This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooley, Parr, Abrams, Fox & Peterson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vl.2ADE/110.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bev, I am pretty sure after searching around today that the Vinnie on the 1900 census is Vernie Parr, since she was living with Charlotte and her siblings and father before she married george Cooley it is safe to say that Vernie is hers. She must have had a baby right after her mother died. Since George seemed to be widower with several children, she and Vernie just blended in. A very hard to do in 1900. In 1930 Charlotte is listed as living with Vernie, her husband Chris Peterson and Vernie's two daughters Lucille and Dorothy Fox. So there is one family mystery solved. What happened to the step children of Charlottes I am still working on. I will say this Ruth is a name used by Charlotte's sisters Bess, and Alice. Makes me wonder where it fits in to the family, must be the Parr side as I can't find a Ruth on the Abrams side so far. Please write me direct wjhf723@aol.com. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. So glad we found each other. Jobeth