In 1860 in Gettysburg I find Margaret Slonaker listed, age 30. Above her is a Samuel Hill, age 76. There is also a Matilda Slonaker, age 25, and a Forrest E Gill (or possibly Hill), age 3. On the edge of the census it says "Sick Hospital Adams County Poor House". Do you think these are yours? In 1880, Forrest Thompson is listed as the step-son to William Thompson, so while he might have assumed his step-father's last name, in 1860 he probably was still using his birth father's last name. Let me know if you'd like me to send you the image. Deb Stanish Susan Alexander wrote: > I wonder if somethings are missing from the 1860 census. I, too, have had no luck finding my g-grandfather, Forest Hall Thompson and his mother, Margaret Slonaker, in the Adams County census records. Margaret was born in Gettysburg in 1828 and Forest Hall was born in 1856 in Hunterstown. > They appear in the 1870 census, but I cannot find them in the 1860 census in either Straban Township or Gettysburg. > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else to try? > Thanks, > Sue > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:46:19 -0400 > From: Sue Ashton <suzinmi@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] 1860 Census Help - Berwick Township > To: "Ken Deatrick, Jr" <kdeatrick@embarqmail.com> > Cc: paadams@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <5875aa8a0909110446y48406e11r8e30ae541445a9b3@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Ken, > > Thank you for the scan. That certainly looks like the Calvin (and > just one of the many variations of CARNES) I needed along with Abbott > who I suspect is his brother but haven't yet confirmed ... especially > since I was told Abbott was a doctor not the laborer I keep finding as > his occupation. But that's a chore for another day. > > Thanks again. > > Suz > Dearborn, MI USA > > PS ... nothing comes back for Abbottstown either so my guess for some > reason they are missing from the 1860 census. > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Ken Deatrick, Jr > <kdeatrick@embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> Suz, >> >> I scanned the Septennial Census records a while back and have not yet >> published them. >> The problem perhaps is in the 1863 census they began another book called the >> Berwick Boro. >> This would become later Abbottstown Boro. I can't recall when Abbottstown >> offically became a boro. >> >> Here is an image of the actual census. >> >> >> Hope this helps. Try looking for 1860 in Abbottstown. >> >> Ken Deatrick Jr. >> >> >> > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Good catch! These 4 children are noted immediately after Margaret & Matilda Slonaker in the 1860 census material: Myers, George W. - 3 - m - PA - pauper Degraft, George H. - 9 mos. - m - PA - pauper Gill, Forrest E. - 3 - m - PA - pauper Degraft, George A. - 1 - f - PA - pauper Debra On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Deb Stanish wrote: > In 1860 in Gettysburg I find Margaret Slonaker listed, age 30. > Above her > is a Samuel Hill, age 76. There is also a Matilda Slonaker, age 25, > and > a Forrest E Gill (or possibly Hill), age 3. On the edge of the > census it > says "Sick Hospital Adams County Poor House". Do you think these are > yours? In 1880, Forrest Thompson is listed as the step-son to William > Thompson, so while he might have assumed his step-father's last > name, in > 1860 he probably was still using his birth father's last name. Let me > know if you'd like me to send you the image. > > Deb Stanish > > Susan Alexander wrote: >> I wonder if somethings are missing from the 1860 census. I, too, >> have had no luck finding my g-grandfather, Forest Hall Thompson >> and his mother, Margaret Slonaker, in the Adams County census >> records. Margaret was born in Gettysburg in 1828 and Forest Hall >> was born in 1856 in Hunterstown. >> They appear in the 1870 census, but I cannot find them in the 1860 >> census in either Straban Township or Gettysburg. >> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else to try? >> Thanks, >> Sue >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:46:19 -0400 >> From: Sue Ashton <suzinmi@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] 1860 Census Help - Berwick Township >> To: "Ken Deatrick, Jr" <kdeatrick@embarqmail.com> >> Cc: paadams@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: >> <5875aa8a0909110446y48406e11r8e30ae541445a9b3@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Ken, >> >> Thank you for the scan. That certainly looks like the Calvin (and >> just one of the many variations of CARNES) I needed along with Abbott >> who I suspect is his brother but haven't yet confirmed ... especially >> since I was told Abbott was a doctor not the laborer I keep >> finding as >> his occupation. But that's a chore for another day. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Suz >> Dearborn, MI USA >> >> PS ... nothing comes back for Abbottstown either so my guess for some >> reason they are missing from the 1860 census. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Ken Deatrick, Jr >> <kdeatrick@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Suz, >>> >>> I scanned the Septennial Census records a while back and have not >>> yet >>> published them. >>> The problem perhaps is in the 1863 census they began another book >>> called the >>> Berwick Boro. >>> This would become later Abbottstown Boro. I can't recall when >>> Abbottstown >>> offically became a boro. >>> >>> Here is an image of the actual census. >>> >>> >>> Hope this helps. Try looking for 1860 in Abbottstown. >>> >>> Ken Deatrick Jr. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: http:// >> archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS >> ********* >> Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are >> gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of >> gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to >> gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. >> ************ >> Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAADAMS- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http:// > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of > gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to > gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAADAMS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message