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. In the 1870 census, Mary is now in the same dwelling as daughter Susan and her family. Joseph Wilt is not in the area. Cecelia and single daughter Agnes are living in Blair Co with another daughter of Cecelia's & her family. 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. 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. Have any Wilt researchers of this line found any Wilt in John & Mary's generation or the next buried in a cemetery? or have a photo of this tombstone at St. Michael's? I didn't find any Wilts in this generation buried in Cambria County, but I'm still in the process of looking in every nook & cranny. By the way, I did not find a John Wilt in any mortality census for Cambria Co., although not everyone was enumerated. Regards, Jane Tripp