Thanks Debbi, That is a good point. I'm just hoping that somewhere along the line I can find mention of Bertie...death, birth, etc. I've found info on most of the other children, but Bertie has eluded me. I've only found her mentioned in this one census....and of course, both parents were dead by the 1900 census and she most likely would be married, if living. Kim > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:45:58 -0700 (PDT) > From: Debbi Geer <dgirth@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Bertie WEISS To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <598993.6084.qm@web111412.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Consider the possibility that the person who provided the information for the obit was not aware of Bertie's existence.? Perhaps she died many years before Emma had any children and thus her name may not have ever been mentioned when family got together or when Emma talked about her family. Debbi Geer