Ann I have a copy of theWayne borough census for 1860from the DIAMOND STATE DATA SERVICE. On page 818 there is 10 members of the Lee family listed. ---------- > From: Ann O'Hara <yannster@ptd.net> > To: PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAWAYNE] Boundries > Date: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:44 PM > > The reason you didn't find him before 1920 is that the farm was located in > Preston Township, not Starrucca Borough. If you do a search for Starrucca > on Mapquest, you'll see that the borough is roughly rectangular in shape. > Although Shehawken does not show on the map, you'll see Tallmansville to the > southeast of Starrucca. Shehawken is north of Tallmansville and almost > directly east of Starrucca. The distance betrween them is only about five > miles, and the road is mostly in Preston. Based on their neighbors on the > census, I'd place them in Preston Township closer to Starrucca than > Shehawken. > > As for the census, working backward from 1920 - > > 1920. Elmer Lee and family in Starrucca Borough. Reel T625, Page 263. > > 1910. Elmer Lee and family in Preston Township. He and Martha have been > married 23 years. Reel T624-1426, page 242. > > 1900. Elmer Lee and family in Preston Township. He was born October 1862 > in NEW YORK. In other years he says he was born in Pennsylvania. However, > I could find no Elmer Lees in Wayne County in 1880 and 1870. > Reel T623-1495, page 203. > > 1880. There were two Elmer Lees of the right age in New York in areas not > too far from Wayne County: > > Elmer Lee, son of Wallace and Percilla Lee in Hurley, Ulster County, NY. > Reel T-9-939, page 111B. > > Elmer Lee, son of Frank Lee, in Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY. Reel > T9-937, page 138B. > > 1870. Elmore Lee, son of Wallace & Percilla, in Hurley. Reel M593-1105, > page 116. > > You don't tell us the names of Elmer's parents, so the New York Elmers are > highly speculative. I didn't find any Lees in the Ancestry.com index for > Starrucca (which was then called Wayne) Borough in 1850 or 1860. > > Ann > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Richard" <rick@classicsouth.net> > To: <PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:53 PM > Subject: [PAWAYNE] Boundries > > > > I have been trying to find out as much as I can about the Lee family of > > Starrucca. Can anyone out there tell me where the boundry lines of > > Starrucca are? My grand father Elmer Lee owned a farm outside Starrucca on > > the road to Shehaukin. > > ( spelled wrong ). My mother tells me they sold the farm and moved to town > > when she was 14. However, the Starrucca Borough census of 1920is the first > > I can find him and my other relitaves listed. This would have made my > > mother 8 years old . What would be the area they lived in when they were > on > > the farm? My gg grand father and g grand father are listed in the 1860 > > Wayne borough - Starrucca census but there is no sign of Elmer until 1920. > > He was born in 1863 so by this time, 1920, he would have been 57. > > > > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > > Genealogical Research Society Of Northeastern Pennsylvania > > GRSNP@verizon.net www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp 210 Grant Street P.O. Box > 1 Olyphant PA 18447 [570]383-7661 Fax[570]383-7466 > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Research Society Of Northeastern Pennsylvania > GRSNP@verizon.net www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp 210 Grant Street P.O. Box 1 Olyphant PA 18447 [570]383-7661 Fax[570]383-7466 > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >