CENTRE LINES

The NESTLERODE 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 Nestlerode. 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 Nestlerode family.

There are 6 first-name entries for Nestlerode/Nestleroud 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' Nestlerode neighbors in 1890:

HOWARD Township:

Christian, 23, laborer--Howard Daniel I., 34, farmer--Howard Clara George H. 12 Laura G. Harry R. 7 Ira L. 4 Howard E.

LIBERTY Township:

Christ Nestleroad, 24, laborer--Blanchard Lillie R. Margaret Fannie Daniel Nestleroad, 68, laborer--Blanchard Julia E. John A. Nestleroad, 39, stonemason--Blanchard Ann J. William E. 18 Daniel F. 16 Mary F. Susan E. Nancy E. James J. 9 Asher A. 7 Henry L. 5 Vergie C. Maud M. John J. Nestleroad, 22, laborer--Blanchard John S. Nestleroad, 73, lumberman--Blanchard Maria C.

MILES Township:

Mary A. Nestleroad--Madisonburg Alice