Polly Moorhouse (Place)

When lived
1819/26-1861

How related to Kieran
Great-great-great-great grandmother (mother of Delcina Place)

Parents
NA

Birth
1819 (alt. source says abt. 1826) in Sabula, Clearfield County, Pa. (alt. source says New York)

Employment
NA

Marriage
Levi B. Place in Clearfield County, Pa. (alternate source lists husband's middle name as "Addison" and a resident of New York) in 1837

Children
g Isecher Place (apparently born in New York)
g James Place (apparently born in New York)
g Samuel Place (b. 1838, apparently in New York, m. Matilda Bilger)
g Martha Place (b. 1842, apparently in New York, m. Biran Right, d. 1910 in Pepin County, Wis.)
g William Hezekiah Place (b. Jan. 14, 1843, in Farmington Center, Tioga Co, Pa.; m. Isabel Matilda Thomas, who was b. Aug 31 1852 in Bloom Twp.in Clearfield Co., Pa, and d. Nov. 19, 1933, in Dubois, Clearfield Co., about 1873; d. July 22, 1895, in Grampian, Clearfield, Pa., bur. in Conway Cemetery, Huston Twp.; after William’s death, Isabel remarried)
g Hezekiah Place (b. 1844, m. Matilda Thomas)
g Eliza Jane Place (b. 1846)
g Amelia Elizabeth Place (b. Aug. 3, 1847, in New York, N.Y; m. John Rands; d. Jan. 7, 1935 in Wis.)
g Delcina Place (b. April 22, 1849, in Houston, Clearfield, Penn.; d. Jan. 16, 1926, in Pepin County, Wis.)
g Elizabeth Place (b. 1851)
g Nancy Place (b. 1853 in Clearfield County, Penn.; m. James Trombley; d. Oct. 20, 1934 in Arkansaw, Pepin County)
g Polly Place (b. 1855, m. Joseph Lane)
g Violetta Place (b. 1857, m. Leroy Vaness)
g Didama Place (b. Feb. 26, 1859, in Pa., d. May 9, 1931, in Pepin County)

Interesting facts
g The 1850 U.S. Census lists the following living in Levi's and Polly's home in Huston Township, Clearfield County, Pa: Levi Place, 36 years old; Polly (Moorhouse), 31; Samuel, 12; Martha, 8; Hezekiah, 6; Eliza J., 4; Amelia, 3; Dulsena, 1.
g Levi and Polly allegedly are descended from French Hugenouts, but this appears to be more of a family legend than fact.

Died
1861 (at age of 43) in Pennsylvania; bur. in Conway Cemetery, Penfield, Huston Twp., Clearfield County