Maria Arnsberger ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Maria was Maria Ernstberger.⁵

  Birth Notes:

Birth date is calculated from the age at death of 34y, 2m, 26d.
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Maria Ernstberger
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 20 Dec 1826
Event Place: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place (Original): Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1826
Father's Name: Daniel Ernstberger
Mother's Name: Elisabeth

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FP-M4Q : 27 January 2020), Elisabeth in entry for Maria Ernstberger, 1826.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1830 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 30 on the 1860 census.
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• She appeared on the 1840 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on June 1840. ⁶

1840 US Census
Page 165, Roll 432
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Females
10-14: 1 = (Maria, daughter, age 14)

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 19 September 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 95B, Dwelling 399, Family 408, Roll 741
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Maria Allison..24..OH

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 10 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 125, Dwelling 982, Family 954, Roll 1052
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Maria Allison..30..OH

(Living with husband and 8 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 11 Jun 1826, then her age should have been 33 instead of 30.
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• She was buried after 6 September 1860 in the Boynton Cemetery in Stryker, OH.

John and Maria share one common gravestone in Boynton Cemetery which is a badly weathered column of white sandstone approximately 24 inches square and capped with a gray granite decorative ornament. On one side the inscription reads "Maria, wife of J. Allison, Died Sept. 6, 1860, Aged 3 4y 2m 26d". Below the inscription is a verse apparently written in Latin.

Find A Grave Memorial 73441607
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Maria married John Allison, son of Willison Allison and Unknown, about 1842. (John Allison was born on 10 November 1819 in Ohio,^{2 3 7 8} died on 10 September 1877 in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH ^{8 9} and was buried after 10 September 1877 in Stryker, OH ⁸.). The cause of his death was Suicide by hanging.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 19 September 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 95B, Dwelling 399, Family 408, Roll 741
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
John Allison..30..OH..Farmer
Maria Allison..24..OH
George Allison..7..OH
Permina Allison..7..OH
Daniel Allison..1..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 10 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 125, Dwelling 982, Family 954, Roll 1052
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
John Allison..40..OH
Maria Allison..30..OH
George Allison..16..OH
Pernina Allison..16..OH
Daniel Allison..11..OH
Oliver Allison..9..OH
Orlando Allison..8..OH
Mary Allison..6..OH
Maria Allison..4..OH
Lymna Allison..2..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

In addition to the children listed as being born to this marriage, there is one more gravestone at the burial site for John and Maria Allison and it indicates the probability of more children. It is a badly weathered tablet that is broken off from its concrete base and is leaning up next to the marker of John and Maria. It is barely readable as of September 2002 but it says "Two Infant daughters of J. & M. Allison". There are no dates or names on the marker. I must assume that Maria gave birth to twin girls but they both died. The most likely dates would be between 1843 and 1849. That represents a large range in which she gave no other births.
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Some documents give their first son's, George, birth date as 30 Oct 1843 but most seem to favor a birth year of 1841. The earlier date avoids the possible conflict of two children (George and Pernina) being born in the same year of 1843. George's death certificate also lists Nancy LaRue as his mother instead of the expected Maria Arnsberger.

This name of Nancy LaRue as a possible first wife of John Allison means that it is entirely possible for both John and Maria Arnsberger to have been previously married when they met. Each of them may have brought one child into the relationship, George, from John's first marriage to Nancy LaRue and Pernina, from Maria's first marriage to Jacob Steel.
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John Allison must have remarried after his wife, Maria Arnsberger, died on 6 Sep 1860 and her gravestone confirms that date. In the 1870 census, John is living with "Mary A.", who was born about 1824 in Ohio (Maria Arnsberger was born 1826 in Pennsylvania). Researchers believe her name to be Mary A. Casebeer.
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