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 Abt 1842 - Aft 1890 (> 49 years)
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| Name |
Frances Alwilda Lake |
| Born |
Abt 1842 |
Susquehanna County, Lenox Twp. (?), PA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
Aft 1890 |
Olyphant, PA (?) |
| Person ID |
I03719 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Father |
William Lake, b. Abt 1815, NY , d. Bef 1870, Olyphant, PA (?) (Age < 55 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine ?, b. Abt 1822, NY , d. Bef 1880, Dickson, PA (Age < 58 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1838 |
NY |
| Family ID |
F1355 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Samuel R. Tombo, b. 1839, E. Lampeter, Lancaster Co. PA , d. 7 Jul 1868, Philadelphia, PA (Age 29 years) |
| Married |
13 Dec 1863 |
Dandoff, Susquehanna Co., PA |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1353 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Nicolas Johns, b. Abt 1836, Pennsylvania , d. Aft 1880, Pensylvania (Age > 45 years) |
| Married |
25 Dec 1869 |
Olyphant, PA (?) |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1354 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Documents |
 | Census from 1879/1880
A census from June 1st 1879 to May 31 1880 in which Nicholas, Johns appears in as does his wife Frances, his 2 daughters Ann and Elizabeth, and his step son William Tombow appear in |
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| Notes |
- The Ancestry of Frances Alwilda Lake
Before recounting the descendants of Samuel R. Tombow and his wife, Frances Alwilda Lake, what is known about our ancestress and her origins at this writing is here recorded.
The earliest Census of Frances's family so far researched is the l850 Federal Census of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna County is Pennsylvania's most northeastern county, bounded by New York on two sides.
The following entry is found on page 97 of the l850 Census, dwelling l507, Lenox Township. The entry was made 30 October l850.
William Lake, age 45, farmer, born in New York State, real estate value: $300. Catherine age 28, born in New York State Mary age l0, born in Pennsylvania Frances age 8, born in Pennsylvania John age 7 born in Pennsylvania Angeline, age 5, born in Pennsylvania Lucius (m) age l born in Pennsylvania Inez (f) age l born in Pennsylvania
The following is an entry taken from the l860 Federal Census for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, city of Carbondale, dwelling #850. The entry was made on 4 July l860.
William Lake, age 50 years, sawyer, born in New York, estate value: $50 Catherine Lake, age 34 years, born in New York
Alwilda Lake, age l7, dressmaker, born in Pennsylvania
John W. Lake, age l6, day laborer, born in Pennsylvania
Angeline Lake, age l4, born in Pennsylvania
Inez Lake, age l2, born in Pennsylvania
Lucius Lake, age l2, born in Pennsylvania
Patience Lake, age l0, born in Pennsylvania
Arthur Lake, age 7, born in Pennsylvania
Emaretta Lake, age 6, born in Pennsylvania
Ralph Lake, age 3, born in Pennsylvania
Charles Lake, age ll/l2, born in Pennsylvania
A personal search of the l870 Census for Carbondale did not reveal traces of the William Lake Family.
A computerized search of the Luzerne County Federal Census for l870 did not reveal the family of Nicolas Johns whom Frances Alwilda Lake married after the death of Samuel. (Marjorie Wylam Bleidner, Computerized l870 Luzerne Co, PA. Federal Census, PO Box 2363, Marathon Shores, FL 33052, (305) 289-0734. Research done l August l989)
What is now known about Frances Alwilda Lake from oral history and the public record can be reconstructed as follows. Frances was born in Pennsylvania, probably Susquehanna County, in about l843. Her parents were William and Catherine Lake who were born in New York State, and apparently came to Pennsylvania shortly after their marriage as all children are born in Pennsylvania. Their marriage probably occurred around l838-39 in the State of New York.
Many of Frances' siblings remained in the Scranton area as this writer's aunts have stated that the Lake uncles helped their family to get jobs. Further research on the Lake Family and its origins will require work on the siblings. Perhaps John W. Lake, Frances' brother, entered the Civil War. If such is the case, his pension papers may reveal something about the family. Vital records for Lackawanna County, and its parent County, Luzerne, need to be searched for further clues, as well as city directories. Shortly, all Federal Censuses, including the l920 Federal Census, will be open for public scrutiny.
Greene County, New York, has a great number of Lake Families in earlier Federal Censuses. Many other family names from this County also show up as family names in the l850 Federal Census of Susqehanna County, PA. Since migration movements in the U.S. often involved neighbors and relatives moving to the same locations, Greene County, NY, may be the birth place and place of marriage of Frances' parents.
Frances Alwilda Lake was a seamstress, or dressmaker, according to the l860 Census. Her granddaughter, Pearl Tambeau, states that "when she walked down the street, she took both sides of it with her", the impression being given that Frances had a proud and grand air about her.
Frances' pension application, as the widow of Samuel Tombow, indicates that she married Nicolas Johns 25 December l869, but it does not name the location. By the l870 Federal Census the family had apparently moved to Carbon County where they are found in the l880 Federal Census.
The 1880 Federal Census. Vol. 18, E.D. 109, Sheet 13, line 26, indicates that Nicolas John, a white male, age 44 years, was living in Yorktown, Carbon Co., PA, with his wife Frances A. John, age 37, son William (Tombow), age 15, daughter Ann (John), age 8 years, and daughter Elizabeth (John), age 6 years, all of whom were born in Pennsylvania.
Nicolas Johns, a coal mining engineer, must have died by l882, as Frances files an application for Samuel's pension. This suggests that she was once again widowed, and having fallen on hard times sought the pension money as a source of income.
On 24 October l882 she gives her address as Audenreid, Carbon County, PA. In this application she repeatedly spells the family name as "Tambo", not "Tombo", as Samuel did in his signature.
Her signature appears on this application which was subsequently denied on 25 July l883.
Seven years later, on 26 March l890, she refiles her application for pension in the Court of Quarter Sessions, Lackawanna County, giving her residence as Olyphant, Pennsylvania. The family name is also spelled "Tambo" on these documents.
Her petition was again rejected on two grounds: the records show that the fatal disease existed prior to enlistment and, secondly, she had remarried within a year of Samuel's death.
The date of Frances Alwilda Lake's death and her place of burial are unknown. As her son, William, married in l899 and resided in Olyphant it may be conjectured that she lived near by at the time of her death.
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