The following message has been posted on the Wapello Queries Board. To respond to this message, click on the link below and use the form provided. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#46507) Re: relatives <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi?rev=46507> AUTHOR: Bill Hansen DATE: 2/20/2004 at 16:40:18 Reply To: (#46504) relatives Author: Dennis Larson Date: 2/20/2004 at 14:30:07 Surnames: BLANCHARD >From the 1850 Federal Census for District 13, Wapello county, Iowa: Blanchard, Manly T., age 38, born Virginia Blanchard, Elizabeth, age 43, born Kentucky Blanchard, Sarah A., age 17, born Illinois Blanchard, Robert, age 14, born Illinois Blanchard, Rebecca, age 12, born Kentucky Blanchard, Christine, age 10, born Iowa Blanchard, Willis, age 8, born Iowa Blanchard, Martha, age 5, born Iowa Blanchard, Matilda, age 4, born Iowa Blanchard, Jacob, age 1, born Iowa >From the 1860 Federal census for Pleasant township, Wapello county, Iowa: Blanchard, Manly, head, age 48, born Virginia Blanchard, Elizabeth, wife, age 55, born Kentucky Blanchard, Adeline, dau, age 26, born Illinois Blanchard, Rebecca, dau, age 22, born Kentucky Blanchard, Christine,dau, age 19, born Iowa Blanchard, Willis, son, age 17, born Iowa Blanchard, Martha A., dau, age 15, born Iowa Blanchard, Matilda, dau, age 13, born Iowa Blanchard, Jacob, son, age 11, born Iowa Blanchard, Arabell, dau, age 7, born Iowa Wapello county marriage records show the following possible matches; M.T. Blanchard married Anna McElroy 11 Oct 1883 Willis Blanchard married Hattie T. Kitterman 19 mar 1905 Jacob Blanchard married Margaret M. Humble 9 Oct 1870 Jacob Blanchard married Clara Hickman 22 Mar 1882 Martha Blanchard married John W. Morrison 19 Apr 1866 Matilda Blanchard married William C. Gounterman 11 Nov 1869 Sarah Blanchard married Joseph M. Rogers 30 Dec 1860 Rebecca Blanchard married Benjamine Conger 1 Aug 1872 Christine Blanchard married Charles J. Thompson 17 Feb 1870 Christine Blanchard married Roy Dailey 27 Aug 1897 Wapello county WPA records show the following all buried in Sterner cemetery, Pleasant township: M.T. Blanchard born 1812 died December 16, 1895 Elizabeth Blanchard died July 20, 1883 aged 72 years Robert Blanchard died September 29, 1854 aged 17 Rufus Blanchard died June 26, 1868 aged 25 (not sure how he fits in). Hope this has been some help.