This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bonniegaia1 Surnames: McCandless - Brown- Critchlow - Gilleland Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.butler/9107.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Re Robert McCANDLESS in 1800 Connoquenessing twp, Butler co PA : In comparing this 1800 census with the family in the Will of the Robert McCANDLESS who dies in 1813 [summarized in my earlier post] in Middlesex Butler Co PA, leaving a wife Sarah: McCandles [sic] Robt 2 males 0-9 --could be sons James (m.Eliz. Brown 1812] & John? 1 male 10-15 -- could be Robert Jr.? [m Emily/Amy CRITCHLOW 1807] 1 male 45 -- Robert McCandless 2 females 16-25 -- could be daughters Sarah (m Joshua BROWN 1802) & Martha? But there is significantly no adult female in the age-range matching Robert. This would appear to make a case for this Robert McCANDLESS[d.1813] having been married twice, his first wife dying prior to the 1800 census. If so, then the Sarah wife of his 1813 will is a second wife. (Of course, if his wife were simply off visiting in 1800 and not enumerated, we would be jumping to the wrong conclusion.) One would think that this Robert McCANDLESS would, indeed, be in Butler Co PA by this time as his daughter Elizabeth McCANDLESS married Hugh GILLELAND 23 Jan 1798 in Connoquenessing, Butler Co. Moreoever, another of his daughters, Sarah m. Joshua BROWN in 1802. This would seem to identify this 1800 census entry with the Robert McCANDLESS who dies in 1813 in Middlesex, Butler Co. Just curious, though: Could this 1800 census entry apply equally well to the Robert McCANDLESS[alive1822] who separated from a wife Sarah in 1822? Can anyone differentiate between these two Robert McCANDLESSes? Bonnie Oakland, California Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.