This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4NC.2ACE/1272.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This seems to settle that at least Thomas Buchanan was born in Ireland. His daughter Esther married George Ward, s/o Robert Ward & Charlotte Sanderson. In 1880 Census in Harrisville, Alcona, Michigan: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace George WARD Self M Male W 47 ENG Farmer ENG ENG Esther WARD Wife M Female W 48 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE George WARD Son S Male W 20 N.B. At Home ENG IRE Thomas WARD Son S Male W 18 N.B. At Home ENG IRE Robert WARD Son S Male W 15 N.B. At School ENG IRE John W. WARD Son S Male W 13 N.B. At School ENG IRE Florence WARD Dau S Female W 12 N.B. At School ENG IRE Robert WARD Father M Male W 72 ENG ENG ENG Charlotte WARD Mother M Female W 72 ENG ENG ENG Charles WARD Brother S Male W 31 N.B. Works On Farm ENG ENG I wonder if this Charlotte is the daughter of Esther Buchanan and George Ward in Detroit, Michigan 1880: Donald MC DONALD Self M Male W 25 MI Commercial Editor NY MI Annie MC DONALD Wife M Female W 21 NY NY NY Charlotte WARD Other S Female W 23 CAN Servant ENG ENG