I appreciate your help, too. But that is James and not Johnny in the 1930 census because James is my dad (born in 1921). Johnny seems to have disappeared after his marriage (in Montgomery County) in 1929. Thanks, Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >I couldn't find him in 1930 either but that 1930 record that Linda posted >is his family and I am wondering if > the James age 8 is really Johnny age 18. Stranger mistakes have happened. > Here is the 1920: > 1920 Montgomery Co, AL, wd-1, page 30 > (all birthplaces AL) > Tom Benefield 35 carpenter-stockyard > Maggie (wife) 27 > Johnny 8 (son) > > > Melissa Parker wrote: > >> I appreciate the lookup, Linda. That's just another one of my family >> mysteries. All I have is an old bible saying that Johnny Benefield >> married >> Mary Moseley in 1929. He would have been only a little older than 17 and >> she would have been only 14...was thinking there might be a child >> involved. >> >> Would you mind giving me the Benefield family that you found? Thank you. >> >> Melissa >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Linda Murray" <lhmurray@bellsouth.net> >> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >> >> > Melissa, >> > There's only one Benefield family indexed in 1930 Montgomery County, >> > and >> > that one contains no John and no Mary. >> > There are many John and J. Benefields indexed throughout the state for >> > 1930, but none born ca 1911, none with a wife named Mary. >> > >> > Sorry I wasn't able to help. Hopefully someone else on the list will >> > have >> > better luck. >> > Linda in Georgia >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Melissa Parker >> > To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:36 PM >> > Subject: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >> > >> > >> > I'm looking for the family of John or Johnny Benefield, caucasian, >> > born >> > in 1911, so should be about 18 or 19 in the census. I'm thinking his >> > wife >> > should be listed (Mary Archie Moseley) with him and possibly a child. >> > They may be living with his parents (Benefield) or hers (Moseley). >> > Thanks >> > for your efforts. >> > >> > Melissa >> > >> > >> > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >> > Free Soundex code converter >> > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter >> > >> > ============================== >> > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >> > To view completed census transcriptions online >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html >> > >> > ============================== >> > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> > >> >> ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >> To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to >> XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace it >> with your state abbreviation ) >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >