Laura, I did some searching myself and at first thought that I couldn't tell you anything you didn't know: HOWEVER, after further searching at Ancestry.com I found 35 year old "Oka Retter", wife of William L. Retter, in HH #5/5, ED 19 Shawswick Twp., Lawrence Co., IN in the 1930 census. I'm assuming that he is the son of Isaac Ritter whose family of Ritters lived next door to the Mitchells in 1910, Head: Isaac 62 Wife: Sarah 42 Son: William 23 Son: Otto 22 Son: Arley 20 Son: James 18 Son: Frank 16 I see Frank, age 25, with a wife named Nora, age 26 in 1920. In 1930 she is listed as Nora L., age 36. Ott/Otto's wife's name is Oma, age 26, in 1920, and Oma M. age 36 in 1930. If you need more from the 1930 census let me know. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: lmitch To: INLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:31 PM Subject: [INLAWREN] Marriage of Ora/Oka Mitchell to Ritter Can anyone tell me which Ritter Ora/Oka Mitchell married? Ora was the daughter of Larry Sheldon Mitchell and Susannah Norman, who in 1920 lived in Pleasant Run Twp. of Lawrence Co. Indiana. In Sheldon's 1948 obituary, it says (among others) he is survived by a daughter, "Mrs. Oka Ritter, of Bedford." Whether this was a typo or her name was actually Oka, I can't say. In two different censuses (she was born about 1895) I can't decide if the name is Ora or Oka. And in one census she is listed as "he" and marked "M". In 1910 she is living at home and by 1920 she no longer appears in the household. I have looked at census records for Ritters in Lawrence in 1920, but the handwriting is so bad I can't decide what two of the wives' names are. Of course, old obituaries often have errors. If anyone can shed some light on this, please let me know. Laura, Terre Haute ==== INLAWREN Mailing List ==== to unsubscibe from this list, send an e-mail to INLAWREN-L-Request@rootsweb.cm. type the word, "unsubscribe" as both the subject and the body of the message. hit send and you are off. allen murray