Census Sunday : Clarence Stuber household, 1940, Allen County, Ohio

My paternal grandaunt Vera D. (Haley) Stuber, was enumerated in the 1940 census in Spencer Township, Allen County, Ohio in her husband, Clarence Stuber's household.  They were living in Route 81 section 36 road.

1940 US Census, Allen County, Ohio, population schedule, Spencer Township, enumeration district (ED) 2-66, SD 6, sheet 6B, dwelling 123, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 March 2015); National Archives, Washington, D.C..

The family consisted of Clarence, aged 49, and Vera D., aged 50.  Both of them were born in Indiana, and lived in the same house in 1935.  They were renting their home, and it was valued at $1200.  Clarence had completed the 6th grade, and Vera had completed the 8th grade. Clarence's occupation was listed as a farmer.  



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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 : Burdick

The BURDICK surname is in my paternal line.  The origins of the surname are English.  I descend twice from Robert Burdick through two of his daughters.

Stories and history :

Ahnentafel # 625 : Tacy Burdick (1670-1747).  Tacy was born 1670 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  She married Rev. Joseph Maxson (1672-1750) in 1691.  Joseph was born in 1672 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  They had seven children.  Joseph died September 1750 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Tacy died in 1747 in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Ahnentafel # 1250 : Same as # 2522.

Ahnentafel # 1261 : Deborah Burdick (1662-1692).  Deborah was born 1662 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  She married Rev. Joseph Crandall (1661-1737).  Joseph was born 1661 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  They had eight children.  Joseph died September 12, 1737 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Deborah died in 1692 at Westerly, Rhode Island.

Ahnentafel # 2522 : Robert Burdick (1630-1692).  Robert was born in 1630 in Devonshire, England.  He married Ruth Hubbard (1641-1691) on November 2, 1655 at Newport, Rhode Island.  Ruth was born September 10, 1641 at Agawam, Massachusetts.  They had 11 children.  Ruth died in 1691 at Westerly, Rhode Island.  Robert died October 25, 1692 at Westerly, Rhode Island.

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Grandpa Was Shot By A Chicken Thief !

My uncle and dad had both told me about the fact that my paternal grandfather, Ord LeMaster, had a scar around his heart and that it was supposed that he had been shot when he was younger, perhaps when he had served in the National Guard. Thanks to newspaper research, now I have proof of when he was shot.

Grandpa LeMaster was shot by a chicken thief, and fortunately survived.  Had he not, I would not have been here.

"Ord Lemaster of Salamonia," announcement, Huntington Herald, 9 April 1928; online images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 March 2015).

PORTLAND, April 8 - (INS) - Ord Lemaster, of Salamonia, southeast of here, is recovering from a gunshot wound near the heart, inflicted upon him by an unidentified chicken thief.

Young Lemaster returned home late at night and noticed the door of the chicken house standing open.  He stepped toward it to shut it when out of the dark coop came the shot that laid him low.

A sack containing one chicken, evidently dropped by the thief, was found near the scene of the shooting. 

Ord LeMaster would have been 21 years old at the time of the shooting.  Now that I have the exact date of the incident, I will search the local Portland, Indiana newspaper on my next visit to the library there to see what else I can find out.