Starbirds in 1860 Census Wayne County, PA

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States
Surname/tag: starbird

The 1860 US census in Scott, Buckingham, and Preston Townships of Wayne County, PA has several households with Starbirds [also spelled Starbard or Starbord] or people possibly related to William Starbird (1798-1881) and his thirteen children. Below is an 1860 map of Wayne County, PA, census data, and a list of William's family.

Contents 1 Location 2 US Census Scott Township, Wayne County, PA, 21 Jun 1860[1] 3 US Census Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, 22 Jun 1860[3] 4 US Census Preston Township, Wayne County, PA, 30 Jun & 3 Jul 1860[4] 5 William Starbird's Family and Ages on 21 Jun 1860 6 Sources

Location

A map from 1860 shows some of these places.

Places associated with Starbirds in Wayne County PA 1860

The saw mill along the Shehawken Creek may have been William Starbird's saw mill, first constructed by his brother John. Preston Bros. may be where Ransom Starbird worked.

US Census Scott Township, Wayne County, PA, 21 Jun 1860^[1]

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Geo Labar	M	45	New York
...
Emalinda Labar	F	17	Pennsylvania
...

Emelinda LaBarr married Benjamin Franklin Starbird in 1860.^[2] She appears twice in the census: in her father's house and five households later in her husband's household.

Five households away

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Frank Starbord	M	26	Pennsylvania
Emalinda Starbord	F	18	Pennsylvania
Alfred Starbord	M	28	Pennsylvania

Frank is presumably Benjamin Franklin Starbird who married Emalinda that year.

Five households away

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Wm Starbord	M	60	New York
Betsey Starbord	F	53	New York
John Starbord	M	22	Pennsylvania
Wm Starbord	M	20	Pennsylvania
Irwin Starbord	M	18	Pennsylvania
Henry Starbord	M	16	Pennsylvania
Emaline Starbord	F	32	Pennsylvania
Ann Starbord	F	24	Pennsylvania
Carrie Starbord	F	10	Pennsylvania

US Census Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, 22 Jun 1860^[3]

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Saml Preston
...
Ranson Starbird	M	30	Pennsylvania

US Census Preston Township, Wayne County, PA, 30 Jun & 3 Jul 1860^[4]

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Geo W Starbird	M	38	Pennsylvania
Charlotte Starbird	F	22	Pennsylvania
Geo Starbird	M	4/12	Pennsylvania

Nearby names to Geo on census: Sidney P. Tallman, G.W. Leach, Solomon Reynolds, & Abm Haynes, which appear on the map.

16 pages later

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Wm Starbird	M	63	Massachusetts
Mary Starbird	F	59	Massachusetts
Ransom Starbird	M	24	Pennsylvania
Jno Starbird	M	22	Pennsylvania
Geo Starbird	M	19	Pennsylvania
Mary Starbird	F	14	Pennsylvania
Thos M Grames	M	25	Ireland

Due to the neighbors' names on the census, this household correlates with the location of Wm Starbird on the 1860 map. It is possible that William Starbird managed or owned the house. Mary might be the widow of William's brother John who died the previous year. The children could be children of John and Mary or could include children of William's. It is also possible that this is an entirely different family with similar names.

The next household

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Henry Starbird	M	32	Pennsylvania
Evelina Starbird	F	28	Pennsylvania
Geo Starbird	M	4	Pennsylvania
Wm Starbird	M	2	Pennsylvania

Henry may be a son of William's brother, John."

The next household

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Place
Saml Decker
...
Wm Starbird	M	26	Pennsylvania

This could be a second listing for William P, son of William, or a different person - possibly a son of William's brother, John.

William Starbird's Family and Ages on 21 Jun 1860

based on birthdates on Starbird Family Gravestone^[5]

Name	Birth Date	Age
William Starbird	27 May 1798	62
Elizabeth Starbird	17 Jul 1805	54
Ransom B. Starbird	20 Jul 1825	34
Horace Starbird	8 Oct 1826	33
Emeline V. Starbird	17 Feb 1828	32
George W. Starbird	27 Nov 1829	30
Alfred Calder Starbird	8 May 1831	29
Benjamin Franklin Starbird	18 Feb 1833	27
Edwin C. Starbird	4 Feb 1835	25
Ann Elizabeth Starbird	16 Sep 1836	23
John Starbird	21 Aug 1838	21
William P Starbird	21 Jun 1840	20
Irvin Starbird	13 Jul 1842	17
Henry Starbird	9 Jul 1844	15
Caroline Starbird	23 Aug 1848	11

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   Citing Page: 91; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1194; FHL microfilm: 805194; Record number: 8617;
   FamilySearch Record: MXR6-Z2T (accessed 23 May 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSZ-9LTD Image number 00228
   Geo Labar (45) in Scott Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in New York.
2. ↑ Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Settled Families. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Company, 1900. pp. 1221.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   Citing Page: 99; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1193; FHL microfilm: 805193; Record number: 2197;
   FamilySearch Record: MXRY-XSJ (accessed 11 May 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSX-G8G Image number 00060
   Ranson Starbird (30) in Buckingham Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
4. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   Citing Page: 154; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1194; FHL microfilm: 805194; Record number: 4924;
   FamilySearch Record: MXR6-493 (accessed 23 May 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSZ-9LC7 Image number 00127
   Wm Starbird (63) in Preston Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
5. ↑ Gravestone. Stockport Cemetery (Stockport, Wayne, PA). Photographed by Jean (Tillman) Wengenroth 1 Nov 1998.