The 1900 census for Jackson Twp. Effingham Co. has the wife's name as Minnie J. It also indicates that she had 5 children, 4 living. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha McWilliams" <marsha.mcw@mchsi.com> To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:32 AM Subject: RE: [ILEFFING-L] Where to find birth records circa 1900 > Could the Osker below be your Oscar? > 1910 Effingham Co, IL, Jackson twp, pg. 144b: > MESNARD James 47 OH Connecticut OH > Misurie 40 IL England IL > Eugene 16 IL > Noble 14 IL > Ralph 11 IL > Bertha 10 IL > Harvey 8 IL > Joe 5 IL > ~> Osker 1 IL > The writing on this census is very small and I'm not sure about the spelling > of "Misurie." Hope this helps. > > -----Original Message----- > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > ron_mesnard@hotmail.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:58 AM > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILEFFING-L] Where to find birth records circa 1900 > Message Board Post: > > The census for the Mesnards in this area is unusually poor. They had been > in the first wave of settlers. The census before 1920 does not really > reflect family information. I am looking for the parents of Oscar Chapman > Mesnard. If the census were complete that would have been the place to find > that info. How can I find this information? He was born in IL and most > likely Effinghan Co 1-1-1909. > > > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body. > > >