Cathy, I have solved your problem with Harry and will send this email to you plus post it to the Knowlton listserve rather than go back on line to write on the message board. Why don't you join the Knowlton mailing list since you have a direct line from your mother back to the original immigrants to America in 1630s? OK, there is a lot of detail, and I will mail you documents if you give me a mailing address. Basically, Harry's name was not Harry but something I have not yet figured out, like Azeria or Ayeria as I cannot read it clearly on the censuses. If you follow my advice on the Knowlton bulletin board yesterday you will write for his death certificate and find out what they used; ditto his marriage. I think he changed his name to Harry to make things easier for himself. Where did you get the "Arie" from? He WAS born in Kansas, probably in 1874; but he died before the 1920 census, which is why we could not find him. He must have died some time between Nov 1915 when Harry Leon was conceived and May 1918 when Pearl's first child with Thomas Stephens was conceived. Since I imagine she married Thomas first and waited at least a few months before the remarrying, I would guess that Harry died about 1917. I would ask for a search of 1916 and 1917 with first name not certain, last name Knowlton. He would have been about 43 when he died in Osage co. Because of bad handwriting and poor indexing, it was very hard to spot the Stephens family in 1920; however, they were on the same page with that Vermillion family who appears near them in 1930. The stepkids' last name is spelled Knolton [there are many common misspellings for this name]. Apparently Opal has died. I found the family by searching on first name Vivian. Place of father's birth is mistakenly listed as Missouri, which was where Mr. Stephens was born. 1910 you have 1900 I spotted Azera J. ? Knowlton in the William Farmer household in Kansas, Coffey Co., Ottumwa, where it turned out the Knowltons had been for over 40 yrs. They don't really like moving around that much; so even when they migrate across the country, they stay put once they are there. You had said he had a stepfather, so this looked like the right person, born in Kansas with mother born in Iowa and father in Mass. or Maine (which people mix up all the time). He was born in July 1876, it says. However, he is grown up, and I think the year is just off-- the census is usually more accurate for children's ages. Now we know his mother's name was Nancy. 1880 This was the last census I found-- went back to 1850 easier than this because the surname was spelled Knowelton, and I could not search on his name--since I still don't know it--and at that time did not know his father's name. I think I found it through searching for Nancys born in Iowa who lived in Coffey co. He has a sister named Henrietta, and his father is A. J. It says Ayera is 5 in June, which means he wold be 6 in July, born 1874. 1870 Still the same place. Luckily AJ and Nancy got married before this census. It says his name is Atwood Knowlton, born Maine, and what looks like age 21, but it is actually 41 if you look closely. So now I had a first name, middle initial, age, and birthplace for sure. 1860 AJ is already in Coffey co, aged 30, and listed as a ship's carpenter, which seems strange. I have not looked at a map yet, but you need to do this for each county where people live--it explains many things. He is living with two Ohioans named Travis or Tavis. 1850 The ship's carpenter bit proved useful when I searched Maine for Atwood J. He was listed as 22, a ship's carpenter, living in the household of Susan and Joseph Knowlton in Nobleboro, Lincoln Co., ME, has a brother named something like Adoniram, sisters named Mary and Augusta, and lives near other Knowltons including a Joseph Jr, who is probably another brother. It was now time to turn to THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE KNOWLTONS by Stocking, since I could not spot Joseph and Susan for sure on the Internet. But this will be a second email tomorrow as it is late, I just got home, and have to go to work in the morning. I WILL continue the saga tomorrow. Elizabeth Elizabeth W. Knowlton