CENTRE LINES


The ELLENBERGER Family


This column is part of a feature series which focuses on a different Centre County family each week. Five new columns will be released each month unless some technical difficulty enters the picture.

This column's focus is on ELLENBERGER. An effort has been made to identify all persons carrying that name in the 1890 U.S. Census, using the Centre County business directory which was formed from a preliminary review of that census before the larger set of 1890 U.S. Census records was destroyed by fire. (Sadly, the postal directory does not typically provide the ages of females, but it's the best record we've got).

There are no books in the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte apparently deals in part with the Ellenberger family.

There are 6 first-name entries for Ellenberger in John Blair Linn's History of Centre and Clinton County (1883). In addition, there are several mentions of the name in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898).

And, now, your ancestors' Ellenberger neighbors in 1890:

FERGUSON Township:

David W. Ellenbarger, 39, farmer--Guyer
	Miriam L.
	Charles M. 17
	Florence L.
	Wilbur J. 11
	Gertrude
	Mary
	Maud V.
George W. Ellenbarger, 40, farmer--Gatesburg
	Barbara C.
	Sanford A. 10
	Ellery E. 1
Isaac Ellenbarger, 54, farmer--Guyer
Jacob Ellenbarger, 58, farmer--Guyer
	Elizabeth
	Frank 20
	Eva
	Samuel 8
	Birney
	Jane
John T. Ellenbarger, 40, farmer--Guyer
	Mary E.
Samuel Ellenbarger, 60, farmer--Guyer
	Mary
Susan Ellenbarger--Guyer
	William E., 63
	Celia J.
	Rose
	Sarah J.
	Anna E.

HALFMOON Township:

Samuel, 53, farmer--Loveville
	Jane
	Clara
	Harry 18

PHILIPSBURG Borough:

Olie--3rd St.

RUSH Township:

Henry Ellenbarger, 67, carpenter--Philipsburg
	Annie H.
	Jacob G. 2
	Elmer F. 10 mos.

WORTH Township:

Christopher, 67, retired--Port Matilda
	Margaret
	Gilbert

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