This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDONALD, FINCH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QV.2ADI/119 Message Board Post: Searching for spouse of Matilda McDONALD, b. abt 1841 Tennessee. 1870 Lynch Township, Texas County, Missouri census lists Matilda McDONALD as head of household with children, Mary b. abt 1860, Arkansas, Francis b. abt 1863, Missouri, and John b. abt 1866, Missouri. Son Thomas Kibble McDONALD, b. 1870, wasn’t listed on the census. 1880 Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas census lists Granison FINCH, head of household with nephew, Thomas McDonald, b. 1870. Grandison FINCH was younger brother of Matilda FINCH. Believe Matilda McDONALD was possibly the daughter of Kibble T. FINCH. Matilda FINCH, b. abt 1843 in Tennessee. Looking for any information on either family to confirm the connection.