They didn't want to make it too easy for us to find them??? The Bransons are a piece of cake compared to my Dad's side of the family who came over from Bohemia and couldn't decide which last name to use. And the brothers all named their sons the same names and the sons were all about the same age. anne > Listen, don't feel like the "Lone Stranger!" I hunted and hunted for my > ancestor, William Branson, whom I KNEW (on the basis of info from his marriage > license) was the son of John B. Branson. Imagine my puzzled relief to find him > on the 1880 Census as little 11-year-old Daniel W. living with Brisco Branson > was my own Bill Branson living with his father, (John) B(riscoe) Branson; his > mother, Lucinda; his siblings! The age makes him the correct one. WHY, oh why, > do they do this???? Marge Vallazza :-0 > > > > > > > > > As you can tell....I'm reading old posts and feeling particularly > > massochistic so I'm working on the Branson lineage again. In his will, > > Thomas Sr names a child "Day Branson". Records around state Day married > > Christina Anderson. Ergo, Jacob must be Day Branson...unless they were into > > wife sharing in those days. > > > > > > Sharon > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BRANSON Mailing List ==== > > > BRANSON Most Wanted Web Site > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html > > > > > > > ==== BRANSON Mailing List ==== > > BRANSON Most Wanted Web Site > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html > > > ==== BRANSON Mailing List ==== > BRANSON Most Wanted Web Site > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html >