I found Mary Jane's parents yesterday and forwarded you all kinds of census listings and one WW1 draft listing from Ancestry privately. Did you not receive them? I found Mary Jane listed as Mary I. Brown with her parents in Jasper Township, Wayne County, Illinois in the 1870 census and that Andrew must have died between 1870 and 1880 as the family is split apart in the 1880 census. Found the mother and Mary Jane living in different households working for families. Also found Mary Jane's two sons by her first marriage ended up in Montana and lived next door to each other in the 1930 census. Also found Mary Jane's father in the 1850 census. The key was that both of her parents were born in Kentucky. She had one sister Rachel, born about 1864, a brother William E. born about 1861 and a brother Milton born about 1859. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilma & Bill" <[email protected]> To: "Karen Conroy" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [BROWN] Andrew Brown > John Melton was her second husband, and the father of my mother-in-law, > Edna, who was raised by a neighbor after her mother died, never seemed to > know who her grandparents were. Until I received the marriage application > for Mary and John, no one in the family knew who her parents were and it > did not give their place of birth, her mother was listed as Rachel and the > last name appears to be Poten,(that may be mispelled, as I have found many > names that are spelled incorrectly) > Thanks for be interested. Wilma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Conroy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:49 PM > Subject: Re: [BROWN] Andrew Brown > > >> Hope you are getting everything. So thrilling to find Mary Jane in the >> 1870 census in Jasper, Wayne, Illinois. I haven't been able to find >> whether John or William was her first husband as I can't find either in >> the 1900 census. Must go make dinner and will continue later. >> >> Karen >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Wilma & Bill" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 6:32 PM >> Subject: [BROWN] Andrew Brown >> >> >>> Thanks to all who replied to my message. I would like to believe they >>> are the ones I am looking for but our Mary was Mary Jane Brown, b abt >>> 1868 in IL. >>> >>> Wilma >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> > >