Beth, Do you have any info on the Smiths in Danville? Greg -----Original Message----- From: <BSmith7439@aol.com> To: <ILVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [ILVERMIL-L] Vermilion Co., Surnames >Dear Dianne, > > I am interested in the name THEOBOLD. While researching my GGgrandfather, >William Morrow SILVER and my GGgrandmother, Mary Ann ROACH WEAVER SILVER, who >lived in Hoopeston, Grant Twp., Vermillion Co.,IL, I came across some >interesting information on the census for 1900, in Hoopeston. > >William and Mary Ann SILVER were living with two of their four children and >also their grandson and grandaughter, William THEOBOLD, born 6/1879 in IL, >age was 20 at the time; and Pearl THEOBOLD, born 2/1881, age 19 at the time. > >I believe that William and Pearl must have been the children of the daughter >born to Mary Ann's first marriage - which was to Noah WEAVER. Mary Ann and >Noah WEAVER had two children: Alice, born abt. 1863 and Noah, born in 1864. >Alice must have married someone named THEOBOLD, probably abt. 1875-1878. I >have no idea what happened to Alice or why her children were living with >their grandmother, Mary Ann. > >Do these names sound familiar to you? The name is not a common one, and it >was in the same county, so there's a chance there's some relation to the >THEOBOLD you mentioned. > >Please let me know what you think. > >Thanks. > >Beth >BSmith7439@aol.com > > >==== ILVERMIL Mailing List ==== >Vermilion County, Illinois >The ILGenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilvermil/ >