G2G: Andrew York: birth place, parents' names, wife's surname?

Question

With the genealogists I've spoken with, researching the York family is notoriously a pain, especially online. Between having incorrect records widely spread (I'm looking at YOU, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890! I only found out you were faulty recently!), and attempting to look for "York family" online providing pages of results referring to families in New York and families in York, England, it's exceedingly difficult to get answers to questions prior to the census years.

Still, I must know.

Andrew York married a woman named Catharine. They were both supposedly born in New York state. They might have married in New York State. Who knows? Not me! I have Andrew's confirmed census information from 1850 forward. There is an 1840 Andrew York in NY that is not him, but might be his father; there is no guarantee or proof that this is his father.

Andrew ended up dying in Pennsylvania.

I have not seen any listing of his wife's full name in any records thus far, though not for a lack of looking. If anyone has any information relating to Andrew that they have on hand or might have found, please let me know. Also if anyone knows of any York family books specifically focusing on Pennsylvania and New York, that would be a great help. I'm okay with going through books on my own, but I need to actually have my hands on said books.

Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.

Answer 1

Andrew York

United States Census, 1870

Name	Andrew York
Event Type	Census
Event Year	1870
Event Place	Pennsylvania, United States
Gender	Male
Age	57
Race	White
Race (Original)	W
Birth Year (Estimated)	1812-1813
Birthplace	New York
Page Number	9

Household	Role	Gender	Age	Birthplace
Andrew York		M	57	New York
Catharine York		F	46	New York
Benjamin York		M	21	Pennsylvania
James York		M	17	Pennsylvania
Lewis York		M	16	Pennsylvania
Mary E York		F	14	Pennsylvania
Jane York		F	12	Pennsylvania
Rosella York		F	10	Pennsylvania

Comments

United States Census, 1870

Household ID	70
Line Number	11
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number	M593
GS Film number	000552811
Digital Folder Number	004278510
Image Number	00378

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZL5-8HS : 17 October 2014), Andrew York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 9, family 70, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,811.