I am eager to correspond with you (or anyone else on the List) about this Annie Peden! Would love to know what your connection to her is -- I hope/believe she may be my gggmother -- would love additional info to prove/disprove that. >From searching the Cambria web site, I know there are two "other" Annie Pedens... one married to a John Theys, one married to a (John?) Zimmerman. However, "my" Annie Peden was the wife of James Peden... thus I think the writeup in the Cambria Freeman was about "my" Annie and not one of the other two. Here's a summary of what I know about "my" Annie....working from memory, but can go back & dig up the details if you want to correspond more. Born in Ireland (per censuses) "about 1840"... Maiden name Barbour/Barber. About 1860 she married John JAMES. He was born Ireland (per census) about 1840. First three children, all born Ireland: -- Florence James b about 1861-62-- later married Henry HUSTED in Tioga Co , -- Sarah James b abt 1863-64 -- later married Hiram BABCOCK, lived Clearf Co. & Lycoming Co. -- John Christopher James b 10 June 1865, Midleton, Cork, Ire. November 1866 Annie & 3 kids arrived NY (Castle Garden) by boat. (Presumably spouse John preceded her; haven't found his ship yet). -- About 1868 the family is allegedly in Erie Co/Buffalo NY (birthplace of daughter Elizabeth). (Elizabeth later married Martin DUGAN of Osceola Mills, Clearfield Co.) -- By 1870 Census, family is in Arnot, Bloss Twp, Tioga Co. with baby Albert Francis James, born Jan 1870. (He later married a HENESSY of Clearfield Co, Osceola area.) -- About 1874(?) a mine accident kills John James (Sr.) and injures his 9-year-old son John Christopher, who is also working in the same mine. -- About 1875, the widow Annie (Barbour) JAMES married James PEDEN, who immigrated from Scotland about 1872. They continue living in Arnot, Bloss Twp. -- In 1880, the family still in Arnot, but enumerated as "PENDAN". All kids enumerated as "PENDAN" also -- but in real life they always used/kept the JAMES surname. (there are no new kids... thus I suspect no offspring born to Annie & James Peden.) (In 1880, eldest daughters Florence & Sarah are living in two other households as domestic servants.) -- In 1883, the Wellsboro newspapers have mention of Mr & Mrs James Peden, so they are still in the Bloss Twp area. -- Family lore says the two boys, John Christopher and Albert Francis, worked slate mines in Blackwell (Tioga Co) and Jersey Mills (Lycoming Co)... presumably around this time frame. -- By April 1887, John Christopher James is in Clearfield Co (Osceola Mills area) where he marries Mary Alice McManamy. I suspect the whole family group migrated there more or less concurrently, since the 1900 census shows all of them (I think) living in Clearfield Co, including Annie and James PEDEN. (But all in different neighborhoods, I think.) Have searched for several years but found NO TRACE of Annie & James PEDEN after 1900, until I saw the "Cambria Freeman" post about the death of Annie Peden!!!! I cant understand what they might have been doing in Ehrenfield, Cambria Co (why they left Clearfield at that time)... hoping someone with expertise in Ehrenfield can tell me if there was some "boom" industry that might have lured them there. I have NO info as to Annie's cemetery location, nor James Peden's death date/cemetery. I thought they'd be in Clearfield Co but have not found them there so far. My searches to date on the Cambria site (cem transcriptions, Johnstown newspaper death index) have not shown even a listing for Annie....much less husband James. Am desperate to know about the death/burial of this couple... ANY help appreciated. I do not know of any siblings or parents of Annie BARBOUR/BARBER. Internet searches of Irish sites have not turned up anything yet. Thanks in advance for ANY help/advice/sharing! Luann -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: LOVELOCKTWO@cs.com > Does anyone know the maiden name of Annie Peden or the names of any of her > children? > Thanks > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message