This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mham1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.evans/5225.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I searched Ancestry.com censuses and family trees. I found the family, I think, in the 1860 Census in IL, listed as "Vochel". I no longer have a membership at Ancestry as it was too expensive to continue it for the amount that I used it. If you have a membership or access to the 1860 IL Census, you might check to see if a "Laura" is listed there. Could your Laura have been five-six years younger than you believe? Vachel and Therias are listed in Johnson, Maries, MO from 1870 through 1910. At www.familysearch.org the whole family is listed in 1880 in Maries Co., MO. The children are given as: Sarah B., 24 OH; Milton F., 22 OH; William W., 21 OH; Edwin 18, IL; Minnie B., 16 IL; Albert V., 14 IL; Caroline R., 12 IL; Ada A., 10 MO; Calvin, 7 MO. You might write to the Johnson, Maries Co., probate office and see if there is a will for him with descendants listed. It's possible. I'll keep scratchin'. [1880 Census; Johnson, Maries, MO; FHL 1254702; NA Film No. T9-0702; ! Pg. No. 158A] I'd love to find out that he was Henry Hudson Evan's son. He had an unknown male, who was under 10, living with him according to the in the 1820 OH census and three unnamed daughters that were b. betw 1813-1818. Vachel is listed as b. ca 1822 in the censuses, so he couldn't be his son or his age as listed in later censuses is wrong. I know that he had a son Henry W., b. 1822. That Henry married three/four times to an Ida Ann Brewer, an Annie; an Alice and an Allie. In Henry Hudson's will, Henry W. and Vachel Evans are listed as separate people. Henry Hudson Evans' known children were: Henry W. b. 1822 OH; Mary Ann b. 1828 OH (m. Isiah Fagin); Joseph b. 1830 OH (m. Eliza Ann John); Edward b. 1832 OH (m. Anne Eliza Beam); David, b. 1834 OH (m. Annie Jenkins); Rosanna, b. 1835 OH (m. ? Lawrence); Arrabelle, b. 1845. I think there are definite possibilities here, but the exact nature is uncertain and needs more digging. Let me know if you find out anything more and I'll do the same. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.