where and when was john j mcclure born?

Question

John J Mcclure is the father of William Christopher McClure.
William was born in 1853 in Sun Rise, Cecil, Maryland. William married and had 6 children, the youngest being my grandfather George Lloyd McClure.

Comments

William C McClure's mother appears to be Mary McClure.              https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRX7-K5F

John J. Mc Clure

mentioned in the record of William C. Mc Clure and Virginia Grant

Name	John J. Mc Clure
Gender	Male
Wife	Mary Mc Clure
Son	William C. Mc Clure

Name	William C. Mc Clure
Birth Date	1853
Birthplace	Maryland
Age	31
Spouse's Name	Virginia Grant
Spouse's Birth Date	1862
Spouse's Birthplace	Prince Geo. Co.
Spouse's Age	22
Event Date	20 May 1884
Event Place	Richmond, Virginia
Father's Name	John J. Mc Clure
Mother's Name	Mary Mc Clure
Spouse's Father's Name	James Grant
Spouse's Mother's Name	Marie Grant
Marital Status	Single
Spouse's Marital Status	Single

Answer 1

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John Mcclure

United States Census, 1880

Name	John Mcclure
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1880
Event Place	Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Gender	Male
Age	62
Marital Status	Married
Race	White
Race (Original)	W
Occupation	Druggist
Relationship to Head of Household	Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Self
Birth Year (Estimated)	1818
Birthplace	Maryland, United States
Father's Birthplace	Maryland, United States
Mother's Birthplace	Maryland, United States
Sheet Letter	B
Sheet Number	478
Person Number	0
Volume	1

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
John Mcclure	Self	M	62	Maryland, United States
Mary Mcclure	Wife	F	60	Maryland, United States

Answer 2

My best guess:

John J Mcclure

United States Census, 1870

Name	John J Mcclure
Event Type	Census
Event Year	1870
Event Place	West Virginia, United States
Gender	Male
Age	31
Race	White
Race (Original)	W
Birth Year (Estimated)	1838-1839
Birthplace	Virginia
Page Number	50

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Elizabeth Mcclure		F	53	Virginia
John J Mcclure		M	31	Virginia
Julia R Mcclure		F	28	Virginia
Agnes Mcclure		F	26	Virginia
Thomas W Mcclure		M	20	Virginia
William J Mcclure		M	17	Virginia
Zoreda Mcclure		F	10	Virginia

View the original document. The original may contain more information than was indexed.

United States Census, 1870

Household ID	408
Line Number	32
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number	M593
GS Film number	000553195
Digital Folder Number	004268434
Image Number	00306

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4T-RDZ : 17 October 2014), John J Mcclure in household of Elizabeth Mcclure, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 50, family 408, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,195.

Answer 3

In the interest of teaching you to fish, FamilySearch has the best collection of "free" indexed record IMO. These include censuses, marriages, births, deaths, draft cards, some immigration records. Their collection is ever growing as they have a large set of volunteer indexers. I've done some indexing for them, their setup makes it easy, I figure it's my due for all the searching I do.

You can get to the FamilySearch search page and others from profiles here, but I keep forgetting where, and I have the URL, so I just go directly: https://familysearch.org/search

Fill in the fields that seem important to you, press the search button, and records will come out. Compare the information carefully to what you know about the family you are researching. You might get different results if you mix things up a bit. For the question you posted, I might try:

William Christopher McClure, birth 1853 Maryland
William Christopher McClure, father John J McClure
John J McClure, birth 1813 to 1833
George McClure, birth year, (I'm guessing you have at least a good estimate, but you didn't share), state if you have it
George McClure, father William Christopher McClure

The best matched records will be at the top, though I've found some good ones past the "not quite, but may still be of interest" line. If you get too many records, add more search terms that will narrow it down. Cap things by guessing at birth and/or death dates.

I like birth, marriage and death records for tying parents and children together, censuses are great for tying whole families together. There is useful information on WWI and WWII draft cards, but I would skip enlistment records for the Civil War or earlier unless you are looking for a very unique name. As I've been untangling confused McClure records recently, I can tell you that you will find tons of Georges, Williams, and Johns. Pay attention to birth dates, places of residence, parent/child information you find. If you get back to the 1700s, you'll find they kept using the same handful of names over and over again, so there are many Halberts/Alexanders/Georges/Thomases/Johns, all living in the same area, related (nephews, cousins, sons) but not the same. If you happen to end up in my branches, I have some sources (genealogy books on paper) that may help.