Information we have is limited. Have been unable to locate a marriage for the parents of Clara Ann, a census in England for any of them, or a census in United States for Clara Ann before her marriage. One problem is the surname. Do not know if she had other siblings. Also have not found ship on which she came to the United States--she would have been quite young, like 2 or 3 years old. Originally we thought her maiden name was Clarey Ann HOUSTON, from the record of her marriage to Richard PAUL in 1865 in Illinois. The name Houston was written in (added) on the original, perhaps because writing of name was hard to read. Richard PAUL came from Isle Abbotts, Somersetshire, England with his parents and nine siblings in December of 1841 when he was almost four years old. He died in 1892 and interestingly his death certificate indicates he lived in Illinois all his life, even though he was clearly born in England on other records and the family lived for a short time in New York state before settling in Illinois. Clara Ann married again twice in 1893 and in 1899, both in Illinois. Just received her Illinois death certificate for 1928. On it her parents are listed as Nathaniel HENSON and Mary BURTON. Nathaniel, Mary, and Clara were all born in England. Only know that Clara was born about 1847, possibly November 14, 1847. On the U.S. Census records for Illinois have found Clara only AFTER her marriage: (1865 marriage as Clarey Ann Houston) 1870 as Clarissa Paul 1880 as Clarissa or Clarisea Paul 1900 as Clara Wright (date came to U.S. not shown) 1910 as Clara A. Wright (came to U.S. in 1850) 1920 as Clara Wright (came to U.S. in 1849, possibly naturalized in 1870--hard to read) (1928 death certificate as Clara Ann Wright) Can you find Clara Ann HENSON or her parents Nathaniel HENSON and Mary BURTON in England, on a ship passenger list, or in Illinois before 1865? Or suggest places to look for them? Ruth Ann United States ____________________________________________________________ Summer Spa Sweepstakes Enter for your chance to WIN a Summer Spa Vacation! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7UbfMaznWDoPGpXz06Usq7gniRT8WS2mfsGUj7Qyr3P0f4g/

If Clara emigrated to America in 1849 or 1850, you will not find her on any census in England. She wasn't born in 1841 and they were in America by 1851. There are 2 people with the name Nathanael HENSON in the whole of England in 1841. It is very unlikely that either of them are yours because they would have been about 70 in 1851! There are 5 people with the name Nathan HANSON in England in 1841. One is already married and one is too young, so that leaves 3 who could possibly be yours. There are 0 people with the name Nathan HENSON. As for Mary BURTON. She probably wasn't married in 1841. There are over 800 people with the name Mary BURTON in just about every county in England, about 20 of them in Somerset, thought they didn't have to come from Somerset at all. Do you know if Nathaniel and Mary had any other children before Mary? That would help to know when they were married and would help narrow the search. There are no people called Nathanael HENSON at Free BMD. You would need to try over and over with different name variants. Kind regards, Maggie On Jun 19, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Ruth Ann Baker wrote: Information we have is limited. Have been unable to locate a marriage for the parents of Clara Ann, a census in England for any of them, or a census in United States for Clara Ann before her marriage. One problem is the surname. Do not know if she had other siblings. Also have not found ship on which she came to the United States--she would have been quite young, like 2 or 3 years old. Originally we thought her maiden name was Clarey Ann HOUSTON, from the record of her marriage to Richard PAUL in 1865 in Illinois. The name Houston was written in (added) on the original, perhaps because writing of name was hard to read. Richard PAUL came from Isle Abbotts, Somersetshire, England with his parents and nine siblings in December of 1841 when he was almost four years old. He died in 1892 and interestingly his death certificate indicates he lived in Illinois all his life, even though he was clearly born in England on other records and the family lived for a short time in New York state before settling in Illinois. Clara Ann married again twice in 1893 and in 1899, both in Illinois. Just received her Illinois death certificate for 1928. On it her parents are listed as Nathaniel HENSON and Mary BURTON. Nathaniel, Mary, and Clara were all born in England. Only know that Clara was born about 1847, possibly November 14, 1847. On the U.S. Census records for Illinois have found Clara only AFTER her marriage: (1865 marriage as Clarey Ann Houston) 1870 as Clarissa Paul 1880 as Clarissa or Clarisea Paul 1900 as Clara Wright (date came to U.S. not shown) 1910 as Clara A. Wright (came to U.S. in 1850) 1920 as Clara Wright (came to U.S. in 1849, possibly naturalized in 1870--hard to read) (1928 death certificate as Clara Ann Wright) Can you find Clara Ann HENSON or her parents Nathaniel HENSON and Mary BURTON in England, on a ship passenger list, or in Illinois before 1865? Or suggest places to look for them? Ruth Ann United States ____________________________________________________________ Summer Spa Sweepstakes Enter for your chance to WIN a Summer Spa Vacation! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7UbfMaznWDoPGpXz06Usq7gniRT8WS2mfsGUj7Qyr3P0f4g/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message