There is a Mary Nulf, died March 30, 1892 aged 81y3m buried in the Brockport Cemetery in Horton Twp., Elk Co., PA. Is this Lawrence's wife? If so, then she must have shaved a few years off her of age in the 1850 census-- she would have been more like 39? ----- Original Message ----- From: GJ & SJ <gljslj@penn.com> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:57 AM Subject: [PAELK] Lawrence Nolf and his (TWO?) wives > I know there are some people on this list working on this family or at > least working on Nulf and it's many spellings. > > Did Lawrence Nolf of Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, in fact, have two wives? > > The 1850 census of Redbank Twp., Armstrong Co., PA (Dwelling # 278/280) > seems to suggest that he did. Lawrence is born circa 1789, but his wife > Mary Ann is listed as being 26 years of age on this census. This makes her > too young to be the mother of the oldest children, who are aged 18, 16 and > 12. There are roughly two years between each child up to Lavina Nulf, born > circa 1841, and then there is a four year gap between Lavina and the next > child, Margaret, aged 5 and born circa 1845. Therefore, I am thinking that > perhaps that the first wife died sometime after 1841, and Lawrence > remarried sometime before 1844. > > 1850 Redbank Twp., Armstrong Co., PA > > Lawrence Nulf aged 65 > Mary aged 26 > Catherine aged 18 > William aged 16 > Mary A. aged 12 > Sarah aged 10 > Levina aged 9 > Margaret aged 5 > Adam aged 4 > John aged 2 > > Now if this is the case and Lawrence DID have two wives, was the first one > ALSO named Mary? Baptismal records found at the Alcola Trinity Church in > Redbank Twp., Clarion Co., PA seems to suggest this. There is a baptism > for daughter Catharina Nolf, born 5/30/1833, and the parents are given as > Lawrence and Mary Nulf. Sponsors are David Silvis and wife Catherine. > > Was the age given (26) for the Mary Ann Nolf on the 1850 census an error? > Was she more like 46? Was she the only wife of Lawrence Nolf? > > Margaret Wright Bennett, you probably know more about this family than > anyone else that I know. Any comments or ideas appreciated. > > If we can tackle this one, we can then attempt to tackle the two John Nolfs > that were born within one month of each other in 1848 that lived in this > area. Apparently one had children, and one did not. But which one is > which? :-) Isn't genealogy fun? > > Sherry > > > ==== PAELK Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Elk Co., PA mailing list, send an e-mail to paelk-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. (minus the quotation marks!) > >