Susan, This makes since now, the Jacob Westfall was in Indiana and died there. this give me a lead to search for more facts. Thank you for your kindness. Rose -------------- Original message -------------- From: "SUSAN CLAMAN" <suecl2000@msn.com> > I don't know anything about the Westfall family but I wanted to make a > comment about the census entry. My Knapp family (John Jacob and Sarah) was > in Knox county in 1850 and later moved to Appanoose county, IA. Several of > the children had "IA" listed as the place of birth, which confused me for a > long time because I couldn't figure why the family would move to Iowa, > backtrack to Illinois and then move to Iowa again. What I finally > discovered is that "IA" was an early abbreviation for Indiana. Iowa on the > census is almost always spelled out completely. Remember they didn't have > standard state abbreviations back then anymore than spelling was > standardized. > Sue Claman > > >From: trmitcham@comcast.net > >Reply-To: ilknox@rootsweb.com > >To: ilknox@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [ILKNOX] Looking for the Westfall families of Knox and Stark Co.il > >Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:21:32 +0000 > > > >Hello, > >I a searching for someone to help us find the History of Ebenezer Westfall > >who was the father of of Ebenezer Westfall Jr. of Knox County, IL He was > >born in Ohio and he one of them was the father of Emily Westfall who > >married Seth Richmond. Can someone if you are in the county help me find > >the parents of Ebenezer Sr if there is records or Ebenzer Jr so I can find > >out who his mother is. By Census Ebenezer was born in IA and I am wondering > >if this is a error for IL. > >Rose > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILKNOX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message