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Robert McDowell

Male 1849 - 1909  (60 years)


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  • Name Robert McDowell  [1, 2, 3
    • Some researchers have a middle name "Henry"
    Born 17 Jan 1849  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1850  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    With parents Samuel and Maria (Snyder) McDowell in the Richard Powers household 
    Census 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Bolivar P.O. 
    Residence 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings 
    Census 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    New Florence P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farm laborer 
    Residence 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    With the Robert and Rebecca Henderson family 
    Residence 30 Sep 1879  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1880  Derry Station, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Enumeration District 115 
    Occupation 1880  Derry Station, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Laborer 
    Residence 1880  Derry Station, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    With wife Catherine A (McClune) and mother-in-law Elizabeth McClune 
    Occupation 23 May 1898  [9
    Conductor 
    Residence 23 May 1898  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Birth of son Robert P McDowell. 
    Census 1900  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Enumeration District 16-89 
    Occupation 1900  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Railroad conductor 
    Residence 1900  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    With wife Catherine A (McClune) and three children 
    Occupation 1907  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Conductor 
    Residence 1907  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Ligonier St near 3rd Ave 
    Residence 1909  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Ligonier St near 3rd Ave 
    Died 20 Jul 1909  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 12
    Cause: "Carcinoma of bowels" 
    McDowell, Robert - Death Notice - Indiana Evening Gazette 1909
    McDowell, Robert - Death Notice - Indiana Evening Gazette 1909
    McDowell, Robert - Death Certificate
    McDowell, Robert - Death Certificate
    Buried 22 Jul 1909  Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Not found in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania general probate index
    Person ID I2760  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2018 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Maria Snyder,   b. 1828, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1851  (Age 23 years) 
    Notes 
    • Both Snyder and Enos families lived in close proximity in Milford Twp., Somerset, Pennsylvania, with intermarriages around the 1840s-1850s
    Family ID F1699  Group Sheet

    Family Catharine A McClune,   b. Apr 1861, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945, Pinellas Co., Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1879  Latrobe, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Officiated by Rev. A C Johnson of Latrobe Methodist Church
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2013 
    Family ID F1371  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 63, p. 111, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 09 Aug 2010.

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

    3. [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.

    4. [S51] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), no. 1909-62722 (Reliability: 3), 7 Jul 2014.

    5. [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. 270, p. 14A, ED 16-89, Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 24 Mar 2010.

    6. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 212, p. 28, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 18 May 2010.

    7. [S40250] Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Reel: 437 (Reliability: 3), 26 Sep 2013.

    8. [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. 116, p. 13, ED 115, Derry Station, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 24 Apr 2010.

    9. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 168 (Reliability: 3), 24 Apr 2018.

    10. [S40249] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Greensburg, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1907, p. 359 (Reliability: 2), 26 Sep 2013.

    11. [S40249] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Greensburg, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1909, p. 385 (Reliability: 2), 26 Sep 2013.

    12. [S40173] Indiana Evening Gazette, 23 Jul 1909, p. 4 (Reliability: 2), 27 Dec 2009.