Do you have access to ancestry.com we have a few Riffles in our tree about a dozen names, not sure if any would be any you would be interested in all Bedford/Cambria and surrounding areas. Feyock family tree -------------------------------------------------- From: <pacambri-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:37 AM To: <pacambri@rootsweb.com> Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 95 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Riffle research help! (bdjlk@roadrunner.com) > 2. Re: Riffle research help! (Baker, Perry L) > 3. Re: Riffle research help! (Baker, Perry L) > 4. Ron Weaver (Mary W Grove) > 5. Re: Riffle research help! (JCTripp) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:47:27 -0400 > From: <bdjlk@roadrunner.com> > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > To: "Baker, Perry L" <Perry.Baker@delta.com>, JCTripp > <jctripp@charter.net>, pjohn685@comcast.net, "Cambria Co. PACAMBRIA" > <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com>, michael.mertle@comcast.net > Message-ID: <20130723174727.H3SUG.12413.root@cdptpa-web24-z01> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I found the one connection to the John the Hatter Riffel were that these > two children had Jacob Riffle as a baptismal sponsor: > > CVR Volume II, Baptisms of St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Pa., p. 259: 6230 > LITZINGER, Jacobum Montgomery (Daniele / Lydia Joanna Riffle) b. 09-08 bp. > 09-23-1849 gp: Jacobo M. Riffle / Maria Dodson JAG > > CVR Volume I, Baptisms of St. Michael, Loretto, Pa. p. 141: 02995 MC > MULLAN, Susanna Joanna (Hugonis / Mariae) b. 08-10 bp. 08-20-1839 gp: > Jacobus Riffle / Maria Riffle DAG > > I'm assuming this Jacob Riffle to be the owner of the Mansion House Hotel > in Summitville in this obituary: > > Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., October 14, 1871, p. 3. Obituary. > RIFFLE - Died, at Summitville, on Saturday last, after a short illness, > Mr. JAMES M. RIFFLE; aged about 52 years. Mr. Riffle came from Maryland to > this county with his parents when he was quite young, and for the last > thirty-five years he was a resident of Summitville. In his early life he > was engaged for a long time in the mercantile business, but eventually > purchased the old and well known "Mansion House" hotel, of which he was > proprietor for many years prior to his death. He was well and favorably > known throughout the county, and indeed throughout the State, and by his > kind and genial nature and social disposition won hosts of true friends, > who will learn with exceeding regret of his decease in the vigor and > fullness of life. May he rest in peace eternal. > > As Jane mentioned, he can be found on the 1860 Census in Summitville with > his wife and a child of John and Margaret (Riffle) Humphries, John W. > Humphries. His mother Jane is a widow, living next door, with his > brother-in-law John Humphries and another nephew. > > Here is the clincher and the big question mark. Assuming Hugh McMullen and > Mary Catherine Riffel was this child's baptismal sponsors: > > CVR Volume II, Baptisms of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Summit, Pa., p. 194: 4781 > HUMPHREYS, Jacobum Riffle (Joanne / Margarita Riffle) b. 04-08 bp. > 04-21-1849 gp: Hugo McMullen / Maria McMullen PD > > Why is John Humphries living with another Hugh and Maria McMullen on the > 1860 Census in Loretto, while Hugh McMullen and Catherine are living in > Clearfield township? Two Hugh McMullens married Riffles? > > 1860 Census Clearfield Twp., Cambria > Hugh McMullin 57 Laborer 250 Pa > Catharine (Riffel) McMullin 49 Pa > Charles McMullin 14 Pa > Catharine McMullin 12 Pa > > 1860 Census Loretto Borough, Cambria > Hugh McMullen 55 Laborer 300 Pa > Mary McMullen 45 Pa > James Humphries 10 Pa > > Anyone know who Maria or Mary McMullen wife of the second Hugh is? or who > the second Hugh is? > > Donna Noel Julian > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:59:50 -0400 > From: "Baker, Perry L" <Perry.Baker@delta.com> > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > To: "'bdjlk@roadrunner.com'" <bdjlk@roadrunner.com>, JCTripp > <jctripp@charter.net>, "pjohn685@comcast.net" <pjohn685@comcast.net>, > "Cambria Co. PACAMBRIA" <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com>, > "michael.mertle@comcast.net" <michael.mertle@comcast.net> > Message-ID: > <22EDF89AC4900542B900F6434DCAB3BB45B5F578@satlrccdlmb581.delta.rl.delta.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Well Donna, that's a little bit of a troubling find because I've spent a > lot of time eliminating the Riffle connection to that Hugh. I wish I > could answer this quickly but I think it's better to arm you all with the > facts as I know them. > > There were three Hugh McMullens living in the area with birthdates within > 5 years of one another. One was the son of Samuel McMullen and Susan > Logan. Another was the son of James McMullen and Ann Donoughe. I do have > two of the Hugh's Obits. They have all been intermixed by researchers and > there has been a lot of confusion. > > The first census report you show below from 1860 in Clearfield TWP is for > the Hugh McMullen - born 1803 died 1890. > > CAMBRIA FREEMAN EBENSBURG, PA 7 Feb 1890 > Hugh McMullen died at the home of his son-in-law Elias Barnicle, in > Clearfield township, on Monday last, aged eighty-seven years and one > month. Mr. McMullen was born on the third day of February, 1803, it being > the third day of the week, the third day of the month, and the third year > in the century. > > Elias Barnicle married Hugh and Catherine's daughter Margaret. Elias and > Margaret were witnesses for the wedding of James (son of Hugh and > Catherine) and his wife Sarah Nagle. > > > The facts and Sources: >>From the Souvenir of Loretto centenary: McMullen Hugh and Mary Catherine >>Riffel; James, Lucy, Susan Jane 1835-1839. > > Census records: > > 1850 census Cambria co Cleafield twp PA #3/3 Hugh McMullin 45 farmer > Catherine 38 Rosana 20 Martha I. 18 James 16 Lucy 14 Margaret 10 Matthew > I. 8 Francis L. 7 Charles V. 5 Mary C. 2 > > 1860 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA > #1949/1959 > Hugh McMullin 57 > Catherine 49 > Charles 14 > Catherine 12 > > 1880 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA #10/10 Hugh McMullin 77 Catherine > 69 > >>From researcher Terry Kruise who chronicled the St. Augsutine Cemetery: >>Mary "Catharine" (Riffle) McMullen, born about 1812, married Hugh >>McMullen. She died on 15 Jun 1883 at age 71 years, and was buried on 18 >>Jun 1883 at St. Augustine Cemetery in St. Augustine, Cambria County, PA. >>Hugh was born on 3 Mar 1803 and died 3 Feb 1890 at age 87. He was buried >>at St. Augustine on 5 Feb 1890. They do have tombstones there at St. >>Augustine, but they are a bit worn. Hugh is the son of James & Ann >>(Donoughue) McMullen > >>From Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania" ( Albert H. Ledoux, >>1996). These were sent to me by another researcher I don?t have a copy of >>the books. > > James: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. I, p. 131, #2786 McMullan, Jacobus (Hugonis/Catharinae) > b. 07-04-1835 BP. 11-10-1837 gp: Joannes Fels/Maria Teresia Fels DAG > [St. Michael's] > > Lucy: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. I, p. 131, #02787 McMullen, Lucia (Hugonis/Catharinae) > b. 04-04-1837 > BP. 11-10-1837 gp: Joannes Fels/Maria Teresia Fels DAG. > > Susan Jane: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. I, p. 141, #02995 McMullan, Susanna Joanna > (Hugonis/Mariae) b. 08-10 > BP. 8-20-1839 gp: Jacobus Riffle/Maria Riffle DAG. > > Matthew J.: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. II, p. 11, #0193 McMullan, Matthaeus > (Hugonis/Catharinae) b. 12-26-1841 > BP. 04-02-1842 gp: Rev. P.H. Lemke/Maria Dearmitt PHL. > > Ledoux CVR, Vol. II, p. 201, #4955 McMullen, Matthaeus > (Hugonis/Catharinae) b. 12-26-1841 > BP. 04-02-1842 gp: Rev. P.H. Lemke/Maria Dearmitt PHL. > > Charles Vincent: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. II, p. 41, #1059 McMullen, Charles Vincent (Hugh/Mary > Catherine Riffle) b. 07-23-1846 HPG. > > The first child listed above is James D. McMullen who married Sarah Nagle > (marriage witnessed by Elias Barnicle and Margaret McMullen). Susan Jane > is not found in later census reports so she may not have lived long. I > have not yet obtained the records for Rosana or Martha listed on the 1850 > census. As per the census Rosana was born in 1830 (I've seen other > researches quote November 1830 but have not seen the christening record). > All of the information up until this point validates that the Hugh that > died in 1890 is not the son of Samuel McMullen and Susan Logan but the son > of James McMullen and Ann Donoughe. > > Here is the census report for Hugh and Catherine for 1830. They were > together in 1830. By 1840 this Hugh and Catherine had relocated to > Clearfield and lived next to his brothers Matthew and James McMullen. > > Name: Hugh Mc Mullen > [Hugh McMullen] > Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Tell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania > Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 > Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 > Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 > Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 > Total Free White Persons: 2 > Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2 > > This obviously means that they met by 1830. In 1830 John the Hatter was > still in Northumberland PA and can be found there on the census reports. > The history account states that he does not arrive to Cambria County until > 1832. John did have 2 female children under 10 on the 1820 report, but I > do not have birth documents for them at this time. > > As for the other two Hugh's - here is the obit for one of them: > > FROZEN TO DEATH - Hugh McMullen, a blacksmith by trade, was frozen to > death, on Wednesday night, 13th inst., on the road leading from Altoona > to Wapsononock, near the latter place. > > Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, January 27, 1864 > > The other one died in 1887. Both of these Hugh's who died in 1864 and > 1887 are buried in St. Michaels in Loretto. The on-line record indicates > that one of them was married to Mary Catherine Riffle. I'm not sure where > that came from. The only documented information I know of for the Riffle > name connection on Mary Catherine Riffle is from the Souvenir of Loretto > records. > > Also from another researcher - -- IN -- > ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH, LORETTO, PA., >>From November 17, 1793, to October 10, 1899 > M'MULLEN, Hugh (of Samuel) 1801 Jun. 21, 1887 > > So one of these two other Hugh's is the son of Samuel. Could he have > married a Riffle too? Possible but an odd coincidence to say the least. > Or did My Hugh McMullen marry a different Mary Catherine (not a Riffle)? > That would mean the Loretto books are not correct. > > I know that's a lot. I'll let you digest all that and look forward to > your reply. > > Thanks, > > Perry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bdjlk@roadrunner.com [mailto:bdjlk@roadrunner.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:47 PM > To: Baker, Perry L; JCTripp; pjohn685@comcast.net; Cambria Co. PACAMBRIA; > michael.mertle@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > > I found the one connection to the John the Hatter Riffel were that these > two children had Jacob Riffle as a baptismal sponsor: > > CVR Volume II, Baptisms of St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Pa., p. 259: 6230 > LITZINGER, Jacobum Montgomery (Daniele / Lydia Joanna Riffle) b. 09-08 bp. > 09-23-1849 gp: Jacobo M. Riffle / Maria Dodson JAG > > CVR Volume I, Baptisms of St. Michael, Loretto, Pa. p. 141: 02995 MC > MULLAN, Susanna Joanna (Hugonis / Mariae) b. 08-10 bp. 08-20-1839 gp: > Jacobus Riffle / Maria Riffle DAG > > I'm assuming this Jacob Riffle to be the owner of the Mansion House Hotel > in Summitville in this obituary: > > Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., October 14, 1871, p. 3. Obituary. > RIFFLE - Died, at Summitville, on Saturday last, after a short illness, > Mr. JAMES M. RIFFLE; aged about 52 years. Mr. Riffle came from Maryland to > this county with his parents when he was quite young, and for the last > thirty-five years he was a resident of Summitville. In his early life he > was engaged for a long time in the mercantile business, but eventually > purchased the old and well known "Mansion House" hotel, of which he was > proprietor for many years prior to his death. He was well and favorably > known throughout the county, and indeed throughout the State, and by his > kind and genial nature and social disposition won hosts of true friends, > who will learn with exceeding regret of his decease in the vigor and > fullness of life. May he rest in peace eternal. > > As Jane mentioned, he can be found on the 1860 Census in Summitville with > his wife and a child of John and Margaret (Riffle) Humphries, John W. > Humphries. His mother Jane is a widow, living next door, with his > brother-in-law John Humphries and another nephew. > > Here is the clincher and the big question mark. Assuming Hugh McMullen and > Mary Catherine Riffel was this child's baptismal sponsors: > > CVR Volume II, Baptisms of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Summit, Pa., p. 194: 4781 > HUMPHREYS, Jacobum Riffle (Joanne / Margarita Riffle) b. 04-08 bp. > 04-21-1849 gp: Hugo McMullen / Maria McMullen PD > > Why is John Humphries living with another Hugh and Maria McMullen on the > 1860 Census in Loretto, while Hugh McMullen and Catherine are living in > Clearfield township? Two Hugh McMullens married Riffles? > > 1860 Census Clearfield Twp., Cambria > Hugh McMullin 57 Laborer 250 Pa > Catharine (Riffel) McMullin 49 Pa > Charles McMullin 14 Pa > Catharine McMullin 12 Pa > > 1860 Census Loretto Borough, Cambria > Hugh McMullen 55 Laborer 300 Pa > Mary McMullen 45 Pa > James Humphries 10 Pa > > Anyone know who Maria or Mary McMullen wife of the second Hugh is? or who > the second Hugh is? > > Donna Noel Julian > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:47:29 -0400 > From: "Baker, Perry L" <Perry.Baker@delta.com> > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > To: "'bdjlk@roadrunner.com'" <bdjlk@roadrunner.com>, "'JCTripp'" > <jctripp@charter.net>, "'pjohn685@comcast.net'" > <pjohn685@comcast.net>, "'Cambria Co. PACAMBRIA'" > <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com>, "'michael.mertle@comcast.net'" > <michael.mertle@comcast.net> > Message-ID: > <22EDF89AC4900542B900F6434DCAB3BB45B5F57E@satlrccdlmb581.delta.rl.delta.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Here are some more clues linking some of these families together. More > census data on a neighboring Hugh shows that in 1840 a Hugh was living in > Fell township Huntingdon which I believe should be Tell township in the > same area that the other Hugh came from. They could potentially be > cousins - no proof to this, but multiple McMullen/in families were living > in the area of Bedford and Huntingdon. The other Hugh that married > Catherine had moved to Clearfield TWP Cambria County by 1840. By the > census record below this other Hugh married Mary between 1840 and 1850. > > Now more Riffle links: From the Loretto Souvenir book I know that Jacob > Riffle and Catherine Conolly were married in 1817 in St. Michaels. They > had a daughter Mary shortly after marriage. They had a son HUGH who was > born in 1822 and died in 1823 in Bedford County PA. I'd be curious to see > who baby Hugh Riffle's baptismal parents were. This Jacob Riffle is the > son of Barnabas Sr. and Margaret Diffendahl. John the Hatter is the son of > George James Riffle. Barnabas Sr. and George James are brothers - sons of > Matthias. Therefore Jacob who married Catherine Conolly and lived in > Bedford County is the first cousin of John the Hatter who relocated from > Northumberland to Loretto. The areas where the Riffle's were living in > Bedford and the McMullens in Tell Township Huntingdon are not that far > apart. > > > Hugh McMullen > Age: 46 > Birth Year: abt 1804 > Birthplace: Pennsylvania > Home in 1850: Allegheny, Blair, Pennsylvania > Gender: Male > Family Number: 165 > Household Members: Name Age > Hugh McMullen 46 > Mary McMullen 33 > > Hugh Mcmullen > Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Fell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania > Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 > Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 > Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 > Total Free White Persons: 1 > Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1 > > I have not researched James M. from Maryland other than to see some > newspaper clips showing his name listed in political positions. I'm > surprised by the obit stating he came from Maryland to this county with > his parents when he was quite young. The first Riffle I recall seeing in > Cambria census data is John the Hatters family and they clearly came from > Northumberland PA. Perhaps the obit mistook Northumberland for Cumberland > MD? Based on his obit age he would have been 13 years old in 1832 when > John the Hatter arrived in Loretto from Northumberland. > > As always I appreciate any and all the insight. Thanks for following my > saga. > > Perry > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 22:56:22 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mary W Grove <gentwirp@aol.com> > Subject: [PACAMBRI] Ron Weaver > To: PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8D05630837B6E4E-1D14-CEA9@webmail-m238.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > If Ron Weaver is still on our list would he please contact me. > Thanks > Mary > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:37:42 -0500 > From: "JCTripp" <jctripp@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > To: "Baker, Perry L" <Perry.Baker@delta.com>, "Donna Noel Julian" > <bdjlk@roadrunner.com>, <pjohn685@comcast.net>, "Cambria Co. > PACAMBRIA" <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com>, <michael.mertle@comcast.net> > Message-ID: <6822C554CD804FCEADD8930317E5D4F4@JCTRIPP> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I only have a slight touch to the McMillen and Riffle families, so I don't > have them sorted or organized. > I could easily have errors listed and would appreciate any comments. Has > anyone sorted them all? > > I did not have the baptism of Susan Jane McMullen. Just missed that one. > Sure looks good to name a child after her grandmothers (Susan Logan > McMullen & Jane Mariner Riffle or aunt Jane McMullen). > > I am one who has Hugh, husband of Catherine Riffle as the son of Samuel > McMullen & Susan Logan. > This is based solely on the will of Samuel McMullen of Allegheny Twp. > Samuel's will has some more of those slight touch surnames, so I'm hoping > some list members can shed some light. I added a bit in [brackets] for > plain text message. Corrections please. I do believe Sam & Susan as > parents > will be proved to be incorrect after sorting all the children of James & > Ann (Donoghue) McMullen. > > Will of Samuel McMullen - Abstract - > Wife Susan gets the family farm that Sam purchased from Henry J McGuire, > he > the administrator of the will of Daniel Delozier, deceased. He also gives > her the houses and lots he purchased of the Sheriff of Cambria County in > Loretto. After his wife's death, he gives all his personal property to his > daughter Margaret [I don't think she married] and son John [I don't think > he married and I think he needed a caregiver]. He also mentions > granddaughter Margaret Morris and greatgrandson Samuel Morris to care for > son John. > He mentions his daughters Jane [married Arthur McDermitt] and Mary > [married > Thomas Kelly] > and sons James [married Rebecca, the adopted daughter of James & Maria > McDermitt] Hugh [married Catherine Riffle OR NOT] and Alexander [married > Catharine McGuire]. > > > I mentioned Sylvester Weakland's wife Catherine Riffle was strongly > connected to John Riffle of the Summit. He is the fella with a vanity bio > stating he is the son of John & Jane (Mariner) Riffle. > I did find the will of John Riffle, the son. He is in the 1850 census with > parents John & Jane and sisters Catherine, Emily & Elizabeth. > > Abstract - - John Riffel, d 1904 > ______________________________ > Last Will & Testament of John Riffel > > Third I direct that my body shall be interred in the Cemetery attached to > the Catholic Church at Summit, Cambria County, Pennsylvania in the lot > owned by me. And that my Executor expend about the sum of thirty dollars > for a tombstone, and have the same placed at my grave. > > Forth I direct that my Executor shall pay the sum of one thousand Dollars > ($1000) to the pastor of St. Aloysious Catholic Church at the Summit, > Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for masses to be said for the repose of my > soul and that of my beloved wife Margaret Allen Riffle, deceased. > > Fifth I give and bequeath to my nephew, William Libby, son of my deceased > sister, Elizabeth Ann Libby, and his heirs and assigns the sum of five > dollars ($5.00) > > Sixth I further desire that what remains of the proceeds of my property > after paying the foregoing bequests shall be divided by my Executor into > four equal parts and be distributed as follows viz: > To the heirs of my sister, Lydia Jane Litzinger, dec?d widow of Daniel > Litzinger, deceased, her heirs and assigns > I give and bequeath one fourth (1/4) of said balance to my sister > Catherine > Weakland, wife of Sylvester Weakland, her heirs and assigns > I give and bequeath one forth (1/4) of said balance to my nephews William > Humphreys, Edward and Thomas Humphreys, children of my sister Margaret > Humphreys, deceased their heirs and assigns share and share alike. > I give and bequeath one forth (1/4) of said balance to the children of > Nancy Dopp deceased, my sister their heirs and assigns share and share > alike > I give and bequeath the remaining one forth (1/4) of said balance [rest of > this line is blank and the 7th bit is written twice - who was left out?] > Seventh I hereby constitute and appoint A W Buck of the Borough of > Ebensburg, County of Cambria, Pennsylvania as my Executor. > > etc & signed John Riffel 8th October one thousand nine hundred and four > > Registered November 28, 1904 > > Note the remaining one forth, actually the fifth one forth is incomplete > and the seventh point is written twice. > No mention of Mary Catherine Riffle McMullen as his sister. Was she the > sister deleted before the seventh item? > I thought he also might be related to George Riffel who moved to Blair > County. > _____________________________ > > Final notes for this post. > Hugh McMullen in the 1830 census Tell Twp, Huntingdon Co is also in the > 1840 census. This leads me to believe Tell Twp is not Hugh McMullen > married > to Catherine Riffle as the McMullen-Riffles are in Cambria Co Pa by 1835 > and in the 1840 Cambria Co census. However, it is not unheard of to be > enumerated in two locations. > > A fella named Hugh McMullen is godfather to some of the grandchildren of > Samuel & Susan (Logan) McMullen after 1825 & before 1835. I can see that > Hugh, son of Samuel, is not out of the county then and is not such a good > candidate for the husband of Mary Catherine Riffle. That is unless he was > frequently visiting home OR Hugh & Mary Catherine were in Cambria Co and > just decided not to marry or baptize their children at Loretto until James > b 1835, bp 1837 OR the early records of this family are on lost pages. > > In the 1850 census, Hugh & Catherine have farms very near to Charles [son > of James & Anna] & Julia; Matthew [son of James & Anna] & Evaline; James > [son of James & Ann) & Susan. Did James & Ann split the big farm & give it > to 4 of their sons? > I don't know how many children they had. That might help solve the puzzle. > > > Looking at census records & info from John's will, I have some of the > children of John Riffle & Jane Mariner - > Mary Catherine b cir 1812 married Hugh McMullen cir 1829 [yes, I still > think she fits here] > Nancy b cir 1815 married John Dopp 1835 > Lydia Jane b 1832 married Daniel Litzinger 1848 > Margaret M b 1826 married John Humphrreys 1845 > John b 1827 married Margaret Allen Boland 1876 > Catherine M b 1832 married Sylvester Weakland 1855 > Emily b cir 1836 no further information > Elizabeth Ann b cir 1839 married Mr. Libby no further info > > Additional info for the children of Hugh & Mary Catherine (Riffle) > McMullen - - > Rose Ann (1830-1910) married John Barnicle 1863 > Martha J b cir 1832 married James Swinehart 1856 > James b 1835 (1st family baptism in 1837) married Sarah Ann Nagle 1857 > Lucy b 1837 married Arthur J McConnell 1857 > Susan Jane b 1839 no further info > Margaret b cir 1840 - servant to Sam & Susan McMullen in 1860 > Matthew b 1841 no further info > Francis L b cir 1843 no further info > Charles Vincent b 1846 married Catharine Conrad 1865 > Mary Catherine b cir 1848 no further info > > Joan of VA has this Hugh McMullen family posted at Find-A-Grave. She has > Mary Catherine Riffle as the daughter of Henry Riffel and his wife > Elizabeth. > > Regards, Jane Tripp > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Baker, Perry L > To: 'bdjlk@roadrunner.com' ; JCTripp ; pjohn685@comcast.net ; Cambria Co. > PACAMBRIA ; michael.mertle@comcast.net > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:59 PM > Subject: RE: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > > > Well Donna, that's a little bit of a troubling find because I've spent a > lot of time eliminating the Riffle connection to that Hugh. I wish I > could > answer this quickly but I think it's better to arm you all with the facts > as I know them. > > There were three Hugh McMullens living in the area with birthdates within > 5 > years of one another. One was the son of Samuel McMullen and Susan Logan. > Another was the son of James McMullen and Ann Donoughe. I do have two of > the Hugh's Obits. They have all been intermixed by researchers and there > has been a lot of confusion. > > The first census report you show below from 1860 in Clearfield TWP is for > the Hugh McMullen - born 1803 died 1890. > > CAMBRIA FREEMAN EBENSBURG, PA 7 Feb 1890 > Hugh McMullen died at the home of his son-in-law Elias Barnicle, in > Clearfield township, on Monday last, aged eighty-seven years and one > month. > Mr. McMullen was born on the third day of February, 1803, it being the > third day of the week, the third day of the month, and the third year in > the century. > > Elias Barnicle married Hugh and Catherine's daughter Margaret. Elias and > Margaret were witnesses for the wedding of James (son of Hugh and > Catherine) and his wife Sarah Nagle. > > > The facts and Sources: >>From the Souvenir of Loretto centenary: McMullen Hugh and Mary Catherine > Riffel; James, Lucy, Susan Jane 1835-1839. > > Census records: > > 1850 census Cambria co Cleafield twp PA #3/3 Hugh McMullin 45 farmer > Catherine 38 Rosana 20 Martha I. 18 James 16 Lucy 14 Margaret 10 Matthew > I. > 8 Francis L. 7 Charles V. 5 Mary C. 2 > > 1860 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA > #1949/1959 > Hugh McMullin 57 > Catherine 49 > Charles 14 > Catherine 12 > > 1880 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA #10/10 Hugh McMullin 77 Catherine > 69 > >>From researcher Terry Kruise who chronicled the St. Augsutine Cemetery: > Mary "Catharine" (Riffle) McMullen, born about 1812, married Hugh > McMullen. > She died on 15 Jun 1883 at age 71 years, and was buried on 18 Jun 1883 at > St. Augustine Cemetery in St. Augustine, Cambria County, PA. Hugh was born > on 3 Mar 1803 and died 3 Feb 1890 at age 87. He was buried at St. > Augustine > on 5 Feb 1890. They do have tombstones there at St. Augustine, but they > are > a bit worn. Hugh is the son of James & Ann (Donoughue) McMullen > >>From Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania" ( Albert H. Ledoux, > 1996). These were sent to me by another researcher I don?t have a copy of > the books. > > James: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. I, p. 131, #2786 McMullan, Jacobus (Hugonis/Catharinae) > b. 07-04-1835 BP. 11-10-1837 gp: Joannes Fels/Maria Teresia Fels DAG > [St. Michael's] > > Lucy: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. I, p. 131, #02787 McMullen, Lucia (Hugonis/Catharinae) > b. 04-04-1837 > BP. 11-10-1837 gp: Joannes Fels/Maria Teresia Fels DAG. > > Susan Jane: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. I, p. 141, #02995 McMullan, Susanna Joanna > (Hugonis/Mariae) b. 08-10 > BP. 8-20-1839 gp: Jacobus Riffle/Maria Riffle DAG. > > Matthew J.: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. II, p. 11, #0193 McMullan, Matthaeus > (Hugonis/Catharinae) > b. 12-26-1841 > BP. 04-02-1842 gp: Rev. P.H. Lemke/Maria Dearmitt PHL. > > Ledoux CVR, Vol. II, p. 201, #4955 McMullen, Matthaeus > (Hugonis/Catharinae) b. 12-26-1841 > BP. 04-02-1842 gp: Rev. P.H. Lemke/Maria Dearmitt PHL. > > Charles Vincent: > Ledoux CVR, Vol. II, p. 41, #1059 McMullen, Charles Vincent (Hugh/Mary > Catherine Riffle) b. 07-23-1846 HPG. > > The first child listed above is James D. McMullen who married Sarah Nagle > (marriage witnessed by Elias Barnicle and Margaret McMullen). Susan Jane > is > not found in later census reports so she may not have lived long. I have > not yet obtained the records for Rosana or Martha listed on the 1850 > census. As per the census Rosana was born in 1830 (I've seen other > researches quote November 1830 but have not seen the christening record). > All of the information up until this point validates that the Hugh that > died in 1890 is not the son of Samuel McMullen and Susan Logan but the son > of James McMullen and Ann Donoughe. > > Here is the census report for Hugh and Catherine for 1830. They were > together in 1830. By 1840 this Hugh and Catherine had relocated to > Clearfield and lived next to his brothers Matthew and James McMullen. > > Name: Hugh Mc Mullen > [Hugh McMullen] > Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Tell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania > Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 > Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 > Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 > Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 > Total Free White Persons: 2 > Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2 > > This obviously means that they met by 1830. In 1830 John the Hatter was > still in Northumberland PA and can be found there on the census reports. > The history account states that he does not arrive to Cambria County until > 1832. John did have 2 female children under 10 on the 1820 report, but I > do > not have birth documents for them at this time. > > As for the other two Hugh's - here is the obit for one of them: > > FROZEN TO DEATH - Hugh McMullen, a blacksmith by trade, was frozen to > death, on Wednesday night, 13th inst., on the road leading from Altoona > to Wapsononock, near the latter place. > > Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, January 27, 1864 > > The other one died in 1887. Both of these Hugh's who died in 1864 and > 1887 > are buried in St. Michaels in Loretto. The on-line record indicates that > one of them was married to Mary Catherine Riffle. I'm not sure where that > came from. The only documented information I know of for the Riffle name > connection on Mary Catherine Riffle is from the Souvenir of Loretto > records. > > Also from another researcher - -- IN -- > ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH, LORETTO, PA., >>From November 17, 1793, to October 10, 1899 > M'MULLEN, Hugh (of Samuel) 1801 Jun. 21, 1887 > > So one of these two other Hugh's is the son of Samuel. Could he have > married a Riffle too? Possible but an odd coincidence to say the least. > Or > did My Hugh McMullen marry a different Mary Catherine (not a Riffle)? > That > would mean the Loretto books are not correct. > > I know that's a lot. I'll let you digest all that and look forward to > your > reply. > > Thanks, > > Perry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bdjlk@roadrunner.com [mailto:bdjlk@roadrunner.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:47 PM > To: Baker, Perry L; JCTripp; pjohn685@comcast.net; Cambria Co. PACAMBRIA; > michael.mertle@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! > > I found the one connection to the John the Hatter Riffel were that these > two children had Jacob Riffle as a baptismal sponsor: > > CVR Volume II, Baptisms of St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Pa., p. 259: 6230 > LITZINGER, Jacobum Montgomery (Daniele / Lydia Joanna Riffle) b. 09-08 bp. > 09-23-1849 gp: Jacobo M. Riffle / Maria Dodson JAG > > CVR Volume I, Baptisms of St. Michael, Loretto, Pa. p. 141: 02995 MC > MULLAN, Susanna Joanna (Hugonis / Mariae) b. 08-10 bp. 08-20-1839 gp: > Jacobus Riffle / Maria Riffle DAG > > I'm assuming this Jacob Riffle to be the owner of the Mansion House Hotel > in Summitville in this obituary: > > Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., October 14, 1871, p. 3. Obituary. > RIFFLE - > Died, at Summitville, on Saturday last, after a short illness, Mr. JAMES > M. > RIFFLE; aged about 52 years. Mr. Riffle came from Maryland to this county > with his parents when he was quite young, and for the last thirty-five > years he was a resident of Summitville. In his early life he was engaged > for a long time in the mercantile business, but eventually purchased the > old and well known "Mansion House" hotel, of which he was proprietor for > many years prior to his death. He was well and favorably known throughout > the county, and indeed throughout the State, and by his kind and genial > nature and social disposition won hosts of true friends, who will learn > with exceeding regret of his decease in the vigor and fullness of life. > May > he rest in peace eternal. > > As Jane mentioned, he can be found on the 1860 Census in Summitville with > his wife and a child of John and Margaret (Riffle) Humphries, John W. > Humphries. His mother Jane is a widow, living next door, with his > brother-in-law John Humphries and another nephew. > > Here is the clincher and the big question mark. Assuming Hugh McMullen and > Mary Catherine Riffel was this child's baptismal sponsors: > > CVR Volume II, Baptisms of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Summit, Pa., p. 194: 4781 > HUMPHREYS, Jacobum Riffle (Joanne / Margarita Riffle) b. 04-08 bp. > 04-21-1849 gp: Hugo McMullen / Maria McMullen PD > > Why is John Humphries living with another Hugh and Maria McMullen on the > 1860 Census in Loretto, while Hugh McMullen and Catherine are living in > Clearfield township? Two Hugh McMullens married Riffles? > > 1860 Census Clearfield Twp., Cambria > Hugh McMullin 57 Laborer 250 Pa > Catharine (Riffel) McMullin 49 Pa > Charles McMullin 14 Pa > Catharine McMullin 12 Pa > > 1860 Census Loretto Borough, Cambria > Hugh McMullen 55 Laborer 300 Pa > Mary McMullen 45 Pa > James Humphries 10 Pa > > Anyone know who Maria or Mary McMullen wife of the second Hugh is? or who > the second Hugh is? > > Donna Noel Julian > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to > PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to > PACAMBRI@rootsweb.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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 95 > *************************************** > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 8604 (20130724) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 8604 (20130724) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com