Census Sunday : Tobias Chew household, 1940, Indiana County Pennsylvania

My paternal first cousin 3 times removed, Tobias Otterbein Chew, was enumerated in the 1940 census in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.  He was living in a rented house in Ward 3 of the city.

1940 U.S. Census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 3, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 32-46, SD 27, sheet 9B, household 185, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 March 2015); National Archives, Washington, D.C..

The family consisted of Tobias, aged 55, and his wife, Muriel, aged 51, and their son, John, aged 15.  Tobias was born in Ohio, Muriel was born in Wisconsin and John was born in Indiana.  The family had resided in the same place in 1935.  Tobias' occupation was listed as Sociology Instructor at the State Teachers College.

Prior to this find, I did not know that Tobias and Muriel had a son.  I had previously transcribed Tobias' World War II draft registration where his occupation as a teacher at the State Teachers College was listed.  I still need to find the earlier details of his life, including his marriage.

Census Sunday is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites.

State & Federal census sheets are filled with information for genealogists. Both the population & non-population schedules give us insights into the lives of our ancestors. What have you found that is Surprising? Reassuring? Bewildering? Census Sunday is a daily blogging prompt suggested by Colleen Pasquale of Leaves and Branches.

Surname Saturday : Budd

The BUDD surname is in my paternal line.  The origins of the surname are English, and were members of the Society of Friends.

Stories and history :

Ahnentafel # 569 : Susanna Budd (1691-     ).  Susanna was born in 1691.  She married Samuel Woolston (1687-1761).  Samuel was born 1687 in Burlington County, New Jersey.   They had eight children.  Samuel died before June 13, 1761 in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.

Ahnentafel # 1138 : William Budd (1649-1722).  William was born in 1649.  He married Ann Clapgut (1655-1722).  Ann was born in 1655.  They had at least three children.  Ann died September 30, 1722.  William died March 25, 1722.

Surname Saturday – create a post in which you discuss a surname and mention its origins, its geographical location(s) and how it fits into your genealogy research. Surname Saturday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.

W.H. Metzner gone to Delphos, Ohio

Portland, Indiana Weekly Sun
January 2, 1900, page 5

W. H. Metzner has gone to Delphos, Ohio.

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Love finding these snippets of local comings and goings in the newspapers of old.  This is likely William Henry Metzner (1848-1921), son of William and Barbara (Powell) Metzner.  In 1898, he was living at 247 Shanks Street in Portland.  Originally, I thought this news item might mean he went visiting relatives in Delphos, which is a border town of Allen and Van Wert counties in Ohio. He might have been moving there.  I need to search the 1900 census to see where he was living.