Hi Virginia...I am also ccing this to the Coats lists....I am not familiar with this particular group....the name Robert of course that early brings to mind the Robert Coats of Lynn Mass lines....have you tried looking on the 1880 census at familysearch.com that might be of some help...also if you could get some probate records from TX it might show some connections to other areas...indeed a long shot, but he might mention a brother somewhere else...of devise articles that belonged to his parents etc...also by tracing his kids via the later census you might find where they believe he was born...let's see I don't recall if the 1850 census gives birth place...but I'm pretty sure the 1880s do.... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: coats family ? Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:32:22 EST hello i am doing research on my husbands line and i am looking for robert c. coats b)1826 d) 27 apr 1884 and his wife anna (?) b) 26 july 1826 d) 14 dec 1826 (on tomb stone) they had 6 children james, cynthia, william f, charles and jefferson davis coats b) 12 dec 1826 d) 10 nov 1917. robert married a second time to a jullie ann (?). i can not find where he came from before arriving in tx. in the early 1950s thanks for taking the time to read this any help would be appr. virginia ely