The two names that have question marks - I checked the census image: They are: RIDGEWAY, Eza, age 21 RIDGEWAY, Barzilla, age 18 both males, born in Illinois and both are farmers There is a John and Ann Ridgeway residing in Marshall Co. in the 1850 census with several children listed with them, including Ezra. This Ann is listed as being born in Kentucky, age 43. Following is an entry for the marriage record of Ann McGee and John Ridgeway: Mcgee, Ann and Ridgeway, John 05 Jul 1832 Illinois Peoria County (It appears you have this information) ----- Original Message ----- From: "ELMER BAYLES" <eebayles@msn.com> To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE > 1870 STEUBEN, MARSHALL CO, ILLINOIS CENSUS > > ANN PURCELL, AGE 54, BORN PENNSYLVANIA, HOUSE KEEPER. > MARY AGE 13 BORN IN ILLINOIS > THOMAS AGE 11 BORN IN ILLINOIS > ALSO LIVING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD ARE: > FEGERRARY (?), EZA, MALE, AGE 21, FARMER, BORN IN ILLINOIS. > FEGERRARY (?), ZARZILLA, FEMALE, AGE 18, BORN IN ILLINOIS. > > HOPE THIS HELPS. > MARIE IN ILLINOIS > eebayles@msn.com > > PS. COULD NOT FIND HER WITH EDWARD PURCELL ON 1860 CENSUS. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: cashby2587@lvcta.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:37 AM > To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] PURCELL - RIDGEWAY/RIDGWAY - McGEE > > I hope some 'Peorian' can help me. I've been trying for years to locate my > ancestral grandmother's grave, obit , 1880 census entry and/or death > information: > > Ann (nee' McGee) Ridgeway/Ridgway Purcell who was born about > 1810-1815--married Peoria County in 1832 to John Ridgeway, who died in 1852. > She md 2nd in 1854, Edward Purcell and they lived in both Peoria and > Marshall counties. A Peoria County history notes in their pioneer group > that Ann was still living at the time of its publication in 1880. > > I made a special trip to Peoria Co a few years ago to look through the Clerk > of Court death register, but as any of you Peorians know, that office > refuses to permit anyone to see their dockets and I had to come all the way > back to central Iowa empty-handed. At that time I didn't check for a > probate for Ann, but I did check for land records. > > I cannot find Ann PURCELL in the 1880 census, nor in the few cemetery > listings have I found her grave under the name, PURCELL , yet I've been > looking for Ann PURCELL and an 1869 pioneer meeting group in Marshall County > lists her as 'Ann RIDGEWAY' rather than PURCELL--at that time she was > widowed from Edward Purcell and perhaps she went back to her former surname, > Ridgeway, for some reason. > > I'd deeply appreicate any information on this as I've hit a brickwall. > C. Brees Cashby2587@lvcta.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ILPEORIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <ILPEORIA-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:00 AM > Subject: ILPEORIA-D Digest V03 #122 > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html >