Hi Fred, I'll have to dig out my files in a day or two. I've dropped a driver in my software and am having a difficult time trying to do anything with it. From memory: The Mother of Theodore was First Woman, an Arapaho woman. I'll have to check my dates for Theodore's birth, but I'm fairly sure it was before Lydia Hirschler arrived in Kansas. It seems that no one has ever been able to find a marriage date for Samuel S. Haury and First Woman. Many were tribal marriages, which have no documentation. This also seems to have been a common practice. I've heard of Theodore's association with the Clausen family, but have no further information about this. If you, or anyone else can help, I'd appreciate this very much. First Woman died sometime prior to 1892. This fact is recorded when the census was taken on the Darlington Reservation. First Woman, and the Haury name, are still prominent in the Arapaho Nation today. I've heard that the Haury name was also among the Cheyenne and Lakota. These tribes hunted together and also joined in war. The Cheyenne could have very well married into the Haury family through the Arapaho. This is very likely, as they were both located on the Darlington Reservation. Also very likely is the Haury family marrying into the Lakota due to the friendliness of the tribes. I've also heard about a Haury family in the Crow Nation, but haven't been able to make any contacts so far. The Lakota and Crow were were traditional foes, although they both spoke the Souian language. If anyone else out there has any information, I'd appreciate the help. For those that don't know me, I am of Lakota decent. I'm sure this all ties together somewhere.... Fred; I'll be in touch soon with better ( I hope) information.... Bill Haury RedHorse@gbso.net PS: The Haury name is also in the Kiowa Nation. This is due to the marriage of an Arapaho and a Kiowa. Anyone else out there have any additional information???? HO>Bill, HO> Looking at these two files, the data seems to be a little tangled on HO>Christopher in the File: HAURYTHE.TXT. I think the chart on Theadore in HO>the HO>SAM1847.TXT fits the data in my records. HO>Fred HO>++++++ HO>HAURYTHE.TXT see Samuel HAURY notes. HO>Theadore-1f; Full blood American Arapaho Indian. Adopted by HO> German people named Clausen in Kansas. Theadore took the name HO> Haury in respect for a Dr Haury of Newton Ks, probably Samuel HO> S. Haury a Mennonite missionary to an indian reservation in HO> OK and later a physician in Newton, Ks. c;Herman/Christopher. HO>Christopher-2f/Theadore-1 HO>Herman-2f/Theadore-1; c;Ken/John/Ted. HO>Henry-3f;probably cousin of Ken-3 & descendent of Theadore-1. HO> Listed in 'Indian Voices' publication dated 1965 as one of the HO> ruling chiefs of Arapaho tribe. HO>Ken-3f/Herman-2;Albuquerque NM BIA employee in Dulce NM in 1983. HO> c;Richard,George/Ronald/Mark/Winona Majorie. HO>++++++ HO>File: SAM1847.TXT Sam = descendant of Jakob (1718- HO>Samuel HAURY S5<Johann 18471121 Maxweiler by Ingolstadt Bavaria-19290519 HO> Upland CA. m-187911__ Suzanne Lydia Hirschler 18610616 Summerfield HO> IL-_. c-Dorothea-Timotheus-Elsa-Susan-Helen-& 2 sons. 1856 Em HO> Summerfield with parents fm Maxewiler. Wadsworth Sem 1868-71 HO> announced dedication to mission work with heathen-see "Prairie HO> Poineers" by Christian Krehbiel. Ref:`Open Doors' Pgs 60, 187, 291, HO> 294, 301, 360 `History and Development of Education Among Mennonites HO> of Kansas' by H.P. Peters. `Story of Bethal College' by Peter J HO> Wedel. `History of General Conference;Krehbiel 1, 287ff. 1871-75 HO> Barmen Ger Theo. course; Jefferson Med. Col. Phila. PA; Spinal HO> meningitis; St Louis Med. Col. 1889; First missionary sent out by HO> General Conf. Mennonites; 1879 Alaska; 1880 fm Halstead to Darlington HO> OK Indian territory, Arapaho & Cheyenne Reservation to do mission HO> work. MD Moundridge KS to 1894 & in Newton to 1913 then to Upland CA. HO>--- HO>1-Theadore HAURY-1f; Full blood American Arapaho Indian. Adopted by HO> German family named CLAUSEN in KS. Theadore took the name HAURY in HO> respect for a Dr. HAURY of Newton Ks, probably Samuel S. HAURY a HO> Mennonite missionary to an indian reservation in OK and later a HO> physician in Newton, Ks. c;Herman/Christopher. HO> 2-Christopher-2f/Theadore-1 HO> 3-Henry-3f;probably cousin of Ken-3 & descendent of Theadore-1. HO> Listed in 'Indian Voices' publication dated 1965 as one of the HO> ruling chiefs of Arapaho tribe. HO> 2-Herman-2f/Theadore-1; c;Ken/John/Ted. HO> 3-Ken-3f Albuquerque NM BIA employee in Dulce NM in 1983. HO> 4-Richard HO> 4-George HO> 4-Ronald HO> 4-Mark HO> 4-Winona Majorie. HO> 3-John-3f HO> 3-Ted-3f HO>___________________________________________________________________ HO>You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. HO>Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html HO>or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]