Dee - Columbia was a woman. I'll send you the 1900 census sheet. By the date of that enumeration, her husband was already dead, and she is listed as a widow, with the children. If the LDS information was submitted by a person [as in this case] and not from a film of vital records, then you can't assume it is correct. I can't help with the obituary, but contact the Omaha library to see what newspapers were published around that time. Also, see if there was an Italian language newspaper in Omaha, because if they didn't speak english, that's where you might find it. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "deehall" <kraftdee@netins.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 9:01 AM Subject: [IOWA] info > ON one of my researches that I'm doing I have a puzzle. On the lds site Columbia Cleania is listed as a male, and on an obit that I have for Columbia it is listed as a Female, and her spouse is Ludwig {Lewis Celania].Sept. 9, 1905.She is listed as Benedicta . > On all the other material it is listed as a Female. On ancestry it listed as Columbia Lewis Celania. > Could she of took her spouses first name after he died? > > They came from Italy. He died in Omaha NE. Could use some help to find his obit. Before 1905. > > Thanks, > Dee >