 1920 Inolusive Vol
Source Title 3: W. P. A. Original Record Located County Clerks Off
Book: 4
OS Page: 477
NOTE: Did a wide search of McElwee's living in PA in 1850 and this is what came up:
1850 Buffalo, Perry County, PA.....taken 10-3-1850:
McELWEE, Matthew 22 (so about 1872) Male. Farmer. Born in PA.
..Sarah 23 Female. Born in PA.
..Infant 1/12 Female. Born in PA
1850 Chester, Kennett County, PA....taken 8-13-1850:
This census was taken at some institute....as a Gentleman was listed as Principal ?
?eminary.....possibly Seminary. Numerous persons listed with this gentleman.
McELWEE, Mary A. 23 Female Born in PA
1850 Elk, Benzinger County, PA....taken 9-12-1850:
McELWEE, James 23 Male Laborer Born in Ireland
..Mary 21 Female Born in Ireland
..Almer 2 Male Born in Ireland
..Catherine 1/12 Female Born in Ireland
NOTE: Wide search of McElwee's living in Maryland in 1850 and this is what I came up
with:
William McElwee 25 Male Occupation = Dayman Born in Ireland.
He's in the Joseph Clendinen home.
1850 there were 8 McElwee's living in Jackson, Fountain County, IN.....all in the same
household. Here is the groupings....possibly a relative of Mathew's and thats what
brought him to the Jackson, Fountain County, IN area.
1850 Jackson, Fountain Co., IN
McELWEE, Carson 42 Male Carpenter. Value of Real Estate 400. Born in MD.
..Eliza 42 Female Born in PA.
..Leonard 11 Male Born in PA
..William 10 Male Born in IN
..Je????? ?. 7 Female Born in IN....Ancestry lists as Jemima L.
..Eliza A. 5 Female Born in IN
..Elmira or Elvira 4 Female Born in IN...Ancestry lists as Elmira
..John C. 8/12 Female...(yes female) Born in IN
Pitman, Mary Ann 13 Female Born in IN