record of Simon's (son of Daniel Shoemaker) family; source indicates that Joseph may have had an earlier wife, Catherine, & that Mary Catherine was from that union; age 44, 1850 census, Washington Twp, Cambria Co, PA
SHOEMAKER, Joseph age 44, w,m, laborer, bp PA Elizabeth 22, w,f, PA, cannot read or write Mary C 14, w,f, PA, school John 10, w,m, PA, school Henrietta 8, w,f, PA, school Margaret A 1, w,f, PA GREEN, John 35, w,m, laborer, PA WARNER, Abraham 40, w,m, laborer, NY
SHOEMAKER, Joseph age 54, w,m, Landlord, pe: 1350, bp VA Elizabeth 31, w,f, PA John 20, w,m, clerk, PA Henrietta 18, w,f, PA Maggie 12, w,f, PA WEITZ, Catherine 3, w,f, PA KELLY, Margaret A 15, w,f, domestic, SCOTLAND HOMER, Harriet 25, w,f, domestic, PA MILLER, Isabel 17, w,f, domestic, PA plus 14 men, ages 18 to 54, different occupations - must have been a boarding house or a hotel!
Joseph Shoemaker, b. 1806; marr. (1) Elizabeth; (2) Catherine ch. of Joseph & Elizabeth: i. Mary Catherine, b. 1836 ii. John, b. 1840 iii. Henrietta, b. 1842 iv. Margaret A, b. 1849
