In light of a recent post by Susan Van Kirk, I thought I would post one of my mysteries... While researching the 1900 Richmond, Ray County, Missouri census for my Yorkshire grgrandparents, Arthur and Jane Ann (ARMITAGE) HARRISON, I found an entry which I suspected as being one of Arthur's siblings, Mary HARRISON whom I knew had married a VICKERS. The entry was as follows: E. J. VICKERS - 49-head-b. UK- m. 25yrs- emigrated 1880 Mary VICKERS - 47-wife-" "- " - " " - 2 children Arthur BONACLOUGH (BARRACLOUGH?)-23-stepson-b.UK - parents born in UK Rose BONACLOUGH (BARRACLOUGH?) -17-stepdau-b.KANSAS- parents born in UK If. E.J and Mary had been married 25 yrs. and had lived in the States for 20 yrs., then it's a puzzle why 17 yr old Rose was born in Kansas...perhaps the census taker interpreted *adopted* or *foster* kids as being step-children. Carol McCoy [email protected]