This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAYS/HAYES/HASE/HAISE/HAYSE,HAZE, HAYZE, ETC. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xih.2ACEB/1621.1 Message Board Post: Part 1. The parents of Jesse Mark Hays came from KY>KS about 1892 and are first found in the 1900 Census, Hampton Twp., RUSH CO., KS: Head "MARK HAYS," b. Oct 1863, 36, m. 17 yrs., day labor; KY/KY/KY; Wife "JULIA E.," b. July 1861, 37, yrs, m. 17, 9 children/9 living. Children: Mary L., 16, KY; Pearl A., 1885, 15, KY; James E., 1887, 13, KY; Mack M., 1889, KY; Maggie E., 1889, 11, (twins); Lincoln L., 1891, 9, KY; Frank, 1893, 6, KS; Nellie E., 1896, 4, KS; Cora, 1898, 2, KS. The family mored from KS>OK, for Jesse is first found in the 1910 Census, Perry Twp., Mcclain Co., OK: Head "MARK HAYS," 47, house carpenter, KY/KY/KY; Wife JULIA, 51, Son Lincoln, 20; Frank, 16, Nellie, 13; Cora, 11, and JESSE, 9, KS/KY/KY. By January of 1920 this family moved from OK>CO, Denver, Denver Co., CO. "MARK HAYS," 56, farm laborer, "ELLEN" (Julia Ellen), 58; Charles M., 30; Frank M. 25; Cyntha N. (Nellie), 23; and Jesse, 17. In 1930, as you know, Jesse, his wife Velma J. and daughter Juanita, 3, were living in Shreveport, Caddo Co., LA. Barb - more later