Notes for: Lydia Matchin
1870 Census, Northumberland Co, Pa (Lewis Twp, Watsontown Post Office), enumerated on Jun 20 1870:
Solomon P. Gaston, 40, farmer; Lydia A. (?), 40; Robert, 6; Edward, 4; Henry, 3. All born in Pennsylvania.
In the next household were the following persons:
Martha Gaston, 44, occupation keeping house; Chottote Gaston, 30, without occupation; Mary Gaston, 50, without occupation.
1880 Census, Northumberland Co, Pa (Lewis Twp), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
S. P. Gaston, 50, farmer; wife Lydia M, 50; son Robert C, 16; son Edward H, 13; son Henry G, 12. All born in Pennsylvania. Lydia's parents born in England.
In the next household were the following persons:
Martha Gaston, 53, b. Pa (father b. NJ, mother b. Pa), single; sister Sharlet Gaston, 45, b. Pa (father b. NJ, mother b. Pa); aunt Mary Gaston, 76, b. Pa (both parents b. Pa), single, aflicted with palsy.
1900 Census, Northumberland Co, Pa (Lewis Twp), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
Solomon P. Gaston, 70, b. Dec 1829, farmer, married 39 yrs; wife Lydia Gaston, 71, b. Jun 1828, mother of 6 children (3 still living); son Robert Gaston, 36, b. Oct 1863, farmer, single; sister Martha J. Gaston, 74, b. Jun 1826, single; sister Charlotte Gaston, 65, b. Apr 1835, single. All born in Pennsylvania.
1910 Census, Northumberland Co, Pa (Lewis Twp), enumerated on May 2 1910:
Robert C. Gaston, 46, farmer, married 9 yrs (1st marriage); wife Kathryn G, 46, married 9 yrs (1st marriage), no children; father Paterson S, 80, own income, married 48 yrs (1st marriage); mother Lydia M, 80, married 48 yrs (1st marriage), 4 children (3 still living). All born in Pennsylvania.
In the next household, alone, was: Charlotte A. Gaston, 74, single.