In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes >George & Elizabeth Howarth's children were: George b. 1804 was a >miner in England. George Howarth b. 1831 in England (my gr. >grandfather) James Howarth b. 1832 England Jammia Howarth b. 1835 >(haven't found a birth record yet) Kezia Howarth b. 1837 Chew Moor >Henry Howarth b. 1841 England (too many Henry born that year) >Kerenhappuch Howarth b. 1843 Westhoughton > >Also I've check the 1851 census and cannot find them. George Jr. >answered a question in his civil war papers that said he came to the >U.S. in June 1852. > He could have been mistaken. I haven't able to find the ship or names >on a list for the year of 1852. He could even have travelled separately. He might have left home before the family emigrated but decided to join them later. In which case they could have gone before 1851 and so wouldn't be in the census. I notice there's a Kerenhapperch Hilton, b. abt 1844, in Lancashire in 1851 according to the Ancestry index. I don't have a subscription at the moment but it might be worth checking, worse mistakes have happened. -- David Hartley