Hi Joy, As a former student of Latin (4 yrs), I too have often wondered if it were "censi". "Censuses" sounds so cumbersome. LOL. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Weaver" <joyweave@verizon.net> To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] Marguerite Yakel / Yakal > Out of curiosity, I checked those censuses (censi?) and she lived in New > Rochelle in 1900, 1910, 1920. In 1930, she and her husband were gone, > but her son with his wife were still in New Rochelle. > > This doesn't help figure out where she and her parents were before 1900, > though. She should have been in the 1880 census if born in NY as she > reports in all those censuses in 1875-1878 range. > > Could she have lied about her age? There's a Maggie Yakel in Albany in > the 1880 census, born in 1868 of parents from Wurtenburg. > > Joy > > quillpen1 wrote: > >>I know what you mean about waiting for Albany. >> >> Thankfully most of the death certificates I sent for so far were from >> local >>municipalities in Westchester, one in Dutchess, and one in the City of >>NY....all were in my mailbox in less than 2 weeks. >> >>Odd that the censuses didn't show something. Is it possible that she died >>in >>New Rochelle but didn't LIVE in New Rochelle?? My great grandfather George >>Washington Smith lived in Ossining but died in a Veterans' Parade in >>Rochester. If I hadn't known that he didn't actually live there, I could >>have been looking in the wrong censuses. >> >>Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Jean Barber" <mushroomhill@comcast.net> >>To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:25 AM >>Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] Marguerite Yakel / Yakal >> >> >> >> >>>Thanks for answering Maureen. I have had no luck with the census and have >>>not found a death certificate.It took 17 months just to get my fathers >>>info >>>from NY State.That set me back for a long time. Jean >>> >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "quillpen1" <quillpen1@optonline.net> >>>To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:02 PM >>>Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] Marguerite Yakel / Yakal >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Jean, Have you checked the censuses?? What does her death certificate >>>>say?? >>>>After you find out from the censuses when they "dropped off" you can try >>>>the >>>>local cemeteries in Westchester. >>>> >>>>Maureen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Jean Barber" <mushroomhill@comcast.net> >>>>To: "gen nys" <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> >>>>Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 3:25 PM >>>>Subject: [GEN-NYS] Marguerite Yakel / Yakal >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>My gmother Marguerite Yakel or Yakal born Oct. 1878 in Haverstraw,N.Y. >>>>>died March 1953 in New Rochelle,N.Y. married to John Martin Larkin >>>>>born >>>>>Sept. 1875. Her parents are listed as German born. I need help in >>>>>finding >>>>>her parents in Haverstraw and when they came over from Germany. Thanks >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message