Hi folks, I am still searching for Joseph C Fruen/Fruin/Frain. Joseph was born about 1836 in England, possibly Kent. There is a Joseph FRUIN baptized at St John's in Thanet in 1836. Could be him. The age is right. On the 1860 census of Monroe Co AR, Joseph C FRAIN is listed as born in London England. Was he born there or had he moved there from another location prior to his move to USA. I find Joseph listed as FRUIN on some records and FRUEN on others. Joseph married Cordelia DICKERSON, a widow with three children in 1861 in Monroe Co AR. The children: Josephine, Evaline and Henry Calvin. They are still in Monroe in 1870, according to the census. By 1880, they had moved to Yell Co AR. They had one son in 1872 named William Edward. Evaline and Calvin had left home. Josephine was at home with her mother, though she had been married about 1874 to William Walt. My guess is that Josephine was there to comfort her mother, since Joseph died in 1880. Cordelia acquired land through federal land grants, as the widow of Joseph C Fruin. I have requested these records from the National Archives. They haven't arrived as yet. I am hoping there will be something in the records on Joseph, since it appears that he had begun the acquistion process. My greatest problem is finding info on parents and siblings. So far, nothing has surfaced on either. I don't have a clue how to look for Joseph in England, as I have no data on those parents. Any suggestions? Thanks Georgia Fruen Aeverman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/