> Hi Jack, > I don't have the answers to your migration of families from DE to > western states but I do know that my great grandfather was born in DE c > 1820. He had two other brothers that I know of. I can find a Brown family > in 1830 census that has the right number of little boys but then can't find > them afterwards. > Our family story is William Brown b DE c1820. He was in CA by 1850. > Then went back to Ohio to get his young 16 year old bride. She came from > Bavaria in 1850 at age 14. Her obit says she settled with her family in > Missouri between 1850 and 1852 when William came and picked her up. > Now somewhere these two met while William was on his way to gold fields in > CA. Did his family move to Ohio? Is this where they met? I know there are > a lot of Moore families like there are Brown families but in the 1880 census > there is a Moore living with my William Brown and family in Nevada City, CA. > What are the names of your Moore family in 1830? If we could match up > Browns and Moores and Powders in Ohio we might have piece of the puzzle. > Just a thought. > I have just had a great breakthrough in Wales and Cornwall back to mid > 1700's for two sets of my family and now am about to start in on Ohio and > Bavaria to see if I can find these two ancestors of mine. > Marilyn (Brown) Cathers > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Gracey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:04 AM > Subject: [DESUSSEX] Migrations from Sussex County DE in the 1830s > > > > I am interested in learning whether there is any established pattern of > migration for families from Sussex County, DE to western states. My MOORE > and POWDERS ancestors essentially disappeared from Delaware after the 1830 > Census leaving me to believe that they may have left the area for more > fertile faming land in the developing mid-West. My ggg-grandfather, Jesse > MOORE, and his family had resided in the Broadcreek Hundred area of Sussex, > while the POWDERS were found further East in the Blackwater area. While > some of them might have died between 1830 and 1840, the complete absence of > any identifiable members of either family have led me to postulate that they > went West in search of better farm land. I would welcome any advice on how > I might most efficiently explore this theory. > > Jack Gracey > > > > > > ==== DESUSSEX Mailing List ==== > > Questions about posting guidelines? > > The Sussex County Delaware Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~desussex/listfaq.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >