Thomas Harvey MCCLURE

1861 - 1926  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Thomas Harvey MCCLURE
  Born	Nov 1861	Hillville, Armstrong Co, PA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Birth date given in his death record as 3 Nov 1859. But the 1900 Census shows his birth date as Nov 1861, while age 8 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1862.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870, 1880	Perry Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
  Occupation	1880  [4]
  	coal miner
  Occupation	1900  [1]
  	day laborer
  Census	1900, 1910	McDonald, Washington Co, PA
  Occupation	1910  [5]
  	driller in oil fields
  Residence	1913
  	The August 1913 obituary of Henry L. McClure stated that he was born in Armstrong County Pa, died in Donegal Pa at age 58, and was survived by "his mother, Mrs. Margaret McClure and these brothers and sisters: Thomas of Strait Settlements, India; J. A. McClure of Canada; W. K. McClure of Illinois; M. E. McClure of Potter County, Pa; Mrs. John McGinnis of Butler; and Mrs. M. E. Miller of Indiana, Pa." The wording makes it unclear whether Thomas McClure was residing at that time in India or in present-day Malaysia. Straits Settlements, former British crown colony on the Strait of Malacca, comprising four trade centres, Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Labuan, established or taken over by the British East India Company. The British settlement at Penang was founded in 1786, at Singapore in 1819; Malacca, occupied by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, was transferred to the East India Company in 1824. The three territories were established as a crown colony in 1867. Labuan, which became part of Singapore Settlement in 1907, was constituted a fourth separate settlement in 1912. https://www.britannica.com/place/Straits-Settlements The Straits Settlements, comprising Penang, Malacca and Singapore, was an administrative unit of the East India Company (1826-1867) and later the British Colonial Office (1867-1946). It was formed in 1826 as a presidency under the administration of the East India Company in India. The Cocos-Keeling Islands, Christmas Island and Labuan were also briefly part of the Straits Settlements. Following the dissolution of the Straits Settlements in 1946, Singapore (together with the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands) became a crown colony, Penang and Malacca were made part of the Malayan Union, while Labuan was incorporated into the North Borneo crown colony. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2014-07-30_084623.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements
  Census	1920	McDonald, Washington Co, PA
  Occupation	oil well driller  [3]
  Occupation	1920  [6]
  	brewery contractor
  Died	27 Sep 1926	McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA   [3]
  Buried	ROBINSON RUN CEM	McDonald, Washington Co, PA   [3]
  Person ID	I70580	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	James MCCLURE,   b. CA 1820,   d. Bef 1880  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Margaret ELDER,   b. CA 1835, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft Aug 1913  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Family ID	F58554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy STOVER,   b. Mar 1861, Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 Feb 1922  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	1882  [5]
  Notes	1920 Census, Washington Co, PA (McDonald Twp, Borough of McDonald), enumerated on Jan 12 1920: Thomas H. McClure, 60, b. Pa. (father b. Scotland, mother b. Pa.), brewery contractor; wife Nancy, 64, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.); dau Minnie M. Smith, 28, b. Pa, married; granddau Laura E. Smith, 2y 1m, b. Pa.; grandson Percy A. McClure, 8, b. W.Va., attended school. [7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. James Addison MCCLURE,   b. 5 Jan 1885, Hawthorn, Clarion Co, PA
  Family ID	F29869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1662] 1900 Census. [S1972] 1870 Census. [S2744] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S1710] 1880 Census. [S1813] 1910 Census. [S1734] 1920 Census. [S1567] Marriage record of son. [S1620] Death record of husband.