Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Elder and Mary McConnell




Husband Thomas Elder 1 2 3

           Born: 1782 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Apr 1855 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Robert Elder (1751-1837) 1 2 4
         Mother: Mary Whiteside (      -1823) 2 4


       Marriage: 12 Jun 1812



Wife Mary McConnell 2 3

           Born: 24 Aug or 27 Aug 1792 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Oct 1881 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: David McConnell (1764-1829) 5 6 7
         Mother: Martha Whiteside (1765-1842/1842) 3 8




Children
1 F Violet Whiteside Elder 2

           Born: 13 Mar 1813 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Nov 1831 9
         Buried: 



2 F Martha Maria Elder 9

           Born: 27 Sep 1815 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1820 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Robert Anderson Elder 9

           Born: 22 Sep 1817 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Oct 1850 9
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Mary Currie (1817-1887) 9
           Marr: 1835 9


4 F Harriet Eliza Elder 9

            AKA: Eliza Jane Elder 10
           Born: 27 Dec 1820 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep or 18 Sep 1890 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John N. Cannon (1819-1886) 9
           Marr: 15 Feb 1849 9


5 M David Elder 9

           Born: 4 Sep 1823 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1832 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M Rev. Thomas McConnell Elder 1 9




           Born: 24 Mar 1826 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Tirzah Mason (1823-1851) 9
           Marr: 14 Sep 1848 1
         Spouse: Mary Parker Lindsay (1826-1868) 11
           Marr: 10 Oct 1854 11


7 F Mary Elder 9

           Born: 6 Nov 1828 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1828 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M James Marshall Elder 9

           Born: 14 Nov 1829 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jan 1857 9
         Buried: 



9 M John Morrison Elder 9 12 13 14

           Born: 22 Dec 1832 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 1907 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Erskine Brown (1837-1871) 11 12 13 14 15
           Marr: 12 Nov 1861 11


10 M William Porter Elder 9

           Born: 12 Apr 1835 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1849 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


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Sources


1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 600.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 536.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 490.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34, 145.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 14.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 537.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 475.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 538.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 25.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 738.

14 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 266.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.


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