Many thanks to all who sent me corrected information for my initial post of Dec 12, 2008. I wanted to update to make sure my first post didn't hang on the mailing list with misinformation. Regards, Jane Tripp My post: I'm having a difficult time with the family of this John Wilt. I can't reconcile John's date of death of 1869. In the 1850 census, John Wilt is found in Clearfield Twp with wife Mary, some kids, (including son Joseph & his son) and his mother-in-law. Looks like a farm as real estate is worth $1000. In the 1860 census, Mary Wilt is living alone (family 1877) in the same dwelling (1870) as daughter Susan & her family (family 1878). No real estate money there as the only money declared is Mary's personal estate of $300 and daughter Susan's family's personal estate of $100. Next visit is her son Joseph and his second wife. Since his real estate is listed as $1000, I assume Joseph now has the farm. No John Wilt in the area. I did not find a John Wilt in any mortality census for Cambria Co., although not everyone was enumerated. My update: Although John is not found in the 1860 census, the date of death of September 30, 1869 is correct. My post: A death recorded at St. Michael's, Loretto is found in Ledoux. John Wilt, d 09-03-1869 It is only in the Kittel Index that the additional information is found. John Wilt d 09-03-1869 (m Mary Adams). The Kittel index for deaths is collected from the tombstones AND the testimony (read as memory) of his parishoners. Could be another error by the parishoners. My Update: Another description of the Kittel index goes on to say that marriages & burials may not have occurred at St. Michael's. John Wilt is buried at St. Augustine, Clearfield Twp, not St. Michael's. My post: I suggest John Wilt (d before 1860), his wife Mary (d after 1880), his son Joseph (d before 1870) and Joseph's first wife (d before 1855) are buried somewhere on the old farm in Clearfield Twp - or somewhere. I think either the John Wilt buried at St. Michael's, Loretto is not the husband of Mary Magdalena Adams OR the date on the tombstone was very hard to read and could be 1859. My update: Well forget all that. John Wilt, died September 30, 1869; buried St. Augustine, Clearfield Twp his wife Mary "Polly" Wilt, died October 14, 1884; buried at St. Augustine, Clearfield Twp his son Joseph, died 1889; buried at St. Augustine, Clearfield Twp. (although I can't find him in the 1870 or 1880 census - in 1870 wife Cecelia is in Blair Co with 2 daughters & no husband Joseph, just like his father, missing from the 1860 census) Joseph's second wife, Cecelia Wharton McGuire Wilt is buried at St. Augustine, Clearfield Twp. In fact, almost everyone is buried at St. Augustine. The only information from the above that is probably correct is that Joseph's first wife, Elizabeth Ryan, died before 1855, as he married his second wife Cecelia Wharton in Jan of 1855.