Good Morning Everyone - I'll try to answer what I do know about the replies/questions in regards to looking for and/or finding Albert R. Goodwin. I already have a copy of the 1895 Iowa, Benton County Census with Albert and Estella together - no kids. I also have a copy of their marriage record from the Linn County Records (married in Cedar Rapids in late January 1891. Albert's dad is Ferris/Farris Goodwin and Sophia Brown Goodwin Pitts. Estella Petit's folks are Eugene and Mary Petit (no maiden name was given for Mary). Blood ancestors for me (my hubby actually) are the Sophia Brown line so I do not have in depth search on the Goodwin's and Petit's. How I know the Goodwin and Petit lines originally come together is through Albert's dad, Ferris. Ferris' sister, Emily Goodwin married a Petit; Hector T. Petit. To further complicate things, Sophia's older sister, Martha Ann Brown, married Ferris' brother, John Nathanial Goodwin and they have a bunch of kids; sooooooooo, brothers married sisters. Martha and John N. Goodwin had a kid named William. Both Martha and John had passed away by 1900. I don't know if Albert died or he and Estella divorced and she remarried. I do not think that the William Goodwin that Estella married belongs to Martha and John....not sure why I eliminated that tho. Dick, I haven't contact the Benton County Genealogy Society to date....I thought I'd ask the list first if anyone had access to deaths (either a diskette, a fee paid source that would provide such a thing, or someone from Benton County itself that has access to those kinds of records, etc....That was more of a time thing than anything since the resource would be available to them now. Contacting Benton County myself is going to have to be my next step. In regards to Albert's year of birth, I've only jotted that down in my FTM Program because of another source...probably the 1870 Fed'l census. The return of marriage record also indicates that his yr. of birth was more likely/closer to 1870 (January 1891 minus age next birthday listed as 21 = 1870). Unfortunately Jeanne, Albert's middle initial is R. - possitive. Wish it were as easy as you indicated. : - ( I guess I'll take that as a "No, nobody has access to late 1800/ early 1900 death records for Iowa." So many loose ends on this family it's driving me nuts! You folks are still the bomb! Cathie > [Original Message] > From: Mona Knight <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; IABENTON <[email protected]> > Cc: IOWA-L <[email protected]> > Date: 2/16/2007 7:39:34 PM > Subject: Re: [IOWA] Goodwin, Albert R. > > There is an Albert Goodwin, 25, in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, in the 1895 > census, birthplace Benton Co., IA. There is also an Estella Goodwin, 20, in > Vinton, Benton County, IA, also born in Benton County. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathie Nelson" <[email protected]> > To: "IABENTON" <[email protected]> > Cc: "IOWA-L" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:14 AM > Subject: [IOWA] Goodwin, Albert R. > > > > Good Morning Everyone - > > Is there anyone here that has a resource for late 19th century deaths? I > am looking to see if an Albert R. Goodwin passed away after the 1895 Benton > Co., Vinton, Iowa census. His wife, Estella is married to another fellow, > William Goodwin in the 1900 census in Benton Co., Vinton, Iowa. William and > Estella had been married 0 years. A search for Albert (b. abt 1872) in > the1900 census returns no results in ancestry.com. I wanted to see if he > and Estella divorced but the one Albert that is listed in Benton County is > too old for my Albert and there is no other Albert R. Goodwin listed with an > about 1972 year of birth in Iowa. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Cathie > > > > > > Cathie Nelson > > [email protected] > > EarthLink Revolves Around You. > > _____________________________________________ > > > > For additional information concerning how the list > > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > > _____________________________________________ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > >