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Note: according to the 1930 census Robert was 26 and Elsie was 19 when they first married. That would place the marriage in 1909 not 1911 ??
1900 US Census, Rockhill Borough, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, ED #103, sheet #11 (stamped 306-A), ancestry.com image #21 of 24, dwelling # 238 (originally #70), family # 240 (originally #70), enumerated June 13, 1900.
address: Culvert (?) Street (no numbers were listed)
Henry Walker, head, born Aug 1856, age 43, widower, occupation: RR Day Laborer, rented his house, born in PA, parents born in PA
Maude, daughter, born Oct 1882, age 17, single, at school, born in PA, parents born in PA
Edith, daughter, born Mar 1884, age 16, single, at school, born in PA, parents born in PA
Elsie, daughter, born Sept 1889, age 10, single, at school, born in PA, parents born in PA
Guy, son, born June 1892, age 8 (or maybe 7 still), single, at school, born in PA, parents born in PA
Note: although all 4 children were listed as "at school" , the 2 oldest are shown as having attended 0 months in the previous year, and the 2 youngest had attended for 7 months (the normal number apparently)
Henry's age of 43 and birth date of Aug 1856 calculate out correctly, but do not match with his age in all other censuses or with his birth date in the family Bible. He probably was 47 in 1900 - age was probably supplied by one of the children.
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we have 2 photos of the Walker house in Rockhill, PA, taken about 1907
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Family records indicated she was from Mt. Union, perhaps the family was living in Mt Union in 1911 when Elsie was married. This is unverified.
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1910 US Census, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Ward 6, ED #349, page #6-A, line #2,
enumerated April 28, 1910, ancestry.com, image # 11 of 14.
address: Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Elsie Walker, boarder, age 23, Born in PA, father born in PA, mother born in Canada, occ: nurse in hospital
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1920 US Census Ward 9, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA, dwelling 211, family 255, page 24 of 24,
enumerated January 16, 1920. roll T625_1520, page 12B, ED #460
living at #249 Fisk St, rented
Robert McConeghey (sic) , head, 36, born in PA, father born in PA, mother born in PA, occ: doctor M.D.
Elsie, wife, 30, born in PA, father born in PA, mother born in PA
Josephine, daughter, 8, born in PA, parents born in PA
James, son, 6, born in PA, parents born in PA
Robert, son, 5, born in PA, parents born in PA
Lillian Lockard, cousin, 49, widow, born in PA, father born in PA, mother born in PA
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Note: the "e" spelling of surname in 1920 census is just a blot or a spelling error by the enumerator. As far as we know Robert never spelled his name any other way than "McConeghy".
Lillian Lockard is a complete surprise. We were previously unaware of her existence. Lockard obviously was her married name. She must be identical to the Lilly M. Walker who is listed , age 9, in the 1880 census as a grand-daughter of Eliza Walker, Elsie's grandmother, I have as yet been unable to identify her parents. She was born around 1871.
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1930 US Census, Coudersport Borough, First ward, Potter County, Pennsylvania, ED #6, dwelling # 546, family #556,
sheet #22-B, image #43 of 53, enumerated May 2 1930
(address 103 Water(??) Street) rented house - rent $ 35/mo
Robert K. McConeghy, head, age 45, born in PA, parents born in PA, age at first marriage 26, occ: Physician - general practice,
not a veteran, owned a radio set
Elsie, wife, age 39, born in PA, father born in PA, mother born in Canada-French, age at first marriage 19, occ: none
Josephine, daughter, age 18, born in PA, single, occ: none, attended school
Daniel James, son, age 16, born in PA, single, occ: none, attended school
Robert, Jr., son, age 15, born in PA, single, occ: none, attended school
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Elsie Mae's birth year was given as 1889 in the funeral service book from her husband's funeral in 1944, (only the years were listed) - it is unknown who entered that information (Elsie had passed away 8 years before).
Her gravestone also lists her birth year as 1889. 1900 census shows her birth date as Sept 1889 also.
The Eulalia Cemetery Company records in Coudersport show her birth date as Sept 17, 1889 and date of death as March 21, 1936 (according to the transcription of the records - we have not seen the actual records). McConeghy family notes showed death as April 21, 1936 and her birth date as Sept 19th. We don't know which is correct.
Mike Cady showed date of death as April 20, 1936 and date of burial as April 22, 1936. he may have obtained these from the newspaper obituary and they may be the most accurate at this point. We have no death certificate.
The cemetery marker shows only the years. I believe he also had the Wheeling WV location for the marriage which he may have gotten from newspaper research in Coudersport.
She apparently was a nurse or perhaps a student nurse when she met her future husband.
They apparently were married about 9 months after the birth of their first child, Josephine.
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