Still a Mystery

 These are some mysteries I'm still trying to solve in various family lines:

Harriet Barecolt - Her name appears on son, Joseph Wormuth's death certificate.  I have found NO other information about her.  If Joseph Wormuth's mother she was married to his father, Peter Wormuth whose calculated birth year was 1788 in NYS.  I have no birth place for Harriet, no death date or place.  

Joseph (b. 1814) had 3 brothers:  Peter J. (b. 1827); John W. (1815); and Stephen W. (b. 1823).

Peter, Sr. was also married to a Grace Deighton Ramsey in 1849.  They had 4 children:  Elizabeth A. (b. 1850); James Henry (b. 1852); Henry (b. 1853); Mary C. (b. 1854); and Richard B. (b. 1859).  Since this marriage was in 1849, one can assume that Harriet died before that.

Prior to 1850, only the name of the head of household appeared on censuses.  Since Harriet probably died before 1849, she would last have appeared on the 1840 census.  That census shows Peter in Liberty, Sullivan County, NY.  One male is listed age 50-59 which would be Peter.  One female is listed, age 50-59.  Maybe this is Harriet.  

If 50-59 in 1840, Harriet would have been born between 1781 and 1790.  The first federal census was 1790.  There was nobody names Barecolt on that census.  However, since there are all kinds of errors on official documents, it's very possible that the surname isn't exactly Barecolt but something that sounds like it.

Assuming that Harriet died between the 1840 census and Peter's marriage to Grace in 1849 and she and Peter last lived in Liberty, it's a good possibility that she died in Liberty. 

Death certificates can list spouses and parents, places and dates of birth.  So, I requested death certificates for each of Joseph's brothers.  I was unable to find death certificates for John or Stephen.  Peter J's  death certificates doesn't list his parents or place of birth or death.

So, the mystery remains...

More of these in later posts.