Peter Shoop was a farmer who owned no property till after the civil war. Both wife Nancy and daughter Susanah Elizabeth were illiterate.
I am not sure as to what exactly Peter Shoop Sr.’s correct birth year is. I have 1811 but it may well be 1801. According to what census one uses both would be correct and 1811 is closer to Nancy’s age. The tombstone from what I have seen in person and from the scan that Lois sent me, is really hard to read.
In the 1850 census Peter Shoop and family are in Huston Twp. Blair County. I took some entries from the 1860 census and tried to pin point his location with a map I have from Bedford in 1860. I am almost certain that the family was then living just south of what today is named Queen in Kimmel Township in Bedford County. The 1870 census lists Peter Sr. and William as living next to one another. A map I have from around that time shows them living on what is today SR4030. This is about 2 miles from where the Shoop graves are. It is my interpretation of what info I have that when the 1860 census was taken the family rented a farm in the Queen area. Peter Jr. married into a family that lived close by Pleasentville in 1861. Peter’s father-in-law , Samuel Clark, was involved with a church ( Methodist) in the Lovely area. William and Ellen Shoop married Mocks; David and Rebecca married Corl’s. I am pretty sure that William’s and Ellen’s Mocks were brother and sister. Catherine also married a Mock but I can’t fit him in anywhere as yet. Not sure if David and Rebecca’s spouses were related. Besides showing possible relationships, this means to me that by 1861 or so the family had moved to near the border of St. Clair and Union Twps.
~ Neil Hate
Personal Information
Peter Shoop
| Name | Peter Shoop |
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| Birth | 11/22/1801 |
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| Death | ON 04/14/1881 in Mt Union Cemetery, Lovely, PA |
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| Wife | Nancy Shoop (Hinkle) |
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| Comment Count | 2 |
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| Bio Notes | Birth dates are listed as 1800 and 1801 |
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Children
Children-in-Law
Grand-Children
Great-Grand-Children
Great-Great-Grand-Children
| Name |
Birth |
Death |
| Mary Nofskerasdasds | 10/13/1903 in Freedom Twp., Blair, PA | 05/05/2003 |
| C Smithasdasds | 04/12/1902 in Freedom Twp., Blair, PA | Deceased |
| Alice Nofskerasdasds | |
Deceased |
| Robert Shoopasdasds | 08/02/1929 in East Loop, Hollidaysburg, PA | ON 10/08/2008 |
| Roy Shoopasdasds | 09/20/1925 in East Loop, Hollidaysburg, PA | ON 08/22/2007 |
| Vera Shoopasdasds | 09/07/1923 in Frankstown Twp., Blair, PA | 02/13/2008 |
| Jessie Shoopasdasds | 07/29/1922 in Frankstown Twp., Blair, PA | ON 01/07/2010 |
| Charles Shoopasdasds | 08/10/1920 in Frankstown Twp., Blair, PA | ON 01/05/2010 |
| Velma Shoopasdasds | 01/05/1919 in Frankstown Twp., Blair, PA | ON 10/27/2009 |
| Olive Shoopasdasds | 04/16/1912 | ABT 03/00/1982 |
| Clyde St. Clairasdasds | |
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| Clifford St. Clairasdasds | |
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| Paul Millerasdasds | |
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| Ardella Millerasdasds | |
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| Madge Millerasdasds | 1918 | Deceased |
| Doris Millerasdasds | |
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| Howard Millerasdasds | |
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| Ruth Millerasdasds | |
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| John Morgartasdasds | 08/28/1913 | ON 05/02/1983 |
| Clair Morgartasdasds | |
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| Dorothy Willisasdasds | |
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| Leone Willisasdasds | |
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| James Shoopasdasds | 12/19/1935 in Woodbury PA | ON 09/18/2008 |
| Dorothy Shoopasdasds | Woodbury PA | |
| Paul Shoopasdasds | 12/30/1930 in Woodbury, PA | ON 08/04/1975 |
| Blair Shoopasdasds | 04/23/1928 in Woodbury, PA | ON 03/10/2000 |
| George Shoopasdasds | 01/30/1926 in Brooks Mills PA | ON 02/22/2013 |
| Mary Shoopasdasds | 07/05/1923 in Brooks Mills PA | ON 05/30/1976 |
| Harry Shoopasdasds | 11/05/1920 in Brooks Mills PA | ON 02/18/1987 |
| Thelma Shoopasdasds | 03/15/1918 in Brooks Mills PA | ABT 2002 |
| Carl Shoopasdasds | 09/10/1915 in Brooks Mills PA | ON 11/17/1987 |
| Walter Shoopasdasds | 06/09/1913 in Brooks Mills PA | ON 02/23/1917 |
| Mildred Shoopasdasds | 08/00/1911 in Brooks Mills PA | ABT 09/00/1911 |
| James Shoopasdasds | 06/29/1922 in Frankstown Township, PA | ON 11/05/2009 |
Very nicely constructed website! I recently found out I was genetically related to two shoup ancestors of Peter and Nancy.
My GGGM was Margaret Jane Shoop b ca. 1840 from the Blair/Bedford area.
Her husband Solomon Washington Fry married her in Claysburg 1855, and they lived in Williamsburg and East Freedom twsp. in the 1860’s.
I have no direct knowledge of Margaret’s parents, but suspect they could have been a John Shoop and Mary Graden per some death certificates of their children. John b1805-d1891 and Mary b1814-d1885 lived for quite a while in the Blair Bedford area. A Margaret appears with them in the 1850 census from the area.
with siblings: sarah, susan, joseph, hannah, emeline, john and later a solomon.
John could have been a brother or cousin of Peters, but I have nothing to show the relationship. The two dna links descend from the Peter line. 1) Larry Smith and 2) Hilary W (grand daughter of Bertha Mae)
I am very interested if you know of or have done DNA testing either on Ancestry or 23andMe, that we could compare to. Larry Smith believes that the father of Peter was Friedrich Schaub.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Kevin, I realize it’s been 5 years since you posted this but I am just now reading it. I had stepped away from doing anything on this site about a year before your comment. The information you provided is really helpful – especially putting a possible name to Peter’s father. That is the first reference I have ever seen for that. I’ve done DNA at Ancestry and would love to know more about your line. Send me an email ([email protected]) if you’re still interested.