Hi: In a recent message about an 1870 census of Hinds in Santa Cruz City, Santa Cruz Co. CA I showed a Marietta Hinds as head of house with a son, Edward age 15, living with her and a Curtis Clark age 77. Her husband, Rev. T. W. HInds was blind and living with their daughter, Amelia McPherson and family. Now I have found her as Mariet in the 1880 census with only one other person in the house. He is Curtis Clark, father. BINGO!! So, now we know the maiden name of Marietta Hinds, widow, of Rev. T. W. Hinds. She was born in NY. and her parents were both born in Vermont. She is 61 and keeping house so is no longer doing office work at home evidently. Her father's parents were born in Conn. Now, I should have picked up on this before. Note that Rev. T.W.HInds's first two children were born in England yet his wife in the 1860 census (& later) is born in NY. The third child is born in Iowa 3 years later. The fourth in CA 6 years later. In the 1880 census, son, A. J. (Alfred) who works in real estate & insurance ,says his parents are both born in England. Amelia (Hinds) McPherson says that her parents are both born in England. So, we know that Marietta is not their mother. For the third child William, I found a 31 year old William, a carpenter, (which matches the 1870 info) in Sacramento City, Sacramento Co. (page 180 A) whose parents are both born in England but the census taker was given Indiana (instead of Iowa) as his place of birth. He is married to a Mary with children named Guy U., (7 yr) Hugh (6 yr) & William E. (2yr) He has a daughter age 9/12 mos. named Annie born in Oct. Could son Hugh be named after Hugh Howe Hinds? Could Hugh Howe Hinds and Rev. T.W. be brothers? It would be easy for a wife to mistakenly give Indiana instead of Iowa as his birthplace. They are both begin with the letter I and are in the midwest. I found Rev. T. W. Hinds youngest son, Edward, as a 25 yr old farmer in San Benito Co. CA in the 1880 census. That is next door to Santa Cruz Co., I believe. He was born in CA, father born in England, and mother born in NY so that matches Marietta as a mother. So, the first three children of Rev. T. W. HInds were by his first wife (name unknown at this juncture) and his fourth child Edward was by his 2nd wife, Marietta. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com