Hi Carol, Yes, I did know that Kings County was Offlay County. According to Dennis's 2nd marriage certificate, in 1878 he was 38 years old. On the 1880 Census for Calhoun Co, MI he was listed as being 40 years old. On his death certificate it stated that he had been in the county for 47 years and at the time of his death in 1907, he was 65 years old which when you work it on the birth/death calculator it comes out to about September, 1838. He joined the military for Michigan Volunteers in 1861, which stated that he was 21 years old. I t hink that Dennis came over here about 1853. I have been having a hard time finding that information also since he did not come into the Port of New York or Boston. Kathy in Illinois