Family History - Person Sheet
Family History - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Lloyd 
198
198Deathafter 1880201
ReligionEvidently Society of Friends in early childhood; then baptized in Reform Dutch Church, first marriage in Episcopal Church, second marriage in Reformed Church202
FatherThomas Lloyd (1779-1865)
MotherCatharina Oblinger (~1780->1830)
Spouses
FatherHenry Hoffman (~1780-1821)
MotherEsther (Hetty) (Unknown) (1780->1845)
MarriageOctober 8, 1835, Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Pennsylvania209
MarriageApril 16, 1846, Union, Berks County, Pennsylvania207
Notes for Joseph Lloyd
Records of Joseph Lloyd, like those for his father, indicate a fair amount of wandering and not a lot of prosperity. There are a few odd skips and gaps in the trail.
Joseph was born in Pennsylvania in 1810, probably in the Northern Liberties area above Phiadelphia. He was baptized at the First Dutch Reformed Church at age 8 in 1818.202 The 1830 census listings for his father’s household212 suggest he was living with his family in Philadelphia then. In 1835, there is a record of Joseph’s marriage to Sarah Hoffman in Reading, Berks County; it is noted that both lived in Union Township, two or three towns away. Joseph’s older sister, Mary Ann, married William Linderman of Union a few years earlier. In 1838, Joseph is apprently in nearby East Nantmeal, Chester County, where he appears without any taxable assets.213 The 1840 census listings214 for nearby Coventry, Chester County show a Joseph Loid and wife of similar age with two young sons, two lines down from John R. Lindemann, an apparent family member of Joseph’s brother-in-law William Linderman. By the time of the 1842 Pennsylvania septennial census, Joseph Lloyd is no longer in North Coventry.215 Handed down family history114 reports that his son, William Edward, was born in Pine Grove, Schuykill County that year. Joseph’s sister Mary Ann was in Pine Grove in 1840, so this seems reasonable.216 In 1846, Joseph married Anna Hoyer in Reading, Berks County. Presumably Sarah died during the interim. Again both bride and groom were reported to come from Union Township. Joseph and Annie’s daughter Sarah Ann was born in 1847, son Isaac in July 1850.203
In 1849, about the time of the birth of his son Isaac, Joseph appears for the first time in the Philadelphia Directory, initially at the shoemaking shop of Joshua Lloyd. In 1850, he is cited in the census for Union Township, Berks County203 as Joseph Lord, occupation laborer, along with wife Anna and five children: Joel, Henry, William, Sarah A., and Isaac. Joseph’s sister Mary Ann is four households away, married to William Linderman, a farmer.
From the Philadelphia Directory and the 1860 census,217,198 we know that he was in that area and worked as a shoemaker at least through 1863. Then there is again a gap in the records. Annie and Sarah appear in the 1870 Reading census as boarders, or perhaps domestic help, in the Clymer household, with no mention of Joseph.211 Annie is described as a housekeeper In the 1880 Berks census, Joseph and Annie are living together in Lower Heidelberg, Berks.201 This is the last citation of his presence that I have been able to find.
Joseph was born in Pennsylvania in 1810, probably in the Northern Liberties area above Phiadelphia. He was baptized at the First Dutch Reformed Church at age 8 in 1818.202 The 1830 census listings for his father’s household212 suggest he was living with his family in Philadelphia then. In 1835, there is a record of Joseph’s marriage to Sarah Hoffman in Reading, Berks County; it is noted that both lived in Union Township, two or three towns away. Joseph’s older sister, Mary Ann, married William Linderman of Union a few years earlier. In 1838, Joseph is apprently in nearby East Nantmeal, Chester County, where he appears without any taxable assets.213 The 1840 census listings214 for nearby Coventry, Chester County show a Joseph Loid and wife of similar age with two young sons, two lines down from John R. Lindemann, an apparent family member of Joseph’s brother-in-law William Linderman. By the time of the 1842 Pennsylvania septennial census, Joseph Lloyd is no longer in North Coventry.215 Handed down family history114 reports that his son, William Edward, was born in Pine Grove, Schuykill County that year. Joseph’s sister Mary Ann was in Pine Grove in 1840, so this seems reasonable.216 In 1846, Joseph married Anna Hoyer in Reading, Berks County. Presumably Sarah died during the interim. Again both bride and groom were reported to come from Union Township. Joseph and Annie’s daughter Sarah Ann was born in 1847, son Isaac in July 1850.203
In 1849, about the time of the birth of his son Isaac, Joseph appears for the first time in the Philadelphia Directory, initially at the shoemaking shop of Joshua Lloyd. In 1850, he is cited in the census for Union Township, Berks County203 as Joseph Lord, occupation laborer, along with wife Anna and five children: Joel, Henry, William, Sarah A., and Isaac. Joseph’s sister Mary Ann is four households away, married to William Linderman, a farmer.
From the Philadelphia Directory and the 1860 census,217,198 we know that he was in that area and worked as a shoemaker at least through 1863. Then there is again a gap in the records. Annie and Sarah appear in the 1870 Reading census as boarders, or perhaps domestic help, in the Clymer household, with no mention of Joseph.211 Annie is described as a housekeeper In the 1880 Berks census, Joseph and Annie are living together in Lower Heidelberg, Berks.201 This is the last citation of his presence that I have been able to find.