This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/809.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jean, I have my NY COWAN family only up to 1880. It's entirely possible your Jessie (1890) is linked. Why not try the US Census of 1890 and 1900? The detail of the family in 1880 is: Page 11/ Supervisor Dist 87/ Enumerator. Dist. 240 of NYC. At 126 Horatio Street, NYC COWAN David T.(34) Laborer, b.NY/ fath. Ireland, moth. Ire. C .. Henrietta (35) housekeep, b. NJ/ fath. Mass, moth NJ. C... David B. (7) school b.NY, C... Marion G. (3) home b.NY. C... John C. (1) home b.NY. Regards, Colin Edwards - Sydney