[PRCo] Regional population numbers

[John Swindler]

Was relating the experience of my family.  Two brothers arrived in area in 1780s.  As with the Amish in Lancaster County, one brother plus most of the off-spring of other brother (about 8-10 family groups over couple generations) eventually headed west - until some ran out of firm ground on west coast.  With one exception (and they disappeared from Pgh area in 1925) , haven't found anyone that stayed continuously in the Pittsburgh area.  My grandfather returned to Pittsburgh from Nevada in 1909 - NOT for a job, but to attend Pitts medical school.  Even grandmother's side:  family arrived in Homestead from England 1884 - and within a decade had continued west to Lorain, Ohio.  Grandma returned to Pittsburgh to attend West Penn School of Nursing.  Glad she did, or I would not be here today.
 
The advantage of a weird name is that it makes it easy to track the movements of 'cousins' in the census data.  Our ancestors might have been a lot more mobile then we give them credit.  Which can play havoc with statistics.
 
 

 
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:25:43 -0800
> From: pcc_sr at yahoo.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Regional population numbers
> 
> Figures present 'their' story but you present reality Mr.Swindler.
> Pittsburgh once claimed to be the gateway to the west didn't it.
> It is then obvious it is a temporary abode for many but permanent
> for some.
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> On Sun, 11/17/13, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Subject: Re: [PRCo] Regional population numbers
>  To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>  Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 7:18 PM
>  
>   
>   
>  People of European descent have been leaving the Pittsburgh
>  region for past 200 years.  Nothing new. 
>  Pittsburgh region was frequently just a way-station, even
>  back in 1810.  Sometimes families hung around for
>  several generations, but just as frequently less than one
>  generation.  Your family is an example of one that left
>  prior to 1960 peak.
>   
>  People have also been moving into the Pittsburgh area for
>  past 200 years plus.  Herb is just a recent
>  example.  
>   
>  And in some instances, families left Pittsburgh - and part
>  of the next generation returned.  And not necessarily
>  for work.  Pitt medical school for instance, even in
>  1910.
>   
>  As for PAT ridership, as you know, PAT system ridership 40
>  years ago was around 130 million per year.  The rail
>  ridership was around 22-25,000 per weekday.  Today
>  system ridership is around 65 million per year, while light
>  rail ridership is about 27,000 per weekday.  Light rail
>  has held its ridership.  Its the bus system that has
>  suffered an evaporation of riders.
>   
>  
>   
>  > From: fwschneider at comcast.net
>  > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:06:01 -0500
>  > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
>  > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Regional population numbers
>  > 
>  > 1810???     It vas on da frontier
>  den.  The census claims it grew from 1,565 in 1800 to
>  4,768 in 1810.    Probably the people leaving were
>  native Americans and we were killing them with European
>  diseases.   
> 
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