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Sarah Anne Ennis

Female 1831 - 1834 - Aft 1900  (66 years)


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  • Name Sarah Anne Ennis  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 1831 - 1834  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1850  Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    In the Henry and Jane McDowell household with two of their grandchildren and a younger brother 
    Census 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Bolivar P.O. 
    Residence 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    With husband Samuel McDowell and six children 
    Census 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    New Florence P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Keeping house 
    Residence 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    With husband Samuel McDowell and eight children 
    Census 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Enumeration District 116 
    Occupation 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Keeping house 
    Residence 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    With husband Samuel McDowell and six children 
    Census 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Enumeration District 81 
    Residence 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    With son Charles W McDowell, daughter-in-law Rachel C (Miller) McDowell and two grandchildren 
    Died Aft 1 Jun 1900  [9, 12
    Notes 
    • Investigated the possibility that she was a sister of Franklin (1830-1912) and Lucy Anne (1840-1928) Enos of Somerset Co., Pennsylvania; children of John Enos (-1839) and Sarah Vought. However, estate records for John Enos indicate that he had only the two children (20190505)
    • Another John Ennis family is present in Pine Twp., Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania with two daughters born in the 1830s (1840 US Census) -- needs investigation (20190505)
      This John Ennis does not appear in the index to Allegheny Co. estate records or the indexes to Allegheny Co. deed records (2019 Dec 02)
    • Catherine Enos of Milford Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania d. abt. 10 Sep 1867 (letters of admin. issued that day), leaving at least nine heirs, including the two children of John (see last note) and a Sarah; this Sarah had been married to a Jacob Snyder; both were deceased by the 1867 date (Somerset Co., Pennsylvania Orphan's Court Auditor Reports, v. 4 p. 66 (2019 Dec 02)
    • Grantor index to Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania deeds searched; no deed from an Enos/Ennis to a McDowell (26 Dec 2019)
      Grantee index to Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania deeds searched; no deed to an Enos/Ennis involving a McDowell (26 Dec 2019)
    Person ID I2763  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Family Samuel McDowell,   b. 30 Nov 1824, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1896, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Notes 
    • Likely married late 1849
    Children 
     1. William McDowell,   b. 1851-1853, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1885, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Mary J McDowell,   b. 16 Jun 1853, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1934, Clyde, Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Susanna McDowell,   b. 1855 - Apr 1856, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1905, Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     4. Ella R McDowell,   b. 11 May 1857, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1942, Duquesne, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Henry McDowell,   b. 1859 - 1860, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 24 Mar 1896  (Age 36 years)
    +6. John Ennis McDowell,   b. 22 May 1863, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1914, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     7. Emma McDowell,   b. 9 Aug 1865, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1938, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     8. Charles Wesley McDowell,   b. 23 Apr 1869, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1943, Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F1254  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S40167] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Marriages 1885-1888, Delia Reagan Fischer, comp., (Delia Reagan Fischer, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1980), 134 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2009.
      Marriage record of John Ennis McDowell mentions mother Sarah.

    2. [S34638] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Volume 9, page 313, Will #87.

    3. [S40167] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Marriages 1885-1888, Delia Reagan Fischer, comp., (Delia Reagan Fischer, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1980), 134 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2009.

    4. [S51] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Dist. 934, Cert. No. 35155 (Reliability: 3), 6 Feb 2017.

    5. [S40170] Old & New Westmoreland, John Newton Boucher, (The American Historical Society, Inc. (New York, 1918)), http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/tex., vol. 3 p. 827 (Reliability: 2), 25 Dec 2009.

    6. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 274, p. 30, ED 116, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 23 Apr 2010.

    7. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 299, p. 39, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 18 May 2010.

    8. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 1190, p. 161, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 06 Jul 2010.

    9. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 335, p. 21B, ED 16-81, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 5 Jul 2012.

    10. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 368, p. 33, Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 7 Jul 2014.

    11. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 299, p. 218B, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 18 May 2010.

    12. [S34627] McDowell, Lori Personal Letter to Wm. L. Gann, Lori McDowell, 1.