the maiden name of Michael's wife Margeret is so far unproven; her name in numerous Ancestry trees is given as Horning or La Fleur but there are no records so far to suggest any of these names
1850 US census Lancaster, Erie, New York: Margeret Stope, aged 24 [1]
1855 State census Lancaster, Erie, New York: Margarette Stope, aged 29, born Germany, resident of Lancaster 8 years.[2]
1860 US census Lancaster, Erie, New York: Margrett Stob, aged 33, born New York.[3]
1865 State census Lancaster, Erie, New York: Margaret Staub, aged 41, born Germany, given birth to 6 children, 1st marriage.[4]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYW-XMT : 23 December 2020), Margaret Stop in household of Michel Stop, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63T-YYR : 3 March 2021), Margarette Stope in household of Michael Stope, E.D. 2, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 21, line #15, family #164, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 825,682.
↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-GV24 : 8 March 2021), Margaret Staub in household of Michael Staub, District 02, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 13, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
1870 United States Census, Lancaster, New York, Page 68 Line33
1875 New York state census, Lancaster, Erie, New York
1880 New York state census, Lancaster, Erie, New York
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