Hi Mary, I am not sure if any of the other St Enoder/Ladock Jollys have asked yet but would be very grateful to take up your kind offer of looking for lost American Jollys. We have a William Jolly bp 8 Sept 1816 in Ladock, Cornwall. (Parents John Jolly and Loveday nee Blackmore) He married Philippa Williams (b 1817 St Stephen in Brannell, Cornwall) in about 1840/41. In the 1851 Cornish census he was a miner in St Stephen in Brannell. With him were his wife Philippa, and children: Elizabeth Jolly b 1843 St Austell, C/wall; Philippa Jolly b 1845 St Austell; " William Jolly b 1847 St Stephen in Brannell, " Joseph Jolly b 1848 St Stephen in Brannell, " There was also and older son Henry Jolly b 1841 who in 1861 was a clay labourer. By 1861 William Jolly senior had become a stone cutter but still living in Cornwall. However by the time his brother died in 1888 and William was mentioned in the will, William and his family (or part of them) had emigrated to the U.S.A. where he (William) had died and his wife was left a widow living in Jewel County, Kansas. Any information on this Jolly family would be wonderful, Mary, if you have it. Where and when they emigrated; where William and his wife died and when; what became of their children in the states. Regards, Pat Milne Western Australia > >============================== >I am not looking for anyone. Just hoping to help. I have a data base of >20,000 Joll(e)y's and several hundred primary source records. My work is in >the US only and covers the time span from 1631 through 1880. I have not >followed the spousal lines. When a girl marred I put down the name of her >spouse and the date of the marriage and then dropped her as she was no >longer a Jolly. If you are having a problem I will be happy to check my >data base for your information. No promise of help, but I sure will >try....Mary _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.