Hi Robin, I live in Missouri, but searching Heritage Quest online census I found 80 listings for Stiffel from 1860 to 1920. 1860 Adolph 40, born in Prussia, living in Ohio, Darke County, Patterson Twp Christian 17 Wurt OH Hamilton 11-WD Cincinnati Fanny 45 Bavaria LA Orleans Parish 6-WD, New Orleans Frederick 30 Wurttemberg NJ Essex 5-WD Newark Jacob 40 (a brother of Thaddeus?) OH, Wyandot, Crane Twp Jacob Stiffel 40, born in Ger / no occupation listed Maria 35 Germany William 9 Germany Charles 7 Germany Albert 5 Germany 1870 F J 41 Wurt, living in NJ Essex 5th Ward Newark Fred 6 NY NY New York 12-Wd 18-Election Dist, Public New York Juvenile Asylum (Orphanage?) Frederick 6 NY NY New York 15-WD 10-E D, Inmate of Asylum (Orphanage?) Parents- foreign birth Jacob 53 Baden OH Wyandot Salem Twp John 43 Wurt PA Philadelphia 16-Wd 49-Dist Julius 28 PA PA Allegheny 15-Wd Pittsburgh Robert 26 TN LA Caddo Shreveport Thaddeus PA, Lancaster 212th dist 8th ward / on Page 27 Dwelling visited - 204 / Family - 225 Thaddeus 48, stone mason, born in Wurttemberg Cath. 43 keeping house, born in Bavaria Chris 18 work in Cotton Mill, born in PA Caroline 15 work in C M PA Eliza 13 work in C M PA Abram 12 PA Henry 10 PA Kate 8 PA Barbara 6 PA Emma 1 PA Family of Catharines brother may be listed on the same census page - 27 Snyder Rose 7 born in PA Eliza 5 PA Anna 3 PA Her brother may be listed on the previous page - 26 Dwelling visited 194 / Family 212 Snyder Michael 49 Shoemaker born in Bavaria Cath. 48 Keeping House born in Bavaria Cath. 22 Seamstress born in Penn Henry 18 Tin Smith (?) Penn Lora 9 Penn 1880 A Wallace 33 NY CO Arapahoe County Denver 1900 Albert 58 Albert R 45 Alexander 42 Germ Annie 53 Germ PA Lancaster 8-Wd Lancaster Cathrine 73 Germ Lancaster 8-Wd Lancaster (Thaddeus must have died before census; Catharine is living with a daughter) House number 520 (St. Joseph), 144th dwelling visited, 149th family Carter, Harry, head of house, birth date -June 1864, 35, Marr 13 yrs, born PA, parents born in Delaware, occupation - Cotton Mill Kate, wife, Dec 1864, 35, Marr 13, 2 children, 1 living, born in PA, parents born in Germany John H, son, Sep 1896, 3, PA PA PA Stiffel Cathrine, M-in Law, Aug 1827, 72, Wd (Widow), married 66(?) yrs., 11 children, 11 living, born in Germany, parents born in Germany, year of immigration 1842, 58 yrs in US 1900 Stiffel listings (continued) Charles 18 Germ PA Philadelphia 22-Wd Philadelphia Elizabeth 72 PA PA Lancaster 5-Wd Lancaster Elmira 42 PA PA Northampton Freemansburg Boro Frank 14 Germ IL LaSalle LaSalle Twp Fred 24 IL IL Cook 20-Wd Chicago John 58 Bohemia IN Pulaski Cass Twp Jules 44 LA TN Shelby 8-Wd Memphis Maggie 25 VA VA Roanoke Big Lick Dist Melia M 28 LA LA St Mary Ward 3 Nick 46 WI WI Fond du Lac Ashford Good luck to you and your mother! Shirley J Kunkle Searching names: Elliott, Hite, Hostetter, Mankey, Moninger, Newcomer, Phillips --- Scharff@aol.com wrote: > I am asking for some help from those of you on this > list. My mother has > been asking me to help trace her roots. I have > found a number of ancestors, but > I am stuck on one line on an immigrant couple. > > My sister called yesterday (she and my mother are > 1,000 miles from me) and > informed me my mother has been diagnosed with > extremely high (stroke-level) > blood pressure and Alzheimer's. The good news is > she still has good days, but > the bad news is she refuses to take her meds. (This > has been going on for > months, apparently, but my mother has been ok when > I've spoken to her). At any > rate, I would like to be able to give her some news > on this branch of her > family -- it's the only place where I've been stuck, > and she wants to know that > info in particular......not sure why, except that > it's her father's paternal > line, and she was very close to him. I would like > to get at least a little > more info and send it to her while she can still > enjoy the knowledge. > > My ancestors were Thaddeus STIFFEL and Catharine > SNYDER (possibly Schneider > and Anglicized to Snyder). Thaddeus was born 1822 > and Catharine 1828, both > in Wurtemburg. I am not sure when they came to > Lancaster Co. or if they were > married in Germany or the US. > > I have their children, etc., after they came. > However, I don't have their > parents or siblings or even a burial place for them > (they may or may not have > been Mennonite, but I've not been able to find them > on the MENNO mail list or > any Mennonite sites, microfilms, etc. that I've > looked at). I know that (a) > the birth years are probably correct, as born out by > later censuses, (b) > Thaddeus' father was possibly named Jacob, as their > first son was named that, > and (c) there were a Christian Stiffel and an Andrew > Stiffel in Lancaster Co. a > bit earlier than Thaddeus (he first appears on the > 1850 census, Christian is > on the 1840), but I have no way of knowing if there > is a connection. I know > families at the time frequently named their children > after family members, > but Thaddeus and Catharine had no sons named > Christian or Andrew (although, to > be fair, they had mostly daughters -- the boys I've > found are Jacob, > Augustus, and Abraham). > > I have looked numerous times over the years at the > FHC here, but nothing > has turned up. I probably will not be able to get > back over there for a few > more weeks (at least). If anyone can turn up > anything on Thaddeus and > Catharine and their birth families, I would be very > grateful. I will be going at it > ASAP at my end, but I know some of you live in the > Lancaster area (Thaddeus > and Catharine lived in Millersville), or might have > more books, etc., than I > do. > > I appreciate you taking the time to read this and > thanks in advance for any > help. > > Robin Scharff > > Names connected to my STIFFEL line (working > backwards in time): CARUTHERS, > FOREMAN, MCCORMICK, BAKER (poss. BOKER) > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are > getting list or digest mode then e-mail > PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or > PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in > message. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com