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Note: 1900 census, enumerated June 1 1900, says Kate and John had been married for 19 years, so the marriage may have taken place after June of 1882. I do not believe that we had any other confirming data for that.
Kate's vocation was teaching, according to Laura Larrabee McConeghy.
Laura Larrabee McConeghy's McConeghy Family Lineage spells her surname Wendell but the surname seems to be more commonly spelled with a single L in various censuses. Our family records note that she was perhaps from Colegrove, PA. Laura Larrabee McConeghy's report says she was born in Colegrove - but 1910,20,30 censuses all say born in NY, she was living in or near Norwich or Colegrave when she married.
Her gravestone is labelled "Kate A."
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1860 US Census, Norwich, McKean County, Pennsylvania, (post office Port Allegany), enumerated August 7, 1860,
page 224 (stamped 770), dwelling #1663, family #1601, ancestry.com image 2 of 9, roll M653_1138.
Paul Wendell, head, age 38, occ: farmer, born in Berne, value of real estate $600, value of person estate $375
Magdalina, wife, age 32, born in Berne
John, son, age 10, born in Berne, attended school
Minnie, daughter, age 8, born in NY, attended school
Kate, daughter, age 5, born in NY, attended school
Mary, daughter, age 4, born in PA
Bernard, son, age 2, born in PA
Berne was how the enumerator spelled Bayern the German word for Bavaria
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1870 US Census, Norwich, McKean County, Pennsylvania, (post office : Colegrove, enumerated August 10, 1870, page 6,
dwelling #45, family #44, ancestry.com image 6 of 7.
Paul Wendel(sic), head, age 47, occ: farmer, born in Bavaria, real estate $1500, personal estate $700,
Lena, wife, age 43, acc: housekeeping, born in Bavaria,
John, son, age 19, born in NY,
Minnie, daughter, age 18, born in NY,
Kate, daughter, age 16, born in NY, attended school
Mary, daughter, age 12?, born in PA, attended school
Barney, son, age 11, born in PA, attended school
Maggie, daughter, age 8, born in PA,
Anna, daughter, age 2, born in PA,
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1880 US Census, Norwich, McKean County, Pennsylvania, pg 2 of 9, dwelling #15, family #15, enumerated June 10, 1880
Paul Wendal(sic), head, age 59, occ: farmer, born in Germany
Lena, wife, age 53, occ: keeping house, born in Germany
Kate, daughter, age 24, single, occ: teaching school, born in NY
Barny, son, age 21, single, at home, born in PA
Maggie, daughter, age 18, single, at home, born in PA
Anna, daughter, age 11, attending school, born in PA
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1900 US Census, Coudersport Boro, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, enumerated June 1 1900, ED #105 sheet # 2A, dwelling #25, family #28, genealogy.com image # 36 of 91.
address : South Main Street (numbers not recorded)
John McConneghey (sic), head, born Nov 1852, age 47, married 19 years,
born in Delaware, both parents born in Scotland (sic), occ: RR Engineer, owned his home (mortgaged)
Kate, wife, born July 1854, age 45, married 19 years, 1 child 1 living, born in New York, both parents born in Germany
Paul, son,born Feb 1884 (sic), age 16, single, born in Pennsylvania
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1910 US Census, ED #111, Ward 2, Coudersport, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, dwelling #83, family # 91, sheet 4-B, enumerated April 15, 1910.
address 405 Main Street
John McConeghy, head, age 58, married 27 years, born in Delaware, parents born in Ireland-Scott.,
occ: Engineer-Rail Road, owned his home
Kate, wife, age 54, married 27 years had 1 child, born in New York, parents born in Germany-German
J. Paul, son, age 26, single, born in Pennsylvania, occ: salesman-Jewelry Store
Note: 1900 census says they had been married for 19 years (about 1881) now 10 years later they say they have been married 27 years (about 1883) and the ages at first marriage given in the 1930 census would place the marriage around 1876 or 1877?? With Paul's birtdate in 1884 the 1883 date for the marriage seems more likely although it would seem more likely that they would have had a more accurate date in the 1900 census
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(Note: Matilda Reidy and daughter Matilda lived next door)
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1920 US Census, Coudersport, Ward 2, Potter Co, PA, visit # 217
John McConeghy, 67, born in DE, parents born in Ireland, occ : engineer
Kate, wife, 63, born in NY, parents born in Germany
Paul, son, 35, born in PA, occ: prop. jewelry store.
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Note: 1920 census age would indicate that she should have been born in about 1856, not 1854 or else she was really 65 in 1920.
1900 census had 1854, but it is not always clear if the enumerators actually got the year from the subjects or if they calculated it from the age they were given or vice versa.
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1930 US census, Coudersport Borough, Ward 2, Potter County, Pennsylvania, ED #6 , dwelling # 312, family #314,
enumerated April 21, 1930, sheet # 12-B, image 23-of-53.
address: 403 South Main Street
John McConeghy, head, age 73, born in Delaware, father born in Ireland - North, mother born in Ireland, occ: Engineer - steam Rail Road,
owned his house - value $5000, first married at age 25, not a veteran, did not own a radio set
Kate McConeghy, wife, age 70, born in NY, parents born in Germany - Bav., first married at age 22, occ: none
J. Paul McConeghy, son, age 46, single, born in PA, father born in DE, mother born in NY, occ: Jeweler - Own Store, not a veteran
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Note: John and Kate's ages are way off in the 1930 census. She should have been 75 in April 1930
John should have been 77 in 1930 (but the census handwriting quite clearly gives 73 and 70 for their ages)
John's age had been consistent in all previous censuses.
Paul's ages are quite consistently correct so perhaps he was the one supplying the ages and didn't have a clear idea of when his parents were born ??
Also note that it says that John was age 25 when first married, but in the 1880 census he is 27 and was still single and living at home with his widowed mother and his siblings.
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