This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VYG.2ACIB/1567.2 Message Board Post: South Dakota became a state in 1888, being formerly part of the Dakota Territory. I did not see a Buck family in the Dakota Territory in the 1880 Census that fit for you, however, I did find them in Minnesota. 1880 Vernon Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota 128/138 William Buck, self, w, m, 41, married, farmer, b New Hampshire, father b New Hampshire, mother b New Hampshire Margaret A., wife, w, f, 24, married, keeping house, confinement?, b Ohio, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio Alfred E., son, w, m, 5, single, at home, b Minnesota, father b New Hampshire, mother b Ohio Clarence E., son, w, m, 2/12 (Apr.), single, at home, b Minnesota, father b New Hampshire, mother b Ohio Thomas Phillips, father-in-law, w, m, 80, widow, b Ohio, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio Appears that William has died before 1900. 1900 Roswell Township, Miner County, South Dakota taken 8 Jun 1900. 41/41 Margaret Buck, head, w, f, Sep 1855, 44, widow, 5 children, 5 living, b ohio, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio, farmer Alfred, son, w, m, Mar 1875, 25, single, b Minnesota, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio, farmer Thomas, son, w, m, Mar 1882, 18, single, b South Dakota, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio, laborer Gilman, son, w, m, Sep 1884, 15, single, b South Dakota, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio, student George, son, w, m, May 1888, 12, single, b South Dakota, father b Ohio, mother b Ohio, student It would also appear that Margaret was perhaps leading a double life??? Here she is in Iowa at the same time as she is in South Dakota???? Did she have a second marriage, to Arthur Lugg. Perhaps her first husband, William Buck, died before 1896. She is listed in Iowa in the 1900 Census with hew new husband, his four children (by a previous marriage), and two of her own children, or is this another Margaret Buck with coincidentally having children of similar names? 1900 Mitchell Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, taken 4 Jun 1900. 16/17 Arthur Lugg, head, w, m, Apr 1837, 63, married 4 yrs, b England, father b England, mother b England, Imm 1854, farmer Margaret A., wife, w, f, Apr 1856, 44, married 4 yrs, 5 children, 5 living, b Illinois, father b New York, mother b New York Charles L., son, w, m, Feb 1874, 26, single, b Iowa, father b England, mother b Wisconsin, farm labor Olmar R., son, w, m, Dec 1878, 21, single, b Iowa, father b England, mother b Wisconsin, farm labor John E., son, w, m, Mar 1880, 19, single, b Iowa, father b England, mother b Wisconsin, farm labor Ella G., daughter, w, f, May 1883, 17, single, b Iowa, father b England, mother b Wisconsin, in school Gilman M. Buck, son, w, m, Sep 1884, 15, single, b South Dakota, father b Unknown, mother b Illinois, in school George P. Buck, son, w, m, Apr 1888, 12, single, b South Dakota, father b Unknown, mother b Illinois, in school This might be William???? South Dakota Territorial Census Name: William H. Buck Race: W Age: 26 Birth Place: Illinois Enumeration District: 219 Location: Township 116 And 115 Range 70, Hand, Territory Dakota South Dakota Territorial Census and this perhaps a brother of William?? Name: John L. Buck Race: W Age: 23 Birth Place: Illinois Enumeration District: 219 Location: Township 116 And 115 Range 70, Hand, Territory Dakota Here are birth records for two of William and Margaret's children: South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 Record Name: Gillman Marshall Buck Gender: Male County: Miner Mother's Name: Margaret Phillips Father's Name: William Buck Birth Date: September 23, 1884 South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 Record Name: Thomas Lewis Buck Gender: Male County: Miner Mother's Name: Margaret Ann Phillips Father's Name: William M Buck Birth Date: March 24, 1882 File Date: June 28, 1939 Cheers, Michael Kent Island, Maryland