CENTRE LINES


The ECKLEY 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 Eckley. 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 that apparently deal in part with the Eckley family.

There are 11 first-name entries for Eckley 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' Eckley neighbors in 1890:

BELLEFONTE Borough:

William, 68, puddler--37 Reynolds Avenue
	Mary

BENNER Township:

Christian, 31, laborer--Bellefonte
	Kate J.
	Rozena
	George 10
	Lee W. 8
	Arthur E. 7
	Lewis T. 4
	Bertha M.
Mary A.--Bellefonte
	Mary E.
Matilda--Fillmore
	Sallie A.
	George J. 29
William B., 59, farmer--Bellefonte
	Ellen
	Isabella M.
	Amanda S.
	Jennie H.
	Clara E.

BOGGS Township:

John R., 19, laborer--Milesburg
Sarah J.--Milesburg
	Melissa
William, 36, laborer--Milesburg
	Laura
	Viola M.
	Theressa

FERGUSON Township:

William M., 22, blacksmith--Pine Grove Mills
	Harriet
	Ervard 10
	Lawrence 9
	James 7
	Charles 5
	George 3
	Maggie E.

HUSTON Township:

Jacob, 73, laborer--Martha
	Lucy A.

LIBERTY Township:

Charles E., 24, laborer--Blanchard
	Eliza J.
	Clarence E. 3

SNOW SHOE Township:

Austin, 47, laborer--Clarence
	Catherine A.

UNION Township:

Joseph, 52, farmer--Fleming
	Mary A.
	Eva S.
	Lawrence E. 17
	Maud B.
	Clayton R.
	Wellington R. 9
	Anna M.
	Margery B.
	Edith V.

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