I'm looking for my maternal Grandfathers family . They supposedly came here from England in the late 1700"s and remained in Pennsylvania in a small town called Greens Boro . I'm trying to get my famly tree together , can anyone help ?
2006-07-15 08:45:21 · 3 answers · asked by vpsinbad50 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
The first Blooms to hit the census in Greensboro, PA is a family in 1900:
Name Home in 1900
(City,County,State) Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation to Head-of-house
Robert Bloom Apr 1863 Pennsylvania Head Day laborer Father born in England
Jessie M Bloom Mar 1868 Pennsylvania Wife
William Bloom Oct 1884 Pennsylvania Son
Benjamin Bloom Oct 1887 Pennsylvania Son
Eunice A Bloom Oct 1890 Pennsylvania Daughter
Elmer Bloom Apr 1893 Pennsylvania Son
Alvi I Bloom Mar 1895 Pennsylvania Daughter
Reamer Bloom Apr 1897 Pennsylvania Son
George E Bloom Jul 1899 Pennsylvania Son
However in 1910 Robert's father is shown as being born in Pennsylvania. Robert is now a fireman at a coke plant.
1910 United States Federal Census Record
about Robert J Bloom
Name: Robert J Bloom
Age in 1910: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Greensboro, Greene, Pennsylvania
Neighbors: View Results
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
Robert J Bloom 46
Jessie May Bloom 42
William F Bloom 25 Fireman coke plant
Benjamin Bloom 22 Fireman boat
Eunice Bloom 19 Servant for a private family
Elmer Bloom 18 Ferryman
Reymer Bloom 12
Edward Bloom 10
John W Bloom 8
Asia K Bloom 5
Nellie G Bloom 2
In 1920 he says his father was born in England, again.
1920 United States Federal Census Record
about Robert Bloom
Name: Robert Bloom
Age: 56 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Home in 1920: Greensboro, Greene, Pennsylvania
Home owned: Rent
Sex: Male
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father's Birth Place: England
1930 United States Federal Census Record
about Robert J Bloom
Name: Robert J Bloom
Home in 1930: Greensboro, Greene, Pennsylvania
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Jessie M
Race: White
Occupation: Laborer coal mine
Education:
Military service: No
Rent/home value: Rent $15/month
Age at first marriage: Him 20, her 17
Parents' birthplace: Mother PA, Father England
Household Members: Name Age
Robert J Bloom 66
Jessie M Bloom 63
Raymer Bloom 31 Laborer coal mine
I cannot find him anywhere before 1900. Hope this helps.
2006-07-22 00:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by Raymond C 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Greensboro is in Greene County.
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
has 1814 people named Bloom who died in PA, none in Greene County. Iy has 5,800+ Blooms who were born in PA, none in Greene County.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
has lots of Blooms in PA, in 1880, none in Greene County
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pa/greene/
has two hits for "Bloom".
http://genforum.genealogy.com/bloom/
has one hit for "Greene" but it is in Wisconsin.
Sorry.
2006-07-16 09:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by Stuart King 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ancestry.com
2006-07-15 17:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by Nick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋