This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wokosin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vl.2ADE/426.1 Message Board Post: 1870 census, Powesheik, Lincoln Twp., Iowa, page 337, near Montezuma, IA: Wokosin, Charles, 52, b. Prussia/Germany, farmer Wokosin, Mary, 46, b. Prussia/Germany, wife Wokosin, Hellen, 18, b. Prussia/Germany, dau. Wokosin, William, 10, b. IL Wokosin, Ida, 8, b. IL Wokosin, Annie, 6, b. IL Living next door is: Wokosin, John, 45, b. Pruss. Wokosin, Christenia, 42, b. Pruss. Wokosin, Caroline, 13 Wokosin, Hellen, 11 Wokosin, Harmon, 5 Wokosin, John, 4 Wokosin, Addie, 2 The Ida Wokosin above seems to be the right age to be your Ida. I don't find Charles Wokosin in the 1880 census under that spelling or under Wokersine, so perhaps Ida was orphaned about a year or so after the 1870 census. You may want to check Powesheik County, IA, records.