Family:William Finch and Mary Kirkpatrick (1)

1850 Census, Abington, Luzerne, Pennsylvania - External link; Roll: M432_794; Page: 121; Image: 526. Census sheet is dated 25 Oct 1850. Census shows 'W.R.' [William R.] Finch at age 34, working as a 'Tailor', holding real estate valued at $800 and who was born in New York. Wife Mary Finch is age 26 and born in New York. There is 1 child in the household: Daughter Mary A. Finch is age 8 years and born in New York.

1860 Census, Waverly Borough, Waverly Post Office, Luzerne, Pennsylvania - External link; Roll: M653_1135; Page: 310/1133; Image: 590. Census sheet is dated 20 September 1860. Census shows 'Wm' [William] R. Finch at age 43, holding real estate valued at $1000 and personal property valued at $500, and who was born in New York. Wife Mary Finch is age 38 and born in New Jersey. There are 2 children in the household: Daughter Mary A. Finch is age 19, born in New York; and Daughter Emma F. [Emma Francis] Finch is age 3 years. The household also includes a Female identified only as E.O. Judd at age 65 and born in New Jersey.

1870 Census, Waverly borough, Tompkinsville Post Office, Luzerne, Pennsylvania - External link; Roll: M593_1364; Page: 7/36; Image: 74. Census sheet is dated 5 August 1870. Census shows 'W.R.' [William R.] Finch at age 54, working as a 'Music Dealer', holding real estate valued at $2500 and personal property valued at $1000, and who was born in New York. Wife Mary Finch is age 48 and was born in New Jersey. There are 3 children in the household: Daughter Mary A. Finch is age 28, working as a 'Music Teacher' holding personal property valued at $800, and who was born in New York; Daughter Emma [Emma Francis] Finch is age 18 and born in Pennsylvania; and Son 'W.H. [Harry] Finch is age 1 year and born in Pennsylvania. The household also includes Mary's Mother/William's Mother-in-Law, E.O. Judd [Elizabeth O. Coursen Kirkpatrick Judd], at age 73 and who was born in New Jersey.

1880 Census, Waverly Borough, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania - External link; Roll: T9_1138; Family History Film: 1255138; Page: 8D/263D/263.4000; Enumeration District: 34; Image: 0146. Census sheet is dated 23 June 1880. [Census shows 2 household living in a single house, headed by William Finch and James Bailey.]

Household #1: Census shows William R. Finch at age 63, working as an 'Agent for Musical Instruments' and who was born in New York of parents both born in New York. Wife Mary Finch is age 58, 'Keeping House' and was born in New Jersey of parents both born in New Jersey. There are 2 children in the household, both born in Pennsylvania of a Father born in New York and a Mother born in New Jersey: Daughter 'Fannie' [Emma Francis] Finch is age 22; and Son 'Harry W.' [William Harry] Finch is age 11 years.

Household #2: Census shows James Bailey at age 31, working as a 'Clerk in Store' and who was born in Pennsylvania of parents both born in Pennsylvania. Wife Mary A. [Finch] Bailey is age 35, 'Keeping House' and was born in Pennsylvania of a Father born in New York and a Mother born in New Jersey. There is 1 child in the household: Daughter 'Gracie' [Grace] A. Bailey is age 1 year and was born in Pennsylvania of parents both born in Pennsylvania.

From the book 'CAPT. JOHN KIRKPATRICK OF NEW JERSEY 1739 - 1922 And His Sisters MRS. JOSEPH LINN & MRS. STEPHEN ROY: A Genealogy by WILLIAM CLINTON ARMSTRONG' Copyright, 1927 [Expired 2005] J. HEIDINGSFELD COMPANY New Brunswick, New Jersey