Thume Family
Joseph Thume was a miller in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (On the 1870 US
census, Joseph Thum was recorded to be 38 years old, from Germany. In the N
Whitehall Twp. Roll 1368, pg 738, a mark is beside his name indicating a
question on name and information).
A millstone once fell and injured him. After that he and Ernestene came to
Hambleton (near Trappe) Maryland to buy a farm. On November 3, 1877, Joseph and
Ernestene Thume settled on a fifty acre(more or less) farm from Silas A.
Simpson and his wife. Silas A. Simpson held the mortgage. The cost of theland
was $2500. Joseph Thume must have paid a down payment of $500 towards the land.
The terms of the mortgage was: a payment of $400 plus interest was to be paid
on November 3, 1878, another payment of $400 plus interest was to be paid on
November 3 1879, and a final payment of $1200 plus interest was to be paid on
November 3, 1880. On November 3, 1878 the land went back to Silas A. Simpson in
a forclosure. Joseph Thume died 1878?
On the 1880 US census, Ernestene Thume, age 32 and her three sons: Otto, age 6
Leo, age 4, and Joseph, age 2 were boarding with a Goltz family. (She is
actually listed as Anna S. Thum)
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