Mandy wrote :- >I've not been able to find him on the Ellis Island site - all too >late for my chap. Castle Garden http://www.castlegarden.org/ covers the period 1830 to 1892, of course. Has a 25 year-old labourer Charles MADDOX arriving on 10 June 1872 on board the CITY OF BROOKLYN from Liverpool? Regards Gordon Evans Wirral UK From: "Mandy Whitham" <mwhitham@gotadsl.co.uk> To: <eng-hereford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:11 PM Subject: [HEF] MADDOX of Dorstone and US Census entries >Afternoon List >I wonder if I could ask a cheeky question of sks? >I have tracked a missing MADDOX to the US, I've seen the transcribed info >from the 1880 census via Family Search and their Lab site has actually >shown >me the actual census entry - however, despite being able to save certain >docs from this site, it is in a format unreadable by my machine. >So my question is - would/could sks track them down for me on the censuses >so that I could actually have a copy of the entry, rather than the >transcription. >The chap in question is Charles R Maddox whose birth date does appear to >move around bit but is generally accepted to be 1853 in Dorstone, Hefs. >Family tale is that several of the Maddox menfolk drove (in the good old >fashioned usage of the term and not so much Eddie Stobbart, you understand) >a herd of cattle to the US - all returning except for one man who settled >there. And Charlie boy would seem to be the obvious option - well, he's >the >only one who is in the US :-) >He arrived in the US around 1873 (he's definitely at home in Hefs on the >1871). I've not been able to find him on the Ellis Island site - all too >late for my chap. >He married Rachel E Gawler in c1879 (this is taken from the IGI so not >confirmed) - her family originated in London, spent some time in Hefs, and >then moved to the US around 1876. >The family all lived in and around Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and >Charles' occupation was in the 'meat business' - probably a butcher going >by >what I've read so far. He died in 1917. >What I'm hoping to find are any census entries that relate to Charles and >Rachel - there were 5 children but one didn't survive. 2 sons never >married, 2 daughters nothing else known. >Also if there were any immigration/passenger details around the appropriate >time frame (and possibly for other Maddox men around the same time). >Sorry to be such a nuisance - but it is so frustrating to see the >information but not actually being able to get a copy. And, of course, >Ancestry has a few extra censuses that are so far not covered by >FamilySearch Labs. >Many thanks for any time and trouble. >Mandy Whitham