Not sure who the Rosmond is but I believe the Cornelius is my great,great,uncle.He is son of Joseph and Hannah {Anna} Knibbs. The family migrated over from England in 1839. I'm going to look more into it next week. Thanks for the lead. Ana

> Not sure who the Rosmond is but I believe the Cornelius is my > great,great,uncle.He is son of Joseph and Hannah {Anna} Knibbs. The family > migrated over from England in 1839. I'm going to look more into it next week. > Thanks for the lead. > Ana I've now dug a little deeper into the Bradford, PA 1880 Federal census and can see that Rosmand KNIBBS was the wife of Cornelius. Elizbibeth and James were their children. By the way, "Cornilus" and "Elizbibeth" are how they're written on the census record. For those not fully in the picture on this one, Cornelius was the youngest son of Joseph KNIBBS from Somerton, Oxfordshire, UK. He emigrated to New York with his wife Hannah and four children in 1840. Ana has done a tremendous amount of research and found that Joseph was the Janitor at the Albany Medical College, New York. There is a commemorative plaque still on display today dedicated to Joseph and the 30 years of valuable service he gave to the hospital. The plaque is the same size as the plaque of the hospital founder, so he was obviously well thought of. Joseph's oldest son James became famous with an invention called "The Knibbs Runaround". This was an attachment to horse-drawn steam fire engines which prevented a waste of water and saved the hose and suction pipes. The Run Around was utilized almost everywhere. Cornelius was "spotted" in New York in 1875 but then disappeared. Now we've found where he was went, perhaps we'll learn more. I hadn't spotted my own connection to Cornelius until Alan pointed it out. He would be my 3rd cousin 4 times removed. Almost certainly not on my Christmas card list but nevertheless, connected! Don