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- 1840 census, pg 186, Augusta, 2100 01-0000 01
1850 census, pg 288,/#290, Lower Augusta, Daniel 44 (potter), Elizabeth 44,
Joseph 17, George 16, Mathias 11, Henry 10, Mary 8, Landis 6, Daniel 3, Ellen 1
(by Susanna and Eliz)
1860census, pg 44/#911, Lower Augusta, Daniel 55 (laborer), Elizabeth 50,
Mathias21, Henry 20, Daniel 13, Ellen 10, Landis 15, Jeremiah 8, Anna 5
1870 census, Upper Augusta (Daniel Bastron), 64, works patern shop,
Anna 16, Daniel 22 stone mason, Jeremiah 18 laborer,
From Floyd's History of Northumberland County, pg 840
Daniel Bastian, son of George Michael, Sr.[sic Jr] , was born Aug. 8, 1806, in what
is now Snyder county, Pa., and was a young man when he came across the river
into Upper Augusta township. There he married Elizabeth Drayer, daughter of
Matthias Drayer and they were Lutheran members of the Lantz Church in what is
now Rockefeller township, both being buried at that church.Mrs. Bastian died
Jan. 21, 1869, aged fifty-nine years, three month twenty-seven days. Mr.
Bastian died Dec. 29, 1879. He was a potter, and followed his trade in Sunbury
and Upper Augusta township for many years, in his later life also engaging to
some extent in carpentering. Mr. and Mrs. Bastian had a large family, as
follows: Sarah died in childhood; Joseph was killed while serving in the Civil
war (he was married); George, a carpenter, died Feb. 3, 1897, aged sixty years,
five months, ten days; Matthias D. is mentioned below; Henry died in young
manhood, in Rockefeller township; Polly married Jeremiah Cooper and they lived
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Landis is a farmer in Upper Augusta; Daniel died Sept. 25,
1878, aged thirty-one years, two months, twelve days; Mary Ellen married Samuel
Fry and died Aug. 5, 1829, aged fifty-six years, ten months, twelve days;
Jeremiah, of Sunbury, is a painter; Anna married Henry Naseand they live in
Chicago.
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1806 - 1879 (73 years)