In the 1900 Census, Macoupin County, Carlinville Township - taken June 7, 1900: John W. Biggs - 51- DOB: Dec. 1848 Sadie J. - 41 - DOB: May 1859 Children: (all listed as Armstrong and step-children) Lois - 22 - DOB: Oct. 1877 Leone - 17 - DOB: Oct. 1882 Don - 15 - DOB: Nov. 1884 Paul - 12 - DOB: Mar. 1888 Lela - 10 - DOB: Feb. 1890 * Census states that Sadie (Sarah) is mother of 6 children, 5 of whom are living. * John's parent's are listed as being born in Ohio. * Sadie's (Sarah) Father born in Kentucky, Mother born in Virginia. * Of the children, Lois is born in Illinois and the others in Missouri * John is a "day laborer" * Lois and Leone are listed as being "servant's", the other children are students. * All can read, write and speak English * The family lived on Hickory Street ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert & Donna Gill" <regill@bellatlantic.net> To: <ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:11 PM Subject: [ILMADISO-L] 1900 census request > I am sending this request to both the Macoupin and Madison County lists as > I'm just not sure where they were in 1900. the family has ties and has > lived, given birth, died and been buried in both counties. > > If there is someone out there with the 1900 census index that would be kind > enough to do a lookup it would be greatly appreciated. > > We are looking for on the 1900 census the family of: > John W. Biggs born about 1851 in ILL, his wife Sarah born May 16, 1860 in > Macoupin. Sarah died in Madison. > With John and Sarah SHOULD be her children from her previous marriage to > Andrew J. Armstrong. > The children are Lois Armstrong born May 14, 1878, we believe Paul E. > Armstrong born about 1889 and Lela Armstrong born February 15, 1890. I don't > know if there were other children invlolved or not. > > We have lots of the other census record information, we have the IRAD > marriage, and death information on various folks. What we are lacking is the > 1900 census that should show the children still living with their mother as > none of them got married until after 1903. However, to throw a glitch in the > works, the family was at one point in MO. I found them on the 1880 census in > Union Co., MO and Lela was born in MO in 1890. However, all of the children > were married in ILL. which is why I'm assuming they were in ILL on the 1900 > census. > Thank you for listening to my ramblings. > Donna and Robert Gill in MD > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Difference between ILMADISO-L and ILMADISO-D: > ILMADISO-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to ILMADISO as a separate email. > ILMADISO-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a single large message. >