Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 9: Was Sarah Auble Elizabeth's Sister?

Previous posts in this series include:

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 1: Finding Elizabeth's Will (25 April 2016).
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 2: Transcription of Elizabeth Auble's Will (28 April 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 3: Identifying Elizabeth Auble's Heirs (29 April 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins -- Post 4: The William Auble Challenges (3 May 2016)
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins -- Post 5: The Sophia Auble Challenges Part 1 (5 May 2016)

*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins -- Post 6: Solving the William Auble Challenge (6 May 2016)
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 7: Sophia Auble's Descendants (10 May 2016)
*  Making Progress on My Auble Cousins - Post 8: Nathan Auble's Descendants (17 May 2016)

In this series of posts, I am discussing the challenges that I found with the heirs of Elizabeth Auble named in her 1893 will.

1)  In the will, these persons were listed among those who received a bequest of money:


*  Elizabeth Schunover -- relationship to Elizabeth not stated.  She was bequeathed $500.  I did not know of Elizabeth Schunover before reading Elizabeth's will.

*  Anna Dickerson -- relationship to Elizabeth not stated, wife of Wesley Dickerson.  She was bequeathed $500.  I did not know of Anna Dickerson before reading Elizabeth's will.

*  David Schunover -- relationship to Elizabeth not stated.  He was bequeathed $300.  I did not know of David Schunover before reading Elizabeth's will.

*  Louie Dickerson - relationship to Elizabeth not stated, and the daughter of Wesley Dickerson.  She was bequeathed $300.  I had no knowledge of Louie Dickerson before reading Elizabeth's will.

I started to research these Schunover (or Schoonover?) and Dickerson persons, knowing that Anna was the wife of Wesley Dickerson, and figured that Louie was probably related to Anna and Wesley.  I had no clue who the Schunovers were.  

2)  Since Anna and Wesley were apparently married, I decided to start with them - where did they live in the 1880 and 1900 U.S. census, who were their children?  I expected that they might be living in Sussex or Warren County, New Jersey.  I quickly found Anna with several children, and her mother, in the 1880 U.S. Census:


Source:  1880 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Warren County, New Jersey, population schedule, Pahaquarry, ED 197, page 396C, dwelling #179, family #186, Anna Dickerson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 May 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 799.

This indicates that Anna Dickerson is age 30, widowed, with four children (Bias, Loretta, Edward and Gertie), and with am other, Sarah Schoonover, aged 65.

Now I have some more names to work with, so I checked the 1900 U.S. Census, and found:


Source:  1900 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Newark Ward 4, ED 34, page 2A, dwelling #14, family #19, Anna Dickeson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 May 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 963.

In this record, Anna "Dickeson" was born Feby 1851, age 48, widowed, had 6 children born and living, with children Sadie (born 1876), Gertrude (born 1879) and Lucella (born 1881).

So I have evidence of the six children of Anna Dickerson - Bias, Loretta, Edward, Gertrude, Sadie and Lucella.  Is Lucella the "Louie" Dickerson in the will?  I don't know, but it's possible.  

But is this the correct Anna Dickerson?  There were several in New Jersey in the 1880 and 1900 census records.  After all, it says she is widowed in both the 1880 and 1900 records.  There is no sign of Wesley Dickerson, Anna's purported husband.  Amazingly, there is another family of Wesley and Anna Dickerson residing in Morris County, New Jersey with different names for their children.

3)  I wondered if there was a Find A Grave record for Anna Dickerson, so I searched and did not find one for that spelling.  Only when I searched for Ann Dick (Find A Grave lets you use the first letters of names in their search fields) and New Jersey did I find this:


Source:  Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Newton Cemetery, Newton, N.J., Anna Schoonover Dickisson memorial #14629082.

The stone says "Anna Schoonover, wife of Wesley Dickisson, died Nov 26 1917 aged 67 years."

Apparently, this Anna Dickisson was a Schoonover at birth.  That matches with the mother's name on the 1880 U.S. Census - Sarah Schoonover.

I never did find any record for the Wesley Dickerson who married Anna.  She was listed as widowed in both 1880 and 1900, but she apparently had another Dickerson child - Lucella - in 1881 according to the 1900 census.

4)  I did a search for Sarah Schoonover and quickly found Sarah Schoonover in the same cemetery:


Source:  Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Newton Cemetery, Newton, N.J., Sarah Auble Schoonover memorial #63414330.

The gravestone says:  "Sarah Auble Schoonover, died Feb. 26, 1890, aged 79."

What?  Sarah Auble?  I don't have a person with that name born about 1811 in my database!  

5)  Who was her husband?  Did she have children other than Anna (Schoonover) Dickerson (1851-1917)?  

I easily found Sarah Schoonover in the 1850 and 1860 U.S. census records.  Here she is in the 1850 census:


Source:  1850 United States Federal Census, Warren County, New Jersey, population schedule, Hardwick, page 344A, dwelling #56, family #60, Elijah Schoonover household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 May 2016); citing Natinoal Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 465.  [Note:  This family is indexed correctly, but the source and the links on Ancestry go to the wrong image].

Sarah Schoonover (age 35) was married to Elijah Schoonover (age 36), and their purported children in the 1850 census are Morris (age 12), Lucilla (age 11), James (age 9), Martha E. (age 7), Euphemia (age 4), and Samuel S. (age 1).

In the 1860 U.S. Census, the family includes:


Source:  1860 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Warren County, New Jersey, population schedule, Pahaquarry, page 540, dwelling #349, family #349, Elijah Schoonover household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 May 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 709.

In this record, Elijah Schoonover is age 48, Sarah is age 47, Morris is age 23, Martha is age 15, Samuel S. is age 11, and Amy is age 6.  

6)  Amy?  Is Amy really Anna?  Perhaps.  

Then I found this record in the "New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931:"


Source:  "New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931," indexed database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Ann Schoonover entry, 1851.

While this is a derivative record, it is from the New Jersey birth record microfilms on FamilySearch. The date also matches the 1900 U.S. Census birth month and year for Anna Dickeson.

7)  My conclusion is that Ann Schoonover was the daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Auble) Schoonover, was enumerated as Amy in the 1860 census, was enumerated as Anna Dickerson in the 1880 census, Anna Dickeson in the 1900 census, and is the Anna Schoonover Dickisson in the Newton N.J. Cemetery grave.

It appears that Elijah and Sarah (Auble) Schoonover had at least 7 children - Morris, Lucilla, James, Martha, Euphemia, Samuel, and Anna.  

I tried to find families for each of these children besides Anna, and was successful in finding that James K. Schoonover married Sarah Stire and two of their 11 children were Elizabeth Schoonover (born 1873) and David Schoonover (born 1886).  Of course, there may be some other Elizabeth and David Schoonover persons also related to Sarah (Auble) Schoonover, but I haven';t found them yet.

I also found that Euphemia Schoonover (born about 1846) to Elijah and Sarah (Auble) Schoonover, married Bison Rosenkrans and had two children.  Rosenkrantz was mentioned as the grandfather of Elizabeth Snover in Elizabeth Auble's will.  

I have done a lot more searching for records of these Schoonover and Dickerson families, and have an Ancestry Member Tree for all of the Auble folks to help me sort them out.

8)  My conclusion is that Sarah Auble (1811-1890), who married Elijah Schoonover (1810-1892) and had 7 children, was the mother of Anna (Schoonover) Dickerson, and the grandmother of  Lucella "Louie" Dickerson, Elizabeth Schoonover and David Schoonover.  The latter four persons were heirs to Elizabeth Auble in her 1893 will.

9)  My second conclusion is that Sarah Auble (1811-1890)  is the sister of Elizabeth Auble (1814-1899), and to my second great-grandfather, David Auble (1817-1894).  

This evidence stream is direct evidence of the events involved, but is indirect evidence as to the relationship of Sarah (Auble) Schoonover with Elizabeth Auble.  I have found no conflicting evidence for that relationship, but I have only the one link from Sarah's gravestone as far as her maiden name.  

However, it makes sense to me - Elizabeth Auble named some of her closest relatives (siblings, nieces, nephews, etc.) as heirs in her 1893 will.  I think that all of the persons named in the will as her heirs were related to her.  In this case, Sarah Auble had died and Elizabeth named the youngest child of Anna, Anna's youngest child, and two children of Sarah's son, James Schoonover.  

There are still "mystery persons" in Elizabeth Auble's will, and my research has slowed down a bit due to other priorities.  I will return to finish off the list!

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3 comments:

Enno Borgsteede said...

Hi Randy,

This is very interesting, because the Schoonover surname reminds me of a small town in the Dutch province of South-Holland, which is named Schoonhoven. A Schoonhover, with that second H, would be a person from Schoonhoven, which is quite close to Leiden, which is the origin of many pilgrim fathers, I think.

When I try Schoonover on FamilySearch, and filter for births on this continent, there are almost 300 originating in Germany, and 485 in The Netherlands. With an exact search, Germany wins, with 60 persons, and only 4 from The Netherlands.

cheers,

Enno

Geolover said...

Randy, I am glad you made some headway on the Schoonover connection.

Warren and Sussex Counties, NJ were hotbeds of Schoonovers who migrated to the Minisink section of Delaware River -- both sides -- in the early 1700s, from Esopus, NY.

There is a humungous ongoing catalogue of these Schoonovers / Van Schoonhovens at https://sites.google.com/site/schoonoversinamerica/

There is a site search engine which has failed to come up with the family of Elijah and his Auble spouse. Those who are presently running the site might be grateful for what you have come up with about Elijah's family and the Auble connection. For the most part, the site tries to show sources for posted data and to give specific dates and places. The early generations are tough due to constant re-use of same first-names, but good headway has been made.

Enno Borgsteede said...

Randy, I mixed up Schoonhoven and Voorschoten, so please forget about that alleged proximity to Leiden. I checked the site mentioned by Geolover, but didn't find proper clues about the birth place of the first Van Schoonhovens. I can't relate the places mentioned on that site to any existing ones on current maps, so you would probably need some immigration documents to find out what was actually written.