James Elder of Cowanshanoc Twp., Armstrong County, PA - formerly of Indiana Co,. PA. Will mention wife Elizabeth. Son ? W Elder, Son Samuel, Daughter Eliza, daughter Mary Miller, son Robert H, witnessed by William Coulter, William Lytle
Name: James Elder Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States Event Place (Original): Cowanshanoc, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States Gender: Male Age: 66 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1784 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Schedule Type: 1850 Population House Number: 132
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Elder M 66 Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Elder F 59 Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Elder F 21 Pennsylvania
James W Elder M 19 Pennsylvania
Household ID: 134 Line Number: 4 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 749 GS Film Number: 20599 Digital Folder Number: 004191072 Image Number: 00464 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01023-7 Record Number: 19146
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44F-NMM : 21 December 2020), James Elder, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
James Elder Will source Armstrong County, PA Vol 2, p. 32-33 - estate 990 James Elder 1852 Cowanshannoc Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
"Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8991-ZX5M?cc=1999196&wc=9PM6-RMQ%3A268497101%2C268535901 : 3 July 2014), Armstrong > Wills 1805-1873 vol 1-2 > image 251 of 597; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
Name: Mary Kelsey Event Type: Death Event Date: 24 Feb 1905 Event Place: Sioux, Iowa, United States Event Place (Original): Sioux City, Iowa, United States Gender: Female Age: 85 Birth Year (Estimated): 1820 Death Place: Sioux City Father's Name: James Elden Mother's Name: Elizabeth Coulter Document Number: 970463
Other information in the record of Mary Kelsey Name: Mary Kelsey Event Type: Death Event Date: 24 Feb 1905 Event Place: Sioux, Iowa, United States Event Place (Original): Sioux City, Iowa, United States Gender: Female Age: 85 Birth Year (Estimated): 1820 Death Place: Sioux City Father's Name: James Elden Mother's Name: Elizabeth Coulter Document Number: 970463
Digital Folder Number: 102903010 Image Number: 00429 Record Number: 0
Citing this Record "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPDW-RJ2D : 18 October 2019), James Elden in entry for Mary Kelsey, 24 Feb 1905, Sioux, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102903010.
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Traces to Robert ELDER --Birth: Abt. 1679 in Scotland -- Death: 28 Jul 1746 in Paxton, Dauphin, PA
Source: Egle's "Pennsylvania Genealogies"
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