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From: "Cheryll Reed" <>
Subject: [SNOWHILL] Monn - Conrad Sr.'s children - George Sr. (7)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 09:55:26 -0500


George Sr. was a weaver and farmer according to the taxes and the septennial
censuses. He bought 50 acres of land from his father Conrad Senior in 1797,
and lived on that land his entire life. He and his wife Mary are buried in
the Snow Hill graveyard, George having died on January 2, 1850, and Mary
living until September 1858. From the census, we learn that in 1800 they
probably had a son and a daughter, both under 10. In the next ten years
they added four more boys and another girl. We also see that the oldest son
and daughter were both between 10 and 16 years old in 1810. By 1820, they
added yet another three boys and two girls. However, in the same census
only two boys between 10 and 16 are shown, and one other between 19 and 25.
So we assume that one or two of the boys from the 1810 census had died. It
could also be the case that one of the boys in 1810 was just a newborn, so
that he could have been included in the under 10 category in the 1820
census. In fact, in 1830 we find only two boys between 10 and 20, not
three. Nevertheless, it seems as though at least one of the sons born
before 1810 must have died by 1820. The following table summarizes the
possible offspring that survived, suggested by the censuses through 1830.
I'm pretty sure who four or five of the sons are. I know very little about
his daughters.

George had died by the time the 1850 census was taken. We do find Mary,
however, living in the same house with John Monn, age 49, John Burket, age
30, Catherine Burket, age 28, and George A. Burket, age 12, in 1850.
It should be pointed out that we can't be certain that all of the children
in the early censuses were offspring of the head of household. It wasn't
uncommon, at least later in the century, for girls to be taken on as
domestic help for mothers with large families, and boys to have been brought
in to learn a trade or to provide farm labor. It's also possible that some
of the orphans from David Senior's family may have been taken in by their
uncle.

From: The First Generations of MANN/MONNs in Franklin County, Pa.;
David Monn

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