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Personal data Peola Alwood 


Household of Peola Alwood

(1) He is married to Matilda Steinman.

They got married on February 21, 1850 at Tuscarawas Co., OH, he was 16 years old.

Peola Alwood oo Matilda Steinman

Marriage source: Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood chart, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, xvii Mar MCMXCV)

IGI for date & county

Tuscarawas County, Ohio Marriages 1845 - 1863 Vol II from Books 4 & 5, (New Philadelphia OH, TCGSI, Jan MCMLXXXI), pg. 9, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Alphabetical Index of Bridegrooms

Book 4

'Alwood, Paoli - Matilda Steinman, 20 Feb 1850, 5, 204-5676'

5 = Thomas Dotts - J.P. <>

Child(ren):

  2. Mary Ann Allwood  1853-1927 
  3. Rebecca Alwood  1856-1918 
  5. Emma Alwood  1862-1937
  6. Janice Alwood  1867-????
  7. Eliza Allwood  1870-????
  8. Cora S. Alwood  1872-????


(2) He is married to Elizabeth Bockher.

They got married on January 22, 1880 at Fulton Co., OH, he was 45 years old.

Peola Alwood oo Elizabeth Buchter

Marriage source: Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood chart, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, xvii Mar MCMXCV) for fact of marriage.

IGI for date & county

Fultn Co., OH Marriages 1864 - 1927, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMXCVI), pg. 2, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

'Alwood, Peola - Bockher, Elizabeth 22 Jan 1880 4-114' <>

Notes about Peola Alwood

Peola Alwood

Source: Author: Stringfellow, Helena, Title: "Alwood chart," (Publication location: Carlisle PA, Publisher: HVAS, Publication date: xvii Mar MCMXCV) for parents, yob, & wife

IGI for marriage to Elizabeth

14 Aug 1850 census Auburn Twp Tuscarawas Co OH - pg 21, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Dwelling 263 family #263 - Powel Allwood age 16 laborer, born OH. Next is listed Matilda Allwood, age 18, born OH.

26 June 1860 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census Page 390, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Dwelling 403, family # 396; Publication # M-653, reel # 965 extracted ix Sept MCMLXXXVIII by D. A. Navorska at Dallas TX pub. lib.

"12, 403, 396, Theola Allwood, 2_, male, Farmer, 600, 125, b. OH; 13, Matilda, 28, fem, b. OH; 14, Christopher, 11, male, b. OH; 15, Mary, 6, fem, b. OH; 16, Becky, 4, fem, b. OH; 17, Benjamin, 3 [?], male, b. OH; 18, Jacob Steinman, 73, male, b. Switz; 19, Susan, 56, fem, b. Switz"

7 July 1870 Delta PO Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, pg 164B, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"11, 112, 111, Alwood, Peola, 38, male, white, Farmer, b. OH can vote 12, Matilda, 29, fem, white, Keeping house, b. OH 13, Christopher, 20, male, white, Farm laborer, b. OH 14, Rebecca, 15, fem, white, At home, b. OH 15, Franklin, 11, male, white, At home, b. OH 16, Emma, 8, fem, white, At home, b. OH 17, Janice, 3, fem, white, At home, b. OH 18, Eliza, 4/12, white, At home, b. OH, b. Feb"

1880 census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Theola Allwood, age 2_, Farmer, Value of real estate $600, value of personal property $125, born OH

On the 1880 census, there is a Peola Alwood married to an Elizabeth, & we read on the IGI that a Peola married an Elizabeth Buchter 22 Jan 1880. The children in this household are ages 7 & 10. Also, there is a Christ Alwood age 30 withno relationship given. Christ's wife Mary age 19 is also in the Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH household.

16 June 1900 Springfield Twp., Williams Co., OH census, sheet 215-6A, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"30, 92, 92, Alwood Peoli, Head, white, male, b. Feb 1834, ae 66, marrr. 20 yrs, b. OH, fath b. MD, moth b. OH, zero months unemployed, can read/write, can speak Eng, rents house 31, Elizabeth, wife, white, fem, b. Sep 1835, ae 64, married 20 yrs, zero children born, zero children living, b. OH, parents b. PA, zero months unemployed, can read, cannot write, can speak Eng."

Author: Stringfellow, Helena, Title: "Alwood/Steinman FGS," (Publication location: Carlisle PA, Publisher: HVAS, Publication date: xxvii Mar MCMXCV) for "after 1907" for year of death.

Title: Chancery recs. of Tuscarawas Co., OH, June Term, 1840, names Christopher Alwood and his living children, including Peola in a suit. Peola is listed last of the minor children.

Author: McDonald, Betty, Title: Correspondence with David A. Navorska, (Publication location: Lima, OH, Publisher: B.M., Publication date: xviii Jan MCMXCII)

Betty McDonald assigns this Peola Alwood as son to Christopher Alwood & Elizabeth Whitman. xviii Jan MCMXCII - Lima, OH

Author: Hanna, Jacquelyn, Title: Alwood Web Site, (Publication location: Portage MI, PUblisher: J.H., Publication date: xxvii Oct MCMXCIX) for date of birth = Feb 1834.

Peola's wives: 1) Matilda Steinman
2) Elizabeth Bockher <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peola Alwood

William Alwood
1750-> 1829
Nancy Goodin
± 1750-< 1831
John Whitman
????-1823
Catherine Tombler
1773-1845

Peola Alwood
1834-> 1907

(1) 1850

Matilda Steinman
1832-1879

Christopher Columbus (Charles) Alwood
1850-1901
Mary Ann Allwood
1853-1927
Rebecca Alwood
1856-1918
Benjamin Franklin Alwood
1857-1901
Emma Alwood
1862-1937
Janice Alwood
1867-????
Eliza Allwood
1870-????
Cora S. Alwood
1872-????
(2) 1880

Elizabeth Bockher
1835-????


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    Day of marriage January 22, 1880

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