(1)I expect you've tried this, but have you searched in Warren County and Fulton County? Especially since St. Augustine is niched into the corner/border of Knox County? Since most babies were born at home, the listing of St. Augustine could have just been the nearest post office address. (2)I did see the following family in Adams Co. IL in 1880 (further south and west of Knox. And so many people moved a lot. In 1880, it would have been 20-21 years later than Charles' birth, and family could have moved after his birth.) The parents, John and Martha, were born in Ireland in this family below, however. Do you know what nationality YOUR Hunters were? I'm just thinking that sometimes the census is incorrect in birthplaces (or your other source maybe?). The first child in this family, Andrew, was born in Pennsylvania, and so the family could have come from there to Illinois, and data could have somehow been written somewhere that the parents were born in PA, when they were indeed born in Ireland. Hunter is a common name, so I sure can see how it is difficult to search for your OWN Hunters. I have Hall, Davis, Barnes......and there are thousands of them to sort through! Do you know the names of any siblings of your Charles? Perhaps someone else on the Knox board knows of various nicknames for Martha or Henrietta. Is there any cross-over? I am mentioning a lot of undocumented possibilities here I realize, but that's part of the challenge and intrigue of genealogy.....and sometimes leads to a new "find". Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace John HUNTER Self M Male W 61 IRE Farmer IRE IRE Martha HUNTER Wife M Female W 57 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE Andrew HUNTER Son S Male W 23 PA Farmer IRE IRE Charles HUNTER Son S Male W 20 IL Farmer IRE IRE Anna BRIM Other S Female W 9 IL OH IL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Source Information: Census Place Mckee, Adams, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254174 NA Film Number T9-0174 Page Number 223D ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 3:09 AM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Charles Edgar Hunter > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4g.2ADE/1730 > > Message Board Post: > > Need information on Charles and parents. Father: John born in Penn. Mother: Henrietta born Penn. Charles born St Augustine, Knox, Il in 1859. I have been stopped for years. Need help. >