According to the 1880 Ohio census John and both of his parents were born in Pennsylvania. The 1850 census lists Maria as being born in Pennsylvania about 1820. Have no idea where her parents were born. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "marilyn mcmahon" <marilynmcmahon@hotmail.com> To: <pabutler@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [PABUTLER] Maria Ellenberger > > Ron - were John & Maria both born in PA? > > > > > > "Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire." > > W. B. Yeats > > > > >> From: rbartoe@columbus.rr.com >> To: pabutler@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:07:36 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [PABUTLER] Maria Ellenberger >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> Starting again on my brick walls.... >> Have no information on the parents of John Barto or Maria Ellenberger, >> so any help will be appreciated. >> >> Have been looking for John in the 1840 census records. He and Maria >> would have been married with >> two sons under 5, possibly three as my GGrandfather David was born 9 Aug >> 1840. >> >> Have been trying Butler and adjacent Armstrong, no luck so far. >> Ron >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "marilyn mcmahon" <marilynmcmahon@hotmail.com> >> To: <pabutler@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 12:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [PABUTLER] Maria Ellenberger >> >> >> > >> > I have a Maria Ellenberger, daugher of George & Elizabeth Pontius >> > Ellenberger, but my Maria is too young to be your GGGrandmother; she >> > was >> > born in 1837 and died in 1919. But family names can carry a long ways, >> > and she could have been named for a aunt, or some such. If you don't >> > find >> > a better trail to follow than mine, let me know and we'll see where >> > this >> > one leads. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > "Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire." >> > >> > W. B. Yeats >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> From: rbartoe@columbus.rr.com >> >> To: PABUTLER@rootsweb.com >> >> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:24:00 -0400 >> >> Subject: [PABUTLER] Maria Ellenberger >> >> >> >> Trying to find any information about my GGGrandmother Maria >> >> Ellenberger. >> >> Found her family in 1850 Pennsylvania, Butler, Clearfield. >> >> Head of family is my GGGrandfather John Barto (indexed as Barte) >> >> Maria is 30 with seven children. >> >> >> >> John is next found in 1860 Ohio, Jackson, Madison. (indexed as Barton) >> >> He was remarried to a widow Rebecca Langsdale who had five children. >> >> There were two additional Barto children, the youngest age 5, Martha >> >> J. >> >> >> >> Based upon this data I think that Maria probably died around 1855 >> >> during or after the birth of Martha J. >> >> >> >> Finally discovered Maria's maiden name from the death certificate of >> >> her >> >> sixth child Michael. >> >> >> >> Would appreciate any help with her parents and siblings. >> >> >> >> Ron Bartoe >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> PABUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > PABUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PABUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PABUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >