Marsha That's all I need to do it seems - snap my fingers and you come up trumps! Albert belongs to Joyce and the town is Drayton where Evelyn was born 1899, I see - we had 1900. Herbert is her Herbert Henry and we have Nov 1867 but seegiven as Sept. Stephen is new. Was he with other KNIBBS or are the rest just un-named he as Head? Sarah is Richard's. I've only recently learnt about her and this census entry will I'm sure be of interest to him. bfn Alan > KNIBBS, Albert, head of household, born Dec 1872, age 26, married 3 years, > birthplace illegible but probably ends in -land, father & mother born in > England, immigrated 1892, in US 8 years, naturalization papers filed, occ. > Farmer, can read, write, and speak English, owns home with mortgage. > KNIBBS, Olive, wife, born Sept 1877, age 22, married 3 years, mother of one > child, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, immigrated 1881, in US 19 > years, can read, write, and speak English. > KNIBBS, Eveline, daughter, born Sept 1899, age 10/12, single, birthplace > illegible, father's birthplace illeg (DARN!), mother born in Canada. (She > was probably born in North Dakota as there's nothing listed for > immigration.) > KNIBBS, Alex, cousin, born June 1878, age 21, single, born in Canada, > parents born in Canada, imm. in 1900, status alien, occ. farm laborer, can > read, write, and speak English. > > A few lines down the page, in the household of a Norwegian farmer whose > surname begins with "B", is the entry for > KNIBBS, Herbert, born Sep 1867, age 32, single, born in England, parents > born in England, immigrated 1900, status alien, occ. farm laborer, can > read, write, and speak English. > > Unfortunately the 1840 census wasn't so informative. The entry reads: > KNIBBS, Stephen, 2 white males under 5, 2 white males between 5 & 10, 1 > white male between 50 & 60, 1 white female under 5, 2 white females between > 5 & 10, 2 white females between 10 and 15, 1 white female between 30 and > 40, 1 male slave, two female slaves, total 14 people; 3 persons in family > employed in agriculture. > > The 1850 entry is for Grayville, in White Co, IL. In the household of a > Danish merchant named Knoph Thompson is: > KNIBBS, Sarah, age 20, born in Illinois. > > >