This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zk.2ADE/952.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Richard, Is the following QUIRK family the one you mentioned as possibly being connected to Edward's? William Quick Richland, Delaware, IA 27 1832 New York Male Mary Quick Richland, Delaware, IA 24 1835 New York Female Viola Quick Richland, Delaware, IA 6 1853 New York Female Bion Quick Richland, Delaware, IA 2 1857 Iowa Male Notice that the parents were born in NY in the mid-1830s. The birthplace pattern in Edward's family shows them in Mississippi in the latter 1830s. It's possible that they were in NY earlier in the decade, but I would be inclined to entertain the possibility that they immigrated through a port in/near New Orleans. I checked the 1860 census image for Edward's household, and it includes Theressa. I don't know why she is listed out of age order, but FYI, she is listed as "Dumb." I'm not related to the Quirk/Quick families in any way. Just doing lookups. If you have specific death dates for either Anna or Kate, I'd be glad to check the Historical Newspaper Collection to see if I can find an obituary for either one, which might mention surviving siblings.