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Thomas Dunlap (abt. 1823 - abt. 1896)

Thomas Dunlap
Born about in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 25 Jul 1878 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died about at about age 73 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

Thomas's headstone lists his date of birth as 1816;[1] census records list it as anywhere between 1825 and 1828 in Pennsylvania.[2][3][4]

St. John's German Evangelical Churchbook for Canal Dover, Ohio lists a death record for "Tomas Donlap" and indicates that he was born in 1823 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, died on July 18, 1896 in Canal Dover, Ohio, and was buried on July 21 of that year.[5] Thomas Dunlap was not German, but his second wife was, and their marriage record is also listed in this book.

Thomas was married to Lydia Ann (maiden name is thought to be May or Mays), possibly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in or around 1853 (according to Ancestry and FamilySearch trees; no primary sources have yet been located).

Thomas and Lydia had four sons:

The Dunlap family lived in Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania until after Samuel was born in 1858. By the time John was born in 1860, they had moved to Massillon, Ohio.[2] By 1865, they had moved to Canal Dover, Ohio, where they remained for the rest of Thomas's life.[3]

In 1878 (presumably after Lydia's death), Thomas married Sarah Böhinger Leichthammer. [6][7][8]

His occupation is listed as "Furnace Laborer" in the 1860 census, "works at furnace" in the 1870 census, and "laborer" in the 1880 census.

Thomas passed away about 1895-1896 and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Dover, Ohio.[9][1]

Research Notes

The 1860 census record is the earliest record located by the profile manager for Thomas so far; little is known yet about his life prior to 1860. Stories passed down from family members indicate that the Dunlaps were of Scots Irish descent (not yet verified).

Places searched for Thomas and Lydia's marriage record:

  • Ancestry database
  • FamilySearch database
  • FindMyPast database
  • Allegheny County Vital Records department (contacted September 2018 by A.Horn; only marriage records from 1885 onward are available)
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (contacted September 2018 by A. Horn; no record of the marriage found in the Marriage Notice Index, 1786-1910 or in the 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages, Microfilm P-98.)


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maple Grove Cemetery (Dover, Ohio, USA). Thomas Dunlap's headstone. Personally photographed by Horn, A., 22 October 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPW-HNY : 13 December 2017), T Dunlap, 1860.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LY-PZZ : 12 April 2016), Thomas Dunlap, Ohio, United States; citing p. 40, family 293, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,772.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M839-BHG : 16 July 2017), Thomas Dunlap, Dover, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 215, sheet 45A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1071; FHL microfilm 1,255,071.
  5. ↑ Kirchenbuch der deutschen Evangelischen St. Johannes Gemeinde (Churchbook for the German Evangelical St. John's Congregation) in Canal Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio 1846-1902. A Ragersville Historical Society Project. As translated and copied by Maxine Renner Eberle, 1985, p. 236
  6. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVR-BHW : 10 February 2018), Thomas Dunlap and Sarah Lightheimer, 25 Jul 1878; citing Tuscarawas,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0890365 V. 6-7.
  7. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDP5-33J : 10 December 2017), Thomas Dunlap and Sarah Lightheimer, 25 Jul 1878; citing Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, reference v7, p427, cn14618; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,365.
  8. ↑ Kirchenbuch der deutschen Evangelischen St. Johannes Gemeinde (Churchbook for the German Evangelical St. John's Congregation) in Canal Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio 1846-1902. A Ragersville Historical Society Project. As translated and copied by Maxine Renner Eberle, 1985, p. 107
  9. ↑ Tuscarawas County, Ohio Cemeteries, Volume II, covering Dover and Dover Township (Ohio), published in 1984, p. 172.




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