This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Angel, Cole Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5AB.2ACE/2643.1 Message Board Post: The James W. that you found in the 1900 census sounds like my great-great grandfather. He married my great-great grandmother Letitia (COLE) ANGEL and they had Maude, Etha, and Jackson together. His stepchildren were Mary Alice, William, Frank, and Elizabeth (I think I have them all listed, but forgive me if I forgot one...I'm doing this by memory). No one in our family has ever heard of him having children with the names you mentioned or having been married before, so I think you can rule him out of your search. The ANGELs are a tough bunch to figure out. There were a lot of them and too many with the same names. In the 1880 census alone I think I found about 7 James ANGELs and my great-grandmother was married three times...two of those marriages were to two men named James ANGEL!! All I can say is thank goodness for middle initials!