Yes, since the race column specified coloured, mulatto or Indian, & the column next to Joseph & his children is ticked with an "m", I've interpreted that to mean they were considered mulatto, whatever that meant in reality. I believe Rebecca Smith may have been a married daughter who died, as the age fits. Otherwise I have no idea what her connection with the family was. There must have been several more children, since there is a gap of 10 years between Melissa & George. I do know that a daughter Jane married John Sebastian, an Italian hairdresser. And I believe my own gr-gr-gr-grandmother Mary, who married James Monckton, was another daughter. On the 1871 census, Francis is the only member of the family distinguished as being anything other than white. He's actually described as "African," which seems stronger than mulatto. How his siblings got away with being listed as white, is puzzling. Father Joseph was dead by 1871. There were no other Joseph Harringtons living in Simcoe in 1861, according to the census, so I believe the Joseph Harrington buried about 1862 is the same person, but confusingly his gravestone says he was born in SCOTLAND. Also his year of birth is off by a few years, though that's not a huge issue. 2009/8/5 Conlin <[email protected]> > Also noted in the 1861 Census as mentioned by Lynn are other children, > namely Francis aged 22 whose occupation was a Plasterer and George E. aged > 7. The notation in the columns is that the father and the children are > persons of colour. The father and the children are indicated as having been > born in U Canada while Mary the spouse is noted as being born in L Canada. > The family religion was given as Methodist. > > This Census also shows another person in the household by name of Rebecca > Smith who died in the year of the Census at what appears to be age 22. > > Happy Trails! > Doreen > > > > ------------------------------ > Send and receive email from all of your webmail accounts - right from your > Hotmail inbox! <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671351> >