Hello All I'm attempting to locate my family line in any census records at all for Tuscaloosa or surrounding areas; Hale, Perry, Greene, etc. Jul 23, 1884, Wed. Married on the 10, July at the residence of Irving Evans. In the neighborhood of Big Creek, William boover of New York and Miss Matilda Lett of Tuscaloosa Co. I'm very interested to find Matilda in 1870. 1880 and 1890 census. I have her prior in 1860 and also in 1900 but nowhere in between. In 1900 she was still using the Lett name and not the married name of Boover. I assume this is because, according to family oral history, William went to Ireland to take care of some family issues and never returned. 1850 Census Tishomingo Co., Mississippi, Southern Division, Pg 165B. 1044/1044 Belfield Lett 36 [1814] M KY Jane 33 [1817] F AL Luiza 6 [1844] F AL John 4 [1846] M AL Mary 1 [1849] F MS Enumerated on Nov 28, 1850 by Isaac Lewellen. 1860 Census Greene Co., Alabama, Knoxville Precinct, Knoxville PO, Pg 971 652/652 L E Lett 38 [1822] F SC [ L Emeline?] L 16 [1844] F AL [Luiza?] J 14 [1846] M AL [John?] M 12 [1848] F MS [Mary?] W 7 [1853] M AR [?] B 3 [1857] M AR [The Belfield that married Frances M Neighbors?] Enumerated on Jul 22, 1860 by J D Carpenter. 1880 Census Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, Beat No 9 [Hughes], Pg 585A. 33/33 Lett Jane E W F 55 [1825] Self Wd AL Unk Unk J W F 14 [1866] Dau S AL AL Blank - probably to show that birthplace is unknown 34/34 Lett Wm W M 27 [1853] Self M AR Unk Blank - probably to show that birthplace is unknown C W F 26 [1854] Wife M AL AL " M M W F 6 [1874] Dau S AL AL " D W F 3 [1877] Dau S AL AL " M W M Feb 1880 Son S AL AL " Enumerated on Jun 2, 1880 by Wm J Foster. So you notice here, I do not have them for 1870, and by 1880 Mary was no longer living with Jane E and next door to her mom is her brother William and his new family one of which appears to have been named after his sister Mary Matilda by the MM initials of a daughter age 6. From the wedding announcement in the paper, I located the Evans man. He lived about five houses down from William Lett in 1880 census. Mary Matilda began having children by at least 1873 (possibly one prior to 1873). Some of the children's names are Eugene Phillips/Lett, Lucy Jane Phillips/Lett, Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Boover/Lett and John O. Lett. Tale is the father of the children was a Eugene Coleman Phillips but we do not know if she ever married this man or if the children went by Phillips or Lett except for John O. We do know in 1900 he was going by LETT but later changed his name to Boover. So finding the 1870, 1880 and 1890 census is very important! Any help to fill in the missing census records would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks so much Sharon Griffin-Cobb