Hi Donald, Just thought I would give you some info to work with; US Census Mariposa Co 1880 Enumeration Dist 38 Supervisors Dist 4 Page 4 Inhabitants im Bull Creek Prec't Co of Mariposa Ca 30th day of June 1880 line 39 Alvarez, M. Jose w m 29 farmer Portugal Port. Port. Mary w f 26 wife keeping house " " " Joseph w m 3/12 April son at home Calif. " " Concalves J H w m 17 broinlaw laborer Port. " " " Ah Zou c m 40 China China China Looks like your Mary's maiden name is Concalves. I will do some more looking see what else I can find. Hope this helps you get going. www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/mariposa/census/1880/38-20.gif Steve