Help please with the Adams family. My great grandmother was Jane Rebecca Adams born about 1825, probably in Pennsylvania, but one census record has NY as birth place. She married my great grandfather, Jeremiah Pennypacker, probably in Shamokin, Coal Township, on 16 April 1846 and they settled in Trevorton, Zerbe Township where Jeremiah was the first tailor. Jane Rebecca Adams died on 27 January 1867 in Trevorton. Census Records of the Pennypacker Family The 1850 Federal Census for Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, taken in October 1850 includes Celeste and Emily. Page 184 lists the following, all born in Pennsylvania. Pennypacker, Jeremiah, age 26, Tailor Rebecca, age 25, (First wife, Rebecca Adams, my great grandmother) Celeste, age 3 Emily, age 11 months Holmes, Wells R., age 25, Grocer Page, Alexander, age 27, Brickmaker The non-family persons may have been boarders. By 1860, Elizabeth, age eight, Ellen, age six, and George, age three were added to the family. The Post Office was listed as Trevorton. The 1860 Federal Census for Zerbe Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, (2 July 1860), Page 711 lists the following: Pennypacker, Jeremiah, age 39, Tailor, born PA. Jane, age 36, (Jane Rebecca Adams) born NY. Silvester, age 15, born PA (Possible daughter Celeste?) Elizabeth, age 8, born PA. Ellen, age 6, born PA. George, age 3, born PA. The 1850 census has Pennsylvania as birth state for Rebecca Adams, but the 1860 census has Jane Pennypacker born in New York. Emily was listed at age 11 months in the 1850 census, and not listed in the 1860 census or 1870 census. She may have died as a child or may have been missed by the census taker in 1860 and married by 1870. Celeste is listed as age three in the 1850 census, she is not in the 1860 census, and is listed again in the 1870 census as age 22. Could Sylvester be Celeste in the 1860 census? The names sound the same! My grandmother, Mary May Pennypacker was not born until 1863 so is not included with the family. I would appreciate any help in finding the parents of Jane Rebecca Adams. Louis Fackler Scotts Valley, CA