Ralston IRE, PA, NY??

Ralston Research Wizards,
       
       I have been working on my family history on and off for about 5 years now and whenever I was stumped I would put away the notebooks give up on it for a while.Well in the last few days my Grandfather got me back on the Ralston track and I have made more head way it 2 day then I did in the past 2 years.I have found a lot of people I never thought that I would figure out, but like you all know it never ends.I need help with finding out more information about one guy and here is what I know.

Our mystery guy is
John Ralston born abt.1801 (place unknown) He marries Caroline Ralston (maiden name unknown) abt. 1820 in New York maybe Schaghticoke in Rensselaer County.He dies in Schaghticoke in Rensselaer County on July 23 1872.They have three children that I know of.
Emelina Ralston, b. 1846
John E. Ralston,b.1842 d.1922
Warren E. Ralston b.1838 d.Unknown, This is my GGGG Grandfather

Here the information I have on John Ralston out of the census

1840 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 19
John Ralston Head
1 male under 5
1 male 15 - 20
1 male 30 - 40
1 female 30 – 40

1850 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 12
John Ralston 49
Wife:Caroline 42
Son:Warren E. 13
Son:       John 8
Daughter: Emelina 4

1860 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 65
John Ralston 59
Wife:              Caroline 57
Son:              John 17
Daughter:       Emelina 15

1870 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 12
John Ralston 69
Wife: Caroline 52
Son: John E. 23

There other son Warren has moved into his own place
1870 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 18
Warren E Ralston 32
Wife:       Catherine “Bryan” Ralston 44
Son:       William 11
Son:       Ezra 10 (named after his mother’s father Ezra Bryan)

John Ralston above died in 1872

1880 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 33
John E. Ralston, 36
Wife: Emma 24 (1st wife who bares his 1st child Carrie May who dies at 7 months old in 1881)
Emma dies on July 3 1885

1900 Census New York, Rensselaer, Schaghticoke, Page 11
John E. Ralston
Wife:              (2nd) Anna b. July 1858
Daughter:       Estella b. Oct 1888
Daughter:       Sarah E. b. Feb 1890

Here is what else I was thinking, everyone knows the Passenger Ship “Strafford” and its crew of Ralstons.Well from researching this site I was able to a count for all but seven of them using the post at http://genforum.genealogy.com/ralston/messages/1489.htmlhttp://genforum.genealogy.com/ralston/messages/1489.html

Here are the seven I could not figure out

James       Ralston       15               County Tyrone
James       Ralston       45       farmer       County Tyrone
John       Ralston       2               County Tyrone
John       Ralston       11               County Tyrone
Josh       Ralston       5               County Tyrone
Mary       Ralston       12               County Tyrone
Mary       Ralston       40               County Tyrone

Does anyone have information on these folks before I try to claim them?

I think that John Ralston Age 2 could be the one I’m looking for because in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York about 1820 in the census a James Ralston shows up.Then in 1830 James and James Jr. household are named in the census.In the 1840 census the households of James, James Jr. Richard and John (The One) appear.If you look at all the census information on The Ralston’s in Rensselaer County it seems to add up that they might me the “lost family” from the Strafford.My cousin William age 60 who still lives in Schaghticoke remembers his father talking about having relatives down in Pennsylvania. Let me know what you dig up.I'm going to post a website soon on all the Ralston's that I have found in Eastern New York and Western Massachuessets plus I'm going to have an online family tree.


Jay Ralston
www.ralstoncomputing.com