Hi Donna, Thanks for replying. Yes, sometimes the birth place is not right in the census, if that is where you got it. Do you have any idea where in Canada he was born? If so, there are filmed census returns that you can get from LDS. This is how I found my MULHOLLANDS in Edwardsburgh in 1842, and 1848. You could also check the Canada Gen Web for census returns. Toni

Hi Toni. >From Civil War records, George VanBUREN reports being born in Mount Pleasant, Canada in 1837. But there were several: According to Wikipedia, Mount Pleasant, Ontario can mean: Mount Pleasant, Peterborough County, Ontario Mount Pleasant, York Regional Municipality, Ontario Mount Pleasant, Perth County, Ontario Mount Pleasant, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario Mount Pleasant, Hastings County, Ontario Mount Pleasant, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario [Brantford Twp.] aft 1837 Note - Brant County was not formed until 1852. This was a village in the twp of Brantford which was situated in the united counties of Wentworth and Halton. My best guess is that his father, as a laborer, may have crossed the border for employment reasons. The first census that I can confirm identity is: 1850 United States Federal Census Record Image Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Town of Barre, Orleans, New York; Household: Page: 86 Line 37 - Wm Van BUREN, m, age 37, abt 1813, NY, Occup: Laborer Line 38 - Amanda Van BUREN, f, age 34, abt 1816, NY Line 39 - Sarah Van BUREN, f, age 14, abt 1836, NY, attended school Line 40 - George Van BUREN, m, age 12, abt 1838, NY, attended school >From there they moved from New York to Pennsylvania and then on to Michigan by the Civil War. Thanks for the heads up on the early Canadian census returns. I did not know they were taken at that time. I will give that a try. Donna

On 9/20/08, Toni Mason <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Donna, > > Thanks for replying. Yes, sometimes the birth place is not right in the > census, if that is where you got it. Do you have any idea where in Canada > he was born? If so, there are filmed census returns that you can get from > LDS. This is how I found my MULHOLLANDS in Edwardsburgh in 1842, and 1848. There are several Canadian census years online now - 1851 (index plus images), , 1871 (index to heads of house only online, full details can be ordered from LAC), 1881 transcription plus images, 1891 (index plus images), 1901 (index plus images), , 1911(index plus images), See http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/ for links to each of these census years. Some are entirely free, some are fee based indexes but all images are free Lorine -- Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com