Peter A. Sisco1,2

M, #6445, * 25 Oct 1818, + 17 Jan 1886
FatherAnthony Sisco3 * 9 Jul 1798
MotherElizabeth Buckbee3 * 28 Jun 1801

Family

Elizabeth Doremus * 8 Dec 1823, + bt Jun 1880 - Apr 1881
Children
  • Thomas Sisco4,11 * 1842
  • George Sisco12 * 17 Jul 1843, + 13 Aug 1844
  • David Sisco7 * 1848
  • Alexander Sisco7 * Jul 1850
  • Horace Sisco4 * 1851
  • Benjamin Sisco2,4 * 11 Mar 1853, + 11 Nov 1933
  • William Sisco4 * 1856
  • Loretta Sisco4 * Apr 1860
  • Annette Sisco13,14 * 5 Nov 1862, + 16 May 1863
     Peter A. Sisco was born on 25 Oct 1818 in New Jersey.4,3 He (1) married (DRC) Elizabeth Doremus on 5 Jan 1842 at Pompton Plains, New Jersey.5 He (2) married Lottie A. Mason on 24 Apr 1881 at Newark, New Jersey.1 He died on 17 Jan 1886 in Newark, New Jersey.6

Other information: He lived at the time of his first marriage at Orange County, New York.5
Peter A. Sisco was a victualing agent in 1850, hotel keeper in 1860. In 1870 he kept the Clifton House in Newark; and in 1880 he was a health inspector.7,8,9

He is listed in the following census:
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Peter A. Cisco, North ward, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of Peter A., his wife Elizabeth and and his children Thomas, David and Alexander.7
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Peter A. Sisco, #583, Acquackanonck (Little Falls Postoffice), Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of Peter A., his wife May and his children Thomas, Horace, Benjamin, William and Loretta. Two other people, John Smith (32) and Margaret Brower (13) were also living in the household.4
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Peter A. Sisco, Ward 8 (#673), Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of Peter A., his wife Elizabeth and his children William and Lauretta. Several other people live with them, among them Benjamin Doremus (44, b. NJ, laborer.)8
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Peter A. Sisco, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Household consists of Peter A., his wife Elizabeth and his children Benj. A., William A. and Laura, his brother-in-law Benjamin Doremus (54, policeman), and Frank Mandeville (24, news agent.)9
1885 New Jersey census: Household of Peter A. Sisco, Ward 8, Newark, Essex County. Household consists of Peter A., his wife Charlotte and his sons Benjamin and William, Benjamin's wife Belle, Benjamin's children Henry and Isabella, Benjamin R. Doremus, William Stone, and Catharine Orourke.10

Name variants: Peter A. Cisco (in the 1850 census.)7

Citations

  1. [S1091] NJ Marriages, 1678-1985, Peter A. Sisco and Lottie A. Mason, 24 Apr 1881; FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ2J-XLM> : accessed 25 Sep 2014), FHL Film#495696. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  2. [S1090] NJ Births 1660-1980, Benjamin Sisco, 11 Mar 1853; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZDV-9PP : accessed 22 Sep 2014); citing Newark, Essex, NJ, reference ; FHL microfilm 0584562 V. Y.. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  3. [S852] Bill Sisco, Sisco Family in "Sisco," listserve message 27 Feb 2001, Bible entry transcription.
  4. [S108] Fed. Census: 1860. New Jersey, Passaic County, Acquackanonck (Little Falls Post Office), sheet 76-77, line 39-40, 1-7 (NARA: M653 Roll: 706 Page: 76-77). Household of Peter A. Sisco.
  5. [S1092] NJ County Marr, Peter A. Sisco and Elizabeth Doremus, 5 Jan 1842; FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9882-10917-46> : accessed 22 Sep 2014). FHC Film #4541276, image 1518 of 1590. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/
  6. [S1089] NJ Deaths, Peter A. Sisco, 17 Jan 1886; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZC3-ML9 : accessed 22 Sep 2014), citing Newark, Essex, New Jersey, reference v 18 p 306; FHL microfilm 589306, image 1518 of 1590.. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1675445. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, North Ward, sheet 46b, line 21-25 (NARA: M432, Roll 548, Page 46b). Household of Peter A. Cisco.
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, 8th Ward, sheet 106, line 13-23, (NARA: M593, Roll ?, Page 203b). Household of Peter A. Sisco.
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBX-HN3> : 24 December 2015), New Jersey > Essex > Newark > ED 53 > image 29 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.).
  10. [S107] State Census: "New Jersey State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-9RT1-3> : 21 May 2014), Essex > Newark, Ward 08 > image 218 of 256; Department of State, Trenton.
  11. [S1091] NJ Marriages, 1678-1985, Thomas Cisco and Ruth Belden, 17 Jan 1862; FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZGC-9W8> : 10 February 2018); FHL microfilm 004210078.. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  12. [S851] William Nelson, Doremus, pg. 146.
  13. [S1090] NJ Births 1660-1980, Annetta Sisco, 05 Nov 1862; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZPC-82N : accessed 17 Dec 2023); citing Little Falls, Passaic, New Jersey, reference v AB p 209; FHL microfilm 584578.. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.
  14. [S1089] NJ Deaths, An Etta Sisco, 16 May 1863; FamilySearch (<https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZPC-82N. : accessed 25 Sep 2014), citing Little Falls, Passaic, NJ, reference v AC p 515; FHL microfilm 584579.. Index and/or images online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1675445. Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.