Hi: Based on the 1881 census, surname spelling as indexed on FamilySearch: Joseph WARDLE M Male English 56 England Painter Catholic Jane WARDLE M Female English 43 Ontario Church of England Mary WARDLE Female English 18 Ontario Church of England Mathew WARDLE Male English 16 Ontario N G School Church of England Andrew WARDLE Male English 14 Ontario School Church of England Frederick WARDLE Male English 12 Ontario School Church of England Ann WARDLE Female English 10 Ontario School Church of England Alfed WARDLE Male English 8 Ontario Church of England Arthur WARDLE Male English 6 Ontario Church of England Jane WARDLE Female English 3 Ontario Church of England Source Information: Census Place Scarborough, York East, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375884 NA Film Number C-13248 District 135 Sub-district A Division 3 Page Number 31 Household Number 151 I would say her name on the birth reg is Jane. If you go to the LDS Pilot Site: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Type in only Joseph McArdell. Click search. They have her birth transcribed as: Name: Jane Josephine Mcardell Gender: Female Birth Date: 18 Jun 1878 Birthplace: Scarborough, York, Ontario Father's Name: Joseph Mcardell Mother's Name: Jane Taylor Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01630-9 System Origin: Canada-EASy Source Film Number: 1845397 Reference Number: item 1 p 482 Collection: Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959 Minn Deaths: Name: Jane Mcardell Gender: Female Death Date: 05 Jul 1922 Death Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Age: 84 Birth Date: 1838 Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Joseph T Mcardell Father's Name: John Taylor Mother's Name: Mary Booth Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02474-4 System Origin: Minnesota-EASy Source Film Number: 2218079 Reference Number: 1292 Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 Name: Joseph Mcardle Gender: Male Death Date: 21 May 1885 Death Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Age: 61 Birth Date: 1824 Birthplace: England Occupation: Printer (was he a printer or a painter?) Race: White Marital Status: Married Father's Name: Edward Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Name: Anna Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B53050-4 System Origin: Minnesota-EASy Source Film Number: 1309403 Reference Number: p147 #827 Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 and there are many more Minnesota bmd records for the family members on the Pilot site. 1888 Minneapolis city directory: McArdell, Miss Anne F. clk, boards 329 Broadway Andrew R, painter, same Frederick J, laborer, same Jane (wid James) resides 329 Broadway Matthew R, laborer, same In another 1888/89 City directory, it says Jane is widow of Joseph, not James. Must have been a typo in the first one. I assume since you have Ancestry you have the Minnesota censi for the family. 1910 Minneapolis has mother Jane, son Andrew, dau Anna and dau Jane. Fred is next door. Marg in Sunny Alberta On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:41 PM, <Hcounter@aol.com> wrote: > Although this particular record is from York County, I am hoping that > someone here has better eyes than I have. I have been able to figure out > that > the father's name was mistranscribed as Foster when it really says Joseph, > the mother is correctly listed as Jane Taylor, but I cannot figure out what > the baby girl's name is. > > Hopefully someone with access to Ancestry.com or .ca will be able to read > what these old eyes cannot. Here is the page, it is the birth on the > bottom in the center, McARDELL: > > _ > http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8838&iid=ONMS929_42-00 > 19&fn=&ln=Mcardell&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1486762_<http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8838&iid=ONMS929_42-00%0A19&fn=&ln=Mcardell&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1486762_> > ( > http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8838&iid=ONMS929_42-0019&fn=&ln=Mcardell&st=r&ssrc=&pid > =1486762<http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8838&iid=ONMS929_42-0019&fn=&ln=Mcardell&st=r&ssrc=&pid%0A=1486762> > ) > > Annie in Minnesota > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >