<Anything else that might help narrow down the search? "> How accurate it may be, I don't know, but she failed to incude the parental nativity of the parents from the 1880. And personally, I'd be curious as to the source for the surname Morse since previous posts were indicated as surname unknown. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Sue Thielmann wrote: > I don't know if this will help, but here's what I've found. > HeritageQuest shows 61 Morse households in Iowa in 1860 and 141 by > 1870. This is the only one in 1860 that seems a possible match. > > 1860 Cerro Gordo County, Falls Township > George Morse, age 33, farmer, born in NY > Eliza Morse, age 27, wife, born in NY > Martha, age 1, born in IL > > However, by 1870 the same household is listed as follows: > > 1870 Cerro Gordo County, Falls Township > George O. Morse, age 43, farmer, born in NY > Eliza A. Morse, age 36, born in NY > Ellie Morse, age 11, born in IL (first name is difficult to read, but > definitely NOT Martha) > Emma Morse, age 8, born in IA > Frederick Morse, age 4 born in IA > Theodore Morse, age 2, born in IA > Tammy Hudson, age 23, domestic servant, born in NY > George Ruud, age 19, farm laborer, born in VT > > Anything else that might help narrow down the search? > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <Daaazy1945@aol.com> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:29 PM > Subject: [IOWA] Re: Ia-Unknown County-1860 Morse > > >> >> >> >> I'm back! Would someone be so kind to look for a Martha Morse,white >> female >> born 1859 >> or 1860 Ia. I had asked before when I thought she was N.M._____? She >> might >> have been known also as: Nannie Martha Morse. >> This woman later lived in Texas.She was in the Tx Kerr county 1880 >> census as >> N.M. Hardin. >> . >> >