Is anyone online familiar with this line that Pat gave me snail-mail: Generation 1: William Blanchard and possibly Jane Steere Generation 2: Theophilus Blanchard and Patience Jefford (first wife) Generation 3: John Blanchard and Abigail or Rachel Generation 4: Caleb Blanchard and Zilpha Slye Generation 5: Salmon or Solomon Blanchard and Lola Eddy Generation 6: 1 Mary 2 Henry 3 Electa 4 Lyman J. 5 Honeyman 6 Lydia 7 Zilpha 8 Elon 9 Sarah Jane My husband and children descend from Lyman. My husband's mom was raised by a lady named Lola Hayden, whom I presume to have been the daughter of #6, Lydia Ann Hayden after marriage. Lola Hayden had been a school teacher when she was young, and in her old age kept a boarding house across the street from my husband's mom's already crowded Auburn home. Lola Hayden had a bell collection, including an old school bell, which she rang out the boarding house window if there was a fire or need for someone to come. There is a question about Lyman's wife. Most of the records we have found say he was married to an Almira or Almina. Our family tradition says his first son was born to this lady. His first son who lived was named Schuyler. There may have been a prior child, Theodore, believed to have died. Then there was a daughter, according to family tradition by a second wife, Sarah Branch, who was named Georgina. Schuyler called her "Georgie." Georgina was the mother of my husband's mother's mother, Elma Blanche (Treat) Filkins. Elma wrote the family tree for my husband when he was a child which shows what I have been calling "family tradition." This tree shows that Sarah Branch had a brother Charles Branch and a sister Alvira Branch. The census shows that Charles Branch and Lyman Blanchard were working together "Painters" ages 40 and 41 in Brutus, N.Y. the same year, 1850. I have wondered if Alvira and Almira or Almina may not also be the same person. Please write to me if you share any of these names mentioned above, or if you know anything about the Branch family. Thanks, cousins! -Joy