There is a 1855 Wisconsin State census. Shari ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Bliss" <myfamroots@adelphia.net> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Dr. William & Adeline KNAPP > I know she was living in Walworth county in 1850 and I know where she is > buried. I hadn't thought about churches ... I'll have to find which ones are > the oldest in Whitewater and start there. I get back to Wisc every couple of > years or so. Most of my family still lives there. > > I also started checking Knapp's in Walworth County and found one family that > is a possible match. The oldest child is age 28 in 1850 and the next one is > age 18. My Amanda, at age 25, would fit. Since she married in 1846, she > wouldn't appear in the household. It's a long shot and I'm not quite sure > how to confirm it. I also haven't checked probate, tho I doubt I'll find > anything. > > Thanks for the help. > Lynne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "marilyn Stulken" <mstulken@wi.net> > To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Dr. William & Adeline KNAPP > > > > One possibility--were you able to discover from the 1850 census exactly > where > > she was living in Wisconsin? Do you know whether she was a church member > and, > > if so, what denomination? And is there a church of that denomination in > the > > community? If so, do its records go back to 1850? > > > > That's lots of "ifs." Just a thought. Good luck! > > > > Marilyn > > > > Lynne Bliss wrote: > > > > > Maybe some mistakes were meant to be. My Amanda Knapp was b. 1825 in New > > > York but family tradition has listed has as from Ohio. She is my brick > wall, > > > as she died in 1858 in Wisconsin -- too early for obits or death index. > And > > > the 1850 census doesn't list parents' birthplaces. So I have no idea who > her > > > parents were. Any help would be greatly appreciated on where I should > look > > > next. > > > > > > BTW, Sue, I live in Colorado Springs. > > > > > > Lynne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sue VanCleave" <suzannevancleave@comcast.net> > > > To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:09 PM > > > Subject: [GenWisc] Dr. William & Adeline KNAPP > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I'm looking for information on my 2g-grandparents, Dr. William J. & > > > Adeline KNAPP. > > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated... > > > > > > > > I have very little data on them, here is what I have. > > > > > > > > William J. KNAPP > > > > b. about 1824 in Ohio (found in 1880 Patoka, Marion Co., IL census, he > is > > > listed as 56 yrs old) > > > > occupation: Physician > > > > > > > > Adeline ???? (found in 1880 Patoka, Marion Co., IL census, she is > listed > > > as 42 yrs old) > > > > b. about 1838 in Tennessee > > > > > > > > Children from the 1880 census: > > > > Retta or Bertha N. KNAPP (22 yrs, Illinois, school teacher) > > > > Mariah E. KNAPP (21 yrs, Illinois, school teacher) > > > > Jeneva or Geneva E. KNAPP (19 yrs, Illinois) > > > > William L. KNAPP (17 yrs, Illinois) > > > > Losala or Lorala T. KNAPP (15 yrs, Illinois) > > > > Myslie or Myrtle M. KNAPP (13 yrs, Illinois) > > > > Susan P. KNAPP (8 yrs, Illinois) > > > > Hugh R. KNAPP (6 yrs, Illinois) > > > > * Mary Ellen KNAPP (3 yrs, Illinois) [my great-grandmother, b. 14 > April > > > 1878 Illinois, d. 25 June 1944 Oklahoma] > > > > Hank or Frank O. KNAPP (1 yr, Illinois) > > > > > > > > Thanks In Advance.. > > > > Suzanne VanCleave > > > > Federal Heights, Colorado > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > > > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > > > > email: kingsley@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > > > email: kingsley@aol.com > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > > email: kingsley@aol.com > > > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > email: kingsley@aol.com >