Thanks for the information. I think Alice is just a mistake in that particular census. I'll have to recheck, but I think Augusta shows up again in the 1870 census. I thought I had a copy of the 1870 census, but I can't locate it. These are definitely the "elusive ancestors" so far... Cindy Kimes <[email protected]> wrote: Found your ancestor on the 1860 census: 1860 William Kein 47 M Musician Bavaria Alice 40 F Bavaria John 15 M Clerk New York Rosa 14 F New York Henry 11 M New York Jane 9 F New York Matilda 6 F New York George 4 M New York Henrietta 2 F New York Who was Alice? 2nd wife? --- Molly Murnane wrote: > > I haven't posted to this list in quite a while, so I thought I'd > resend my Kiem ancestors and see if I can make a connection: > > Christian Wilhelm Keim was born in Prussia around 1816. He > married Augusta M. Shank, also from Prussia, and they emigrated to > the U.S. and landed in New York City @ 1845-46. He is listed in > New York City city directories starting in 1846 as William Keim, > music teacher. > > Their children were: > > John b. @ 1844 > Sarah (Rosa?) b. @ 1845 > Henry b. @ 1849 (my great-grandfather) > Isaac b. @ 1853 > Matilda b. @ 1854 > Emma b. @ 1855 > George b. @ 1856 > Jane b. @ 1857 > Henrietta b. @ 1858 > Augusta b. @ 1861 > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ==== KEIM Mailing List ==== For more exposure on the internet, post queries at these sites: http://genforum.genealogy.com/keim/ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIME/queries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KEIM/queries