Thanks James. Betty (Elizabeth) Howarth Howarth always answered the question in the U.S. censuses as being born in 1798/1799. She went by Betty in England but Elizabeth in the U.S. Parents had so many years to get their children baptized right?? Would this fall in that time frame? She would have been 9 or 10 years old when she was baptized. I'm not sure if she was born in the Bolton area. I have reason to believe that perhaps she and George were first cousins. We are cursed with the blood disease but not sure if it comes from them. Just a good guess. Again thanks. Janice **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes >Betty (Elizabeth) Howarth Howarth always answered the question in the >U.S. censuses as being born in 1798/1799. She went by Betty in England >but Elizabeth in the U.S. Parents had so many years to get their >children baptized right?? Would this fall in that time frame? She >would have been 9 or 10 years old when she was baptized. I'm not sure >if she was born in the Bolton area. I have reason to believe that >perhaps she and George were first cousins. We are cursed with the >blood disease but not sure if it comes from them. Just a good guess. If you don't know where she was born it will be very difficult to trace her any further. Howarth was a very common name in the area. The IGI gives 90 hits for Betty Howarth baptised in Lancashire in just 1798 (compared with only 58 for Betty Smith)! After eliminating the repeats and guesses, there's still probably 15 - 20 born in that one year. If the family emigrated in 1852 they should be in the 1851 England census, which gives the birthplace. Have you been able to find them there? -- David Hartley