The treasure today is the 1850 United States Census record for my Carringer 3rd great-grandfather and his family in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania:
The entry for the Henry Caringer family is:
The extracted information for the family, residing in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, taken on 24 August 1850, is:
* Henry Caringer - age 56, male, a farmer, real property worth $2000, born Pa
* Eliza Caringer - age 23, female, born Pa
* Jackson Caringer - age 21, male, a carpenter, born Pa
* George Caringer - age 18, male, a farmer, born Pa
* Cornelius Caringer - age 17, male, a farmer, born Pa
* Mary Caringer - age 14, female, born Pa, attended school within the year
* Sarah Caringer - age 13, female, born Pa, attended school within the year
* Henry Caringer - age 11, male, born Pa, attended school within the year
* Loisa Caringer - age 9, female, born Pa, attended school within the year
* Matilda Caringer - age 5, female, born Pa, attended school within the year
* Harvy Caringer - age 2, male, born Pa
* Mary Caringer - age 82, female, born Md
The source citation for this census entry is:
1850 United States Federal Census, Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, population schedule, Sandy Creek township, Page 312, dwelling
#853, family #900, Henry Carringer household, online database, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432,
Roll 796.
There are some errors in the ages of these family members - for instance, my family data shows:
* Henry Carringer (56) was born in June 1800, and therefore was 49 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Eliza Carringer (23) was born in June 1827, and therefore was 22 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* David Jackson Carringer (21) was born in November 1828, and was 21 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* George Carringer (18) was born in about 1832, and was about 18 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Cornelius A. Carringer (17) was born in December 1834, and was 15 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Mary Carringer (14) was born in November 1835, and was 14 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Sarah Carringer (13) was born in about 1837, and was about 13 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Henry Carringer (11) was born in about 1839, and was about 11 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Louisa Carringer (9) was born in about 1842, and was about 8 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Matilda Carringer (5) was born in April 1845, and was 5 years of age on 1 June 1850.
* Harvey Carringer (2) was born in 1848, and was about 2 years of age on 1 June 1850.
So several ages are off by a year or more for some of these persons, which is fairly common to see. This is the only record I have for several of the children. We don't know who the informant was for this record; it may have been the oldest daughter, Eliza.
My records indicate that Henry's wife, Sarah (Feather) Carringer, died on 9 April 1848 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. That narrows Harvey's birth date to April or before of 1848.
Note that Mary Carringer, Henry's mother and the widow of Martin Carringer, is on the next page image of this census record, but part of this family. This is the only record I have of her approximate birth year of 1767-1768, and her birthplace, Maryland.
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