message exchange ... BEGIN > ===================================================================== > Source: WHARTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WHARTON] Wharton (NJ>MD) > > > Dave, > I started looking for a Robert Wharton/Whorton first in the 1860 census. I > used various combinations of born in NJ living in NJ, MD, anywhere. I > omitted born in NJ and tried and still couldn't find him. I thought that I > would find him living with his parents. > I went to the 1870 census and still could not find Robert, but I stumbled > across something rather interesting, especially since you suspected that > his L might be for Lake. In Lawsons Twp., Somerset Co., MD, I found an > Edward Wharton 51 and wife Hannah 38 with young children, living next door > to John Lake 46 and Wife Sarah 41 and family. All of both families listed > as born in NJ except DE for Edward. Edward listed as oysterman and John as > oystering. > 1860 census can't find Edward, but John Lake and family are in Downe Twp., > Cumberland Co., NJ. 1850 census finds Edward listed 27 with wife Sarah 27 > and 5 children from 9 to 1, the youngest being Robert Wharton age 1. They > are in Downe Twp., Cumberland Co., NJ. John Lake is also there, single, > living with his widowed mother. Wonder if Edward's Sarah might not have > been a Lake. > As to Robert's age, the 1880 census showed him 31, the 1900 - 48, the 1910 > - 57 and the 1920 had him 73. Those give potential birth years of about > 1849, 1852, 1853 and 1847, so the 1 year old in 1850 could well be him. > Dave >> [Original Message] >> From: Dave B. >> To: >> Date: 1/20/2006 12:22:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [WHARTON] Wharton (NJ>MD) >> >> Dave, >> >> See "Robt. Whorton": Crisfield District, Somerset County, Maryland, >> enumeration district 72, p. 331D (16), dwelling 142, lines 16-19. >> >> By the way, I suspect that this man's middle initial stood for "Lake" >> and that it may have been a family (sur)name from an earlier >> generation. >> >> Dave >> > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:30:46 -0500 >> > From: "DAVID PHILLIPS" >> > To: WHARTON-L@rootsweb.com >> > Message-ID: <410-220061419203046312@earthlink.net> >> > Subject: RE: [WHARTON] Wharton (NJ>MD) >> > >> > Dave, >> > I find only 1 Robert Wharton in the 1880 census in MD, and he is in Talbot >> > Co., b: abt 1864 in MD. Could find no Whartons at all, in the 1880 census >> > in MD, born in NJ. >> > Dave >> > >> > >> > > [Original Message] >> > > From: Dave B. >> > > To: >> > > Date: 1/18/2006 11:54:23 PM >> > > Subject: [WHARTON] Wharton (NJ>MD) >> > > >> > > Does anyone know who the parents of Robert L. WHARTON (b. ca. 1852) >> > > were? Census records indicate he was born in New Jersey, but living >> > > in Somerset County, Maryland by 1880. >> > > >> > > Dave END