Greg: I saw your query regarding Smith's in Danville. My dad's family is from there; last name Smith, maybe we have a connection? Please contact me at kmonticue@uswest.net and we can match records! Katrina in Denver Greg Smith wrote: > 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/ > > > > ==== ILVERMIL Mailing List ==== > Vermilion County, Illinois > The ILGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilvermil/