This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/2015.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, I found the following "Ardron" in Pike County. Let me know if there is anything else I can do, or if these are not your ancestors give me some different names. 1850 Illinois, Pike Co., Twp 4S4W Thomas Ardron, 34, M, Farmer, 1000, England (b. ca. 1816) Ann, 33, F, England (b. ca. 1817) 1860 Illinois, Pike Co., Hadley, Post Office - Barry Thomas Ardaron, 45, M, farmer, 1000, 700, England Ann, 43, F, housewife, England 1870 Illinois, Pike Co., Barry Twp, Post Office - Barry Thomas Ardron, 54, M, W, Farmer Retired, 1950, 200, Eng Ann, 53, F, W, Keeping house, England Charlie, 9, M, W, Illinois 1880 Illinois, Adams Co., Beverly Twp, Dist 1 Charles Ardron, W, M, 19, Bro-in-law, Farm Laborer, Illinois 1900 Illinois, Adams Co., Quincy City Mary Ardron, patient @ St. Mary's Hospital, W, F, b-Dec 1865, 34, M, 13, 2, 2, Illinois As you can see, Thomas and Ann do not show up after the 1870 Census so possibly they died between 1870/1880. Charles in 1880 is probably the same as Charlie in 1870. The age is right. I don't know where Mary came in. She might have married Charles. He would have been about 39 in 1900. I indicates that Mary was married 13 years and had 2 children both of which were living in 1900. As there is no census in 1890, we can't determine what happened in the 20 span between 1880/1900. We really do miss out on a lot of information because of this. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. It is good to see someone from up there on line. I live in Texas now but was born & raised in Quincy, Ill. My sister still lives up there, in Taylor, MO, and is a nurse at Blessing Hospital. Feel free to contact me at anytime. Janet (Hall) Mysinger rjmysinger@aol.com