Hello Eliz How about looking for the couple in the 1860 USA census? Can't be many Thomas & Eliza LEA born England c1795 in it!!  Mike ________________________________ Inquiring minds want to know <G> where did Eliza and Thomas go? So many of mine from the area went to Cleveland. Eliz On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Steve <smckay46@sccoast.net> wrote: > Looking for information on the family, parents and siblings, of Eliza Lea. > Eliza was born in Wiltshire in May 1795.  She married Thomas Moss in 18 Dec > 1817.  The family appears in the 1841 census in Brokenbough, Malmesbury. > There is a George Lea, age 42, listed in the Moss household, possibly > Eliza's brother.  By 1850 the family had emigrated to the US.

Mike, Thanks from the input. I know quite a bit after the Moss family came to the US but little of their life in England and nothing of the Malmesbury, Wiltshire area. Something I'd like to ask the list, Thomas Moss is listed as a Yeoman in the 1841 census. What would that be? Steve -----Original Message----- From: eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Wells Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 6:58 PM To: eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza Lea - Malmesbury Hello Eliz How about looking for the couple in the 1860 USA census? Can't be many Thomas & Eliza LEA born England c1795 in it!!  Mike ________________________________ Inquiring minds want to know <G> where did Eliza and Thomas go? So many of mine from the area went to Cleveland. Eliz On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Steve <smckay46@sccoast.net> wrote: > Looking for information on the family, parents and siblings, of Eliza Lea. > Eliza was born in Wiltshire in May 1795.  She married Thomas Moss in 18 Dec > 1817.  The family appears in the 1841 census in Brokenbough, Malmesbury. > There is a George Lea, age 42, listed in the Moss household, possibly > Eliza's brother.  By 1850 the family had emigrated to the US. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message