Christian Burton Schwenk

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic
• Military Service Record: 4 Feb 1942

Joseph married Joan Jordan on 28 Apr 1950 in New York City, New York. Joan (daughter of Matthew W. Jordan and Katherine "Anna" Tobin) was born on 15 Dec 1922 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; died on 8 Aug 2005 in Florida; was buried in Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co., Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic
• Census: 1930, 115 Columbus Ave., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

Census:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of Household: Daughter; aged 7, born in New York; father born in New York, mother in Pennsylvania

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: “P.O. Clerk” on 1900 Census; “Insurance Salesman” on 1920 census
• Census: 1880, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Military Service Record: 1901, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1905, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Registered for the Draft: 1917, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1920, 206 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1930, 115 Columbus Ave., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Residence: 1932, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Registered for the Draft: 1942, Batavia, Genesee Co., New York

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he is living with his wife and two oldest children in his father's household.

Census:
Living with his parents and grandparents, aged 10/12

Census:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of Household: Son

Census:
Relationship to Head: Son

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Son

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: HeadResidence Marital Status: Married; aged 39; born in New York as with both parents; owns his home; insurance salesman.

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Head; aged 45, born in New York as with both parents; insurance claims adjuster

Matthew married Katherine "Anna" Tobin in 1905. Katherine (daughter of Thomas Alfred Tobin and Anna E. Moser) was born on 28 May 1887 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; died in Apr 1937 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1892, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1905, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1920, 206 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1930, 115 Columbus Ave., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Residence: 1932, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

According to her birth record from Allegheny Co., PA (Pittsburgh), her parents were Ann and Thomas; she was born in 28 May 1887, on Carson St. in the 34th Ward; and her father was a "puddler," working in a mill.

Everyone says that she lived in Altoona (Blair Co, Pennsylvania) when she was young. Maybe the family went to Pittsburgh for the birth, or moved there afterwards. Both her siblings William and Jack/John stayed in Altoona.

In 1900, Anna Tobin, aged 12 (born June 1887) is living with her grandmother Mary Tobin--this is her grandmother. Could she have been counted twice?

I can't find this family on the 1910 census.

Birth:
Family information; this differs by 1 year, however, from the 1900 census

Census:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of Household: Daughter; aged 12 (born May 1888); born in Pennsylvania; both parents born in New York

Census:
Relationship to Head: Sister-in-law

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Daughter-in-law

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Wife; Marital Status: Married; aged 31; born in Pennsylvania; both parents born in New York.

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Wife; aged 40, born in Pennsylvania; both parents born in New York;

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: “RR Conductor” on 1900 census
• Census: 1860, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, 713 Elk St., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1892, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1910, 160 Smith St., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1920, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

Census:
Residence Post Office: Buffalo; aged 3, born in Buffalo

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Son

Census:
Residence Post Office: Buffalo; aged 12

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Son; 22, “labourer”

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Head

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: HeadResidence Marital Status: Married

William married Mary McCormick in 1879. Mary (daughter of Philip McCormick and Honora Duhaney) was born about 1858 in New York State; died in 1922 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1905, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1920, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

According to the 1900 census, both of her parents were born in Ireland.

In 1860, a full picture of her family appears, with her parents Philip and Honora, and 4 siblings.

In 1870, however, she was living with two other people: Michael Moran, his wife Catharine (who I assume is Mary’s older sister by her age), and Lawrence her older brother. It would seem that her parents had died between 1860 and 1870, leaving the children to fend for themselves. This household must be the reason why she is also known as Mary Moran.

In 1880, she was living with her husband William, aged 22.

Census:
Residence Post Office: Buffalo; aged 3, born in New York

Census:
Residence Post Office: Buffalo; aged 13, born in New York, with her brother-in-law Michael Moran as head of household.

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Daughter-in-law; living with her husband William in 1880; aged 22

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Wife

Census:
Relationship to Head: Wife

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Wife

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Wife; Marital Status: Married

Other Events and Attributes:

• Obituary: Obituary, (Altoona, PA), 13 Feb. 1930: Thomas A. Tobin, Sr. — Farther of J.L. Tobin of this city, died at his home in Buffalo, Ny., this morning, according to word received by the son. Funeral services will be conducted in Buffalo on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock and interment will be made there. He is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mary Tobin, Mrs. Grant Reed, Mrs. Anna Jordan, Joseph L. Tobin, Mrs. Lulu Flannegan and Thomas A. Tobin, jr., all of Buffalo, and J.L. Tobin of 709 Sixth avenue, Altoona. One son died last April and his wife died twenty-six years ago.
• Occupation: worked in steel mills
• Census: 1855, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1875, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1892, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1920, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1965, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York

Notes:

In the 1860 US census, Thomas (aged 5) and Joanna (aged 3) Tobin are living in the 11th Ward of Buffalo with Jane Clinton as Head of Household, and four other Clintons, aged in their 20s and 30s.

If as family history (and the 1900 census) has it several members of the family died, perhaps this is where the two youngest were taken up to live. The age here would about match with the age given on the 1880 census for Thomas. And, if their mother is a servant elsewhere, living with another family here makes senses. Were the Clintons relatives?

Second, in the 1870 census, in the 11th Ward, Ellen Tobin, aged 52 and born in Ireland, is the Head of Household for Thomas, aged 16, and Joanna, aged 13, both of whose parents are foreign born. This is the same family as above, it would seem, but is it our Thomas, and why does the 52 year old Ellen Tobin appear now?

In the 1880 census, the family is living in Pittsburgh, and he is working in a steel mill.

In the 1900 census, he is living with wife Anna and 7 children, the oldest age 19.

According to the pattern of how their children were born in this census, this family started out in NYState after being married. After about Sept. 1880 they moved to Pittsburgh. They had three children before they moved there; the older two apparently died, and Sarah was the oldest child to survive. According to the 1880 census, they were living on the South side in Pittsburgh and he was a steelworker. He had been out of work for 4 months within the previous year--moving, getting settled in, finding a job in Pittsburgh. They lived there until after the birth of Louisa. Between Feb. of 1890 and Sept. of 1892 they moved back to Buffalo.

Why did they move to Pittsburgh? Just for work, or was there family? The are 61 other Tobins in Allegheny Co. in the 1880 census. If his father had 6 children (who lived), it's not unlikely that one or more of them had moved to Pittsburgh.

Anna Jordan (b. 1909) says that she visited Pittsburgh when she was a young girl, and talked about relatives who lived in Altoona—see his two children William and Jack.

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Child;

Census:
He is living with just his sister Joanna in the household of Jane Clinton

Census:
Residence Post Office: Buffalo

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Son; aged 21; born in Erie Co., New York; job is sales (?)

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Self; aged 26; born in New York, both parents born in Ireland; laborer in steel works

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Head; aged 46 (born June 1854 in New York); both parents born in Ireland; [job not legible]

Census:
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of Household of House: Father-in-law

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: HeadResidence Marital Status: Widowed; aged 64; born in New York; both parents born in Ireland; no job. Living with one daughter "Mary A. Bill," aged 42. If this is his daughter Mamie, the age is young by about 5 or 6 years.

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Child; aged 11, born in Erie Co.

Buried:
Section Q, Lot 14, Grave 13

Thomas married Anna E. Moser in 1875. Anna (daughter of Christian Moser and Fredericka) was born in Oct 1855 in New York State; died on 19 Aug 1903 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; was buried in Lackawanna, Erie Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, Erie Co., New York
• Obituary: Obituary, Buffalo Courier, 20 Aug. 1903, p1: TOBIN — In this city, August 19, 1903, Anna E., wife of Thomas Tobin, and mother of William, John, Joseph, Thomas, Anna, Louise Tobin, Mrs. H.J. Bill and Mrs. G. Reid. The funeral will take place from the family residence, No. 240 Forest Avenue, on Friday morning at 8 o’clock, and from the Church of the Annunication at 9 o’clock. Friends are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of Branch. No. 56, L.C.B.A., and Oneto Council No. 47, D. of P.
• Occupation: “Seamstress” on 1910 census
• Census: 1865, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1892, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York
• Census: 1916, New York City, New York

Notes:

In the 1870 census there are two Anna Mosers in Buffalo.

One is 11 (b. abt. 1858), both parents born in Wurtemburg. Parents' names are Christian and Fredericka.

The other is 2 (b. abt 1868), father born in Baden, mother in New York. Parents' names are Gabriel and Mary. The 1880 census has this same Anna Moser who is aged 12, born in New York, both parents born in Baden (Germany).

Since the first of Thomas Tobin's children was born in 1880, the first, older Anna Moser must the correct one, though the age seems to be too young by a couple of years. In 1880, she is aged 24 (born abt. 1856), and this matches the 1900 census better--see the notes about the error there, though.

In 1880, this family is living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) with the oldest child being 4 years old.

According to the pattern of how their children were born in this census, this family started out in NYState after being married. After about Sept. 1880 they moved to Pittsburgh. They had three children when they moved there; the older two apparently died, and Sarah was the oldest child to survive. According to the 1880 census, they were living on the South side in Pittsburgh and he was a steelworker. He had been out of work for 4 months within the previous year. They lived there until after the birth of Soasia (Louise). Between Feb. of 1890 and Sept. of 1892 they moved back to Buffalo.

Birth:
from 1900 census, where she's aged 43--it says "Oct. 1965," which must be one decade off.

Burial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182647409

Census:
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter

Census:
aged 11, born in New York; father and mother of foreign birth

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Wife; aged 24; born in New York; both parents born in Bavaria; keeping house

Census:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of Household: Wife

Census:
aged 43 (born Oct. 1865); born in New York; both parents born in Germany; seamstress. If she's 43 in 1900, this must be an error for Oct. 1855.