Dear April: Your query has been posted to the CA-GOLDRUSH "Most Wanted" web page (page 4, #67). If you have any corrections please send them directly to me and not to the list. Thank you and good luck! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8861/goldrush98.htm Patricia [email protected] Rootsweb Sponsor & ListMom Finding a new cousin every day breaks the boredom! Penn Valley CA April Robbins wrote: > I am seeking info on the ancestry of Hiram (possibly "J" for Joseph?) LENT > b May 1826/unknown county NY. He was married and divorced in Aurora, Nevada > by 1874 when he m Elizabeth TERRILL in Inyo Co CA (across the state line > from Aurora, NV). Hiram d in 1916 at age 90/Inyo Co but I can not find any > record of his wife, Elizabeth TERRILL or her family! I have had > difficulties finding him in census records, perhaps because he was possibly > involved in mining endeavors and was on the move. I found a possible > brother of his in 1870 Esmeralda Co NV as follows: LENT, Frank 38/NY, > Prudence 22/England and Annie 3/NV. Annie later m Robert MCCROSKEY in Inyo > Co CA 1888. My Hiram may also be related to William LENT b 1818/NY who was > a big time silver/gold miner and had various mine strikes in NV and CA > including the Bodie Gold Mining Co in Mono Co CA and the Mammoth Mining Co > in Mono. I last find this William LENT in San Francisco, CA 1900 with wife > Frances E b 1830/NY and daughter Fanny b 1860/CA. Please let me know if you > have info on these LENT families so I may properly place my Hiram LENT. > > April > [email protected] > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > When asking for look-up help, remember the following: > CAIF = California Information File (1850-1956). > California state records were not implemented until 1905.