This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: elny29 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.wyandotte/1563/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information abt parents of Anna Coffman who md William Martindale in Delaware Co. IA in 1852. They have 6 children, Mary, John, George, Bert,Rene, and William. They are buried in Norton Co. KS. 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.

Have you scoured Delaware County records for the parents? At the US Genweb site, there is this section from a book entry: "Among the first settlers in this township(Elk) was James Martindale, who came in 1851. He proved to be one of the leading farmers in this community, as was also John Martindale, who arrived in 1851. John Martindale was a clergyman of the Christian Church and was a valiant expounder of its tenets for over a half century. He settled two miles northwest of Greeley. He organized the Christian Church at Greeley and was instrumental in erecting the building there." Also at the USGenWeb site for Delaware county, there is this marriage entry: http://iagenweb.org/delaware/vitalrecords/MR/1851.htm "NOTE: Married at my residence on the 26th day of the present monthly (Oct.) A. D. 1851 in Delaware County, State of Iowa Mr. Samuel Bishop, aged 23 years to Miss Lavina Overocker aged 17 years, both of Delaware County, Iowa. Witnesses present, David & Wm. Martindale. This the 28th of October 1851. John Martindale, Minister of the Gospel Recorded by John Benson County Judge Nov. 21, 1851" It would certainly appear that two brothers were witnessing a marriage for their father. This family file on Rootsweb lists Wm Martindale b. abt 1827, as John's son: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=britton-harringt&id=I15476 In the 1856 IA census in Elk Township, Delaware, IA,(on the US Genweb site) there is a Wm Martindale, born the same year as your William, living alone with a young son, James. It looks as if he may be a widower. In the 1880 census in Norton, the oldest boy's age would match that of James in the 1856 census. And Wm and Anna have seven children, the oldest being too old for her to have been the mother. Have you considered that there could have been a first wife named Anna Coffman who died and a second wife, also named Anna? It's unclear as to why you are requesting info on the Wyandotte County board, when your people are from Norton. I think it would help if you made that connectiom clear, assuming there is one. Patricia On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:16 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com < gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: elny29 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.wyandotte/1563/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for information abt parents of Anna Coffman who md William > Martindale in Delaware Co. IA in 1852. They have 6 children, Mary, John, > George, Bert,Rene, and William. They are buried in Norton Co. KS. > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >