52 Relatives: 2nd Great-GrandAunt Mary Carringer (1834-1908) of Pennsylvania, Iowa and Colorado

Mary Carringer was born 20 November 1834 in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Feather) Carringer.[1]

In the 1850 United States census, the Henry Caringer family resided in Sandy Creek township, Mercer, Pennsylvania.[2] The family included:

• Henry Caringer, age 56, male, a farmer, $2000 in real property, 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
• Sarah Caringer, age 13, female, born PA, attended school
• Henry Caringer, age 11, male, born PA, attended school
• Loisa Caringer, age 9, female, born PA, attended school
• Matilda Caringer, age 5, female, born PA, attended school
• Harvey Caringer, age 2, male, born PA
• Mary Caringer, age 82, female, born MD

In the 1860 United States census, the Henry Carringer family resided in Perry township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.[3] The family included:

• Henry Carringer -- age 60, male, a farmer, $3200 in real property, $643 in personal property, born PA
• George Carringer -- age 28, male, farmer, $100 in personal property, born PA
• Mary Carringer -- age 24, female, born PA
• Sarah Carringer -- age 22, female, born PA
• Henry Carringer -- age 22, male, laborer, born PA
• Eliza Carringer -- age 17, female, born PA, attended school
• Matilda Carringer -- age 14, female, born PA, attended school
• Harvey Carringer -- age 12, male, born PA, attended school

The Henry Carringer family moved from Mercer County, Pennsylvania to Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa, in about 1864. 

In the 1870 United States census, the Henry Carringer family resided in Columbus City township, Louisa County, Iowa.[4]  The household included:

• Henry Carringer -- age 69, male, white, a farmer, $2000 in real property, $1117 in personal property, born PA
• Mary Carringer -- age 25, female, white, keeping house, born PA
• Louisa Carringer -- age 21, female, white, working in town, born PA
• Harvey Carringer -- age 22, male, white, works on farm, born PA

In the 1880 United States census, Mary Carringer resided with the Eliza Robinson family in Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa.[5] The household included:

• Eliza Robinson - mother, female, white, age 52, widowed, keeping house, born PA, parents born PA/OH
• Henry H. Robinson - son, male, white, age 20, single, at home, born IA, parents born OH/PA
• Sarah E. Robinson - daughter, female, white, age 15, single, at home, born IA, parents born OH/PA
• Elmer E. Robinson - son, male, white, age 13, single, at home, born IA, parents born OH/PA
• Mary Carringer - sister, female, white, age 45, single, at home, born PA, parents born PA/OH
• Louisa M. Carringer - sister, female, white. age 37, single, at home, born PA, parents born  PA/OH, has lingering disease.

After her father died in 1879, Mary Carringer moved to Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado in about 1892, where her siblings Eliza (Carringer) Robinson and David Jackson Carringer resided.

In the 1900 United States census, Mary Carringer (white, female, born Nov 1834, age 65, single, born PA, father born PA, mother born OH, a housekeeper) was a lodger in the 4th Ward of Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.[6]

Mary died 3 January 1908 in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado at age 73 years, 1 month, 13 days.[1,7]  She was buried 6 January 1908 in Columbia Cemeterey in Boulder.[1,7]  

The Columbia Cemetery grave registry notes this information:

• Age: 73y 1m 13d
• Birth Date: Nov 1834
• Birth Place: Pennsylvania
• Death Date: 3 Jan 1908
• Death Place: home, Boulder, CO
• Cause of Death: Lobar pneumonia
• Burial Date: 6 Jan 1908
• Residence: 1844 Pearl St.
• Boulder Residence: 16y
• Clergy or Minister: Rev S B Warner, J.G. Klene
• Father's Name: Heinrich Carringer
• Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
• Mother's Name: Sarah Feather
• Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
• Marital status" Single

SOURCES:

1. Boulder [Colorado] Genealogical Society, Compiler, "Columbia Cemetery Burial Records Search," Columbia Cemetery, database, (https://boulder.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/533b20aeb83d4d5695385da05877a099), Mary Carringer (1835-1908) entry.

2. 1850 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Sandy Creek township,  Page 312, dwelling #853, family #900,  Henry Carringer household; imaged, "United States Federal Census, 1850," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 796.

3. 1860 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Perry township, Page 501, dwelling #571, family #544,  Henry Carringer household;  imaged, "United States Federal Census, 1860," online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 1140.

4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Louisa County, Iowa, Columbus City township; page 359, dwelling #120, family #121,  Henry Carringer household;  imaged, "United States Federal Census, 1870," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archive Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 406.

5. 1880 United States Federal Census, Louisa County, Iowa, Columbus City; Enumeration district 130, Page 512C, lines 16-21, Eliza Robinson household;  imaged, "United States Federal Census, 1880," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 350.

6. 1900 United States Federal Census, Boulder County, Colorado, population schedule, Boulder, ED 161, Sheet 8, page 121, line 8, Mary Carringer entry; imaged, "United States Federal Census, 1900," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 121.

7. Find A Grave, imaged,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colo., Mary Carringer (1835-1908) memorial #50002486.

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Mary Carringer (1834-1908) is my 2nd great-grandaunt and sister of my 2nd great-grandfather, David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902).   

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of  my ancestors back through the 7th great-.grandparents and a number of close relatives.  Information about her father, Henry Carringer (1800-1879) is in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 41: #48 Henry Carringer (1800-1879).

The "52 Relatives" theme is a weekly series to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short genealogical sketches, including important events, and with source citations.  These relatives lived and died within a family structure, and deserve a genealogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in the lives of my ancestral families.  

I add links to the 52 Ancestors and 52 Relatives sketches on the 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies page, in my Ancestry Member Tree, in WikiTree, and in the FamilySearch Family Tree. 

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