This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: michealmcknight Surnames: day Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.ohio/1233.2082/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi my name is micheal mcknight. son of barbara ellen bragg. barbara ellen bragg is the daughter of fred bragg and gladys mae day. gladys mae day is the eldest of children from finice little day and mamie cutlip. i have researched aaron vanburen day(though difficult) i have some anwsers for you. aaron vanburen was born in 1837 his first wife was mary raley or raleigh. for some reason they split up. they can be found together in grayson co. in the 1870 and 1860 census reports. in 1880 he was living with a new wife named rachael bratcher. this is her second marriage. her first was to calvin goff. calvin goff and aaron vanburen day were neighbors, as seen in the census reports. i beleive if you look at the 1850 census record for john b goff you will find his wife and calvin goff living with his older brother. also in the house is a aaron v. i beleive this to be aaron vanburen day. the age is correct. calvin and aaron vanburen were obviously closely tied. im not sure how.now agai! n for some reason aaron vanburen day and rachael bratcher split up. she is living with one of her twin daughters in 1900. and in 1888 he remarried elizabeth ann pierce. they can be found in the 1900 census reports under the surname days. when he passed away she married a renfrow, not sure of the first name. he passed away and she married bedford lamastus on feb 27 1907. they moved to west virginia and they are buried side by side in i beleive the nutall cemetery. now lets see if we can get beyond aaron vanburen day. i have found every census report in the grayson and ohio counties from 1810 -1840. and doing a search of the days there are only two men that could have been his father. mordicai day had a child that was 14 in 1840. but in 1850 he is still living with his father. so that leaves only one. the father of aaron vanburen day is william day born in 1793. you will find two william days living in the area. the other is a little older. i think born in 1786 area. of cour! se i have no proof and i believe you will find none. william d! ay is no where to be found in 1850. i have no mother for aaron vanburen. but with this william day i have found his grand parents. now with all that being said who is the mother of finice little day? is it rachael bratcher. or is it elizabeth ann pierce? or was there someone else in between the two wifes? why cant finice little day be found in 1900. he is not in elizabeths household. he is not in rachaels household. mary raley remarried a man named davis. so probably not hers either. well mr. aaron vanburen day what a mischeivious character you were. two divorces in that era , unheard of. i think maybe you liked to share what you had a little to much. any other questions please send to [email protected] 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.