This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mickmickel Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.osage/574.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kerri, I was able to use a different search tool and actually see the census sheets and found a couple more items of interest. Or you may already have them. 1880 census; Alois and Carline Volk and family wer living in Osage City, KS. He was listed as a miner. 1900 census; Aliose and Caroline Volk were living in Burlingame, KS. He was still a coal miner. Caroline is listed as mother of 7 children with 3 living. (So apparently somewhere there are three more children born to these parents that don't show up in census records.) The spelling that was transcribed as Cassie, could in my opinion have been written as Carrie; she was mother of 1 child, 1 living. Martial status was listed as "D", I assume meaning divorced. Living in this household was a granddaughter (your ggrandmother ?) Lucile M. Wagner b. Oct 1894. 1910 census, Caroline Volk was listed as mother of 7 with 2 living. Also, in this household was a granddaughter; Maria Wagner, a. 16. Apparently the middle initial in Lucile M. stood for Maria and she had switched from Lucile to Maria. Don't know the correct spelling - Wagner vs. Wagoner, but both the 1900 and 1910 census appeared to leave out the "O". Eldon Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.