This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McKim, Pugh Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fl.2ADE/1838.1 Message Board Post: Sharon, in the 1900 census, Elmer & Lucy are listed with only one child, Erma N., age 7 months. It might be worth a phone call to the Mahaska County county clerk/recorder's office to inquire whether there is a birth index for that period. If so, it should be a relatively simple matter for them to look up any McKIM births between 1900 and Lucy's death date. Also, Lucy's death certificate might be enlightening; one scenario that comes to mind is the possibility that she died in childbirth.