Source: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Pat Albright) I may be connected to your ATTWOOD family because there are some similarities between your information for James ATTWOOD and my information for James ATWOOD. The information I have about my ancestor, James ATWOOD, comes from the 1871 and 1881 Census Records for Wellington County. 1871 Census Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario NAME-SEX-AGE-BIRTHPLACE-RELIGION-ORIGIN-OCCUPATION ================================================== Atwood, James-M-51-England-Ch of England-English-farmer Atwood, Jane-F-48-England-Ch of England-English Atwood, Pricilla-F-23-England-Ch of England-English Atwood, Emily-F-20-England-Ch of England-English Atwood, Henry-M-16-England-Ch of England-English-farmer Atwood, Jane-F-14-Ontario-Ch of England-English Atwood, George-M-12-Ontario-Ch of England-English Atwood, Albert-M-10-Ontario-Ch of England-English Atwood, Mary-F-8-Ontario-Ch of England-English Atwood, Harriet-F-5-Ontario-Ch of England-English 1881 Census Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario NAME-SEX-AGE-BIRTHPLACE-RELIGION-ORIGIN-OCCUPATION ================================================== Atwood, James-M-62-England-Ch of England-English-farmer Atwood, Jane-F-58-England-Ch of England-English Atwood, George-M-22-Ontario-P Meth-English Atwood, Albert-M-20-Ontario-Ch of England-English Atwood, Mary-F-18-Ontario-P Meth-English Atwood, Harriet-F-15-Ontario-P Meth-English Atwood, Marrine-M-4-Ontario-Ch of England-English The differences between your James ATTWOOD family and mine are: (1) You're spelling the last name with a double tt, ATTwood, and I have one t, ATwood. (2) You have the family's arrival in Canada as 1853, whereas the 1871 records indicate they came to Canada between the births of Henry and Jane. After doing the math, I figure their arrival was between 1855 and 1857. I have no other verification of this. (3) James ATWOOD of the census was a farmer, and you indicate that your ancestor worked for the railroad. I am interested in knowing: (1) What is your source for saying that James and Jane ATTWOOD came to Canada in 1853? (2) The IGI has a record of a marriage between James ATWOOD and Jane MESSENGER, 26 Nov 1840 in Minety, Wiltshire, England. Although I see this couple as possibly the same one as my family in the census, I have no verification of this. What is your source for MESSENGER as the maidenname of James ATTWOOD's wife? If your James ATTWOOD and my James ATWOOD are not the same, I may be able to eliminate Jane MESSENGER as the wife of mine. Mary Jane ATWOOD, the daughter of James and Jane ATWOOD who was 8 years old in the 1871 census, married John Thomas COOK on 18 Oct 1882 in Clifford,Ontario. They had three children: Rosa, born in 1883 in Harriston, Wellington Co.; William, born in 1885 in Clifford; Adaline, born in 1887 in New Hamburg, Waterloo Co. Rosa is my grandmother. In 1892, the COOKs moved to New York State and are found in the 1900 U.S. Census for Rochester, Monroe County, NY. John Thomas COOK has been listed as either a laborer or a quarryman in all the records I've found. Because of the records I have, I am positive that the James and Jane ATWOOD of the 1871 and 1881 Ontario Census are my grandmother's grandparents. Although I don't want to leap to any conclusions, it seems possible that your James and Jane ATTWOOD are the same as my James and Jane ATWOOD. Please let me know what you think. Pat [email protected] >Surnames in the Wellington area: > ATTWOOD, James (born 1819 in England) and his wife Jane Ann (nee MESSENGER >, also born in England) arrived in Canada in 1853. >ALLAN, James (born1834 in England) married Eliza Ann (nee DRURY, born1834 >in England). > My great, great aunt says the men worked for the railroad. Also thatthe >Drury family came to Canada when Eliza Ann was only three years old. >If anyone out there thinks they might be connected, I will send more >information about the children from these marriages that I have collected >from census records and family interviews. > Jeanne Vance __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com