>From Helen Austin AustinART@aol.com Searching for village in Bavaria, Germany where George was born about 1832. It could have been in Pfalz (Palatinate) when it was dominated by Bavaria. George came to Pittsburgh, PA about 1848. He married in the USA before 1860. He worked as a carpenter in Natrona, PA in 1880 I have only one record to prove George COOK /KOCH was living in Natrona village above Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA in 1880. Here is the census: !CENSUS:1880 U. S. Census, Allegheny Co, PA, Harrison Twp,Village of Natrona; MF roll #1089, Vol 4, Part 3, SD 9, ED 61; p 8, Dwelling 68, Fam 73; Cook, George, W, M, 48, head, married, Carpenter, b Bayern, father and mother b Bayern; Barbra, W, F, 49, wife, married, keeping house, b Baden, father and mother b Baden; son George, 20, laboring, b PA, father b Bayern, mother b Baden; dau Caroline, 18, keeping hse., b PA, father b Bayern, mother b Baden; son Charles, 16, b 1864, laborer, unemployed 4 mo., attending school 8 mo., b PA, father b Bayern, mother b Baden; dau Amelia, 13, b 1867 PA, father b Bayern, mother b Baden; son Albert, 12, b 1868 PA, father b Bayern, mother b Baden; Kallenbaugh, Elizabeth, age 78, grandmother, widowed, b 1802 Baden, father b Baden, mother b Baden. Note: by researcher H. Austin 1995, Because family tradition has said that George married (second) a German woman, after the death of Charles mother; and because some Census show Charles mother as b PA, not Germany, It is possible that this Barbra Kallenbaugh Cook may be a step-mother to Charles. The record on this 1880 census showing his mother as b. Baden, could be an assumption of the census taker or testimony of the step-mother (assuming she is his mother at that time and not understanding that the record is supposed to show the birth mother of Charles). Whether some of the children in the household are by a first or second wife is not know, since no death record for a first wife has been found to this date====================== Children of George: George b 1860 may not have lived until 1900. He was not mentioned by family. Caroline "Carrie" b 19 Jan 1864, m abt 1881 Natrona, Allegheny Co, PA to Charles J. APPLEBY, a tax collector Charles Alexander b 19 Jan 1864 Natrona, Allegheny, PA m 27 Jun 1888 Tarentum Meth. Episcopal Ch. to Mary Ellen TRENARY of Natrona. Died 6 May 1952 Pittsburgh Amelia A (ANN?) b 1866 PA m Edward ROBERTS Albert COOK b 1868 PA ================ Please write if you know of any COOK/KOCH families of Pittsburgh Area who were from BAVARIA and in Allegheny Co by 1860.