Hi David, Did you know that the Iowa state censuses are on Ancestry.com now and are free through the end of March. I found the William and Mary Skipton family in the 1885 one for Marion Twp, page 442, dwelling 143, family 148. William 58 Mary 45 Mary I 25 Sarah M. 21 Charls 19 John 14 Clara 12 Jennie 8 Bertha 5 Mary Skipton 80 It is possible you will find Ida in a neighboring family. Marcia >From: David L Skipton <dlskipton@juno.com> >Reply-To: iawashin@rootsweb.com >To: iawashin@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [IAWASHIN] Skipton Obit >Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:02:44 -0800 > > >Thank you Marcia for your help. I would love to have the obit for Clara. >William Skipton had nine children, two boys and seven girls. Clara is >one >of three I could never find any information on. Two other sisters are >still >missing, Mary Ida b. June 1859 and Ada born 1868. They were both >listed in the 1910 census living with dad in Washington. > >Thanks again, >Dave > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Live Search Maps – find all the local information you need, right when you need it. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag2&FORM=MGAC01