Blencowe Families' Association Newsletter Volume 9 Number 2 June 1994

RESEARCH RESULTS

Dear Helen,

Recently I returned from my second trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City where I researched Joseph A Blincoe, my great grandfather. Enclosed are summaries of my notes from my two trips.

On my first trip, last October, I was able to find that Joseph Blincoe was born in September 1851 in Loudoun County, Virginia. At the age of 9 he was living with a family of the name Thomas. Official birth records were not started in Virginia until 1853, so it looked like a dead end.

I returned to Salt Lake City in early April in order to find out why Joseph Blincoe was living with Thomases at the the age of nine, and who his parents might be. did not find out anything definite, but did develop a theory. I think that the Joseph Blincoe and Mary Thomas who were married on January 11, 1845 are the parents of Joseph A Blincoe. While Joseph A was born six years after the marriage of Joseph Blincoe and

Mary Thomas, the fact that Joseph A was living with Joseph and Martha Thomas at the age of nine seems to support my theory. My theory is that Joseph Thomas and Mary Thomas are related, possibly brother and sister, and that Joseph Thomas adopted Joseph A, for some unknown reason.

1920 U.S. Census Joseph A Blincoe
  age:68
  "living alone"
  Taylor Street, Pratt City,KS
  Birth Place: Virginia
1910 U.S.Census, living alone, Pratt City,KS
1900 U.S.Census, living alone, Pratt City, KS
1895 Kansas State Census. Blinco JA
  age:43
  place of birth: Virginia
  from: Illinois
  occupation: Round houser RR
  born: Sept 1851
1890, 1880 U.S.Census. Joseph Blincoe not listed in Pratt City, KS
1860 U.S.Census. Joseph Blincoe living in Leesburg, VA
  age: 9
  born Loudoun County, VA
  living with: Jacob Thomas, 29 (spelling of first name unclear) and Martha E. Thomas, 26
  census page 368 (48)

NOTES:

Ages listed in 1900. 1910. 1920 censuses consistent with birthdate of Sept.1851.
Several families of Blincoes were listed as living in Leesburg, Virginia in the 1860 census.
Only one other Joseph Blincoe was listed in Virginia in 1860 census; his age of over 50 indicates not the person being researched.

1850 Federal Census, Virginia

Name County Page Age
Albert Blincoe Loudoun 319 45
Catherine Blincoe Berkeley 408
Charles Blincoe Loudoun 329
Harriet Blincoe Jefferson 388
Henry Blincoe Loudoun 317 40
Joseph Blincoe Jefferson 334
Joseph Blincoe Berkeley 324
Mark Blincoe Berkeley 401
Theodocia Blincoe Fairfax 134
William F. Blincoe Fairfax 183
Mary Blincoe Loudoun 319

1840 Federal Census, VA, Heads of Family
Martha Blincoe Loudoun in household

Joseph Blincoe Loudon 224 in household