Hi JoAnn, Well, this is a good mystery! I might have a few clues that could help - and maybe one thing will lead to another. I first went to my trusty Trimble Co Cemetery book - and found buried at Pruitt Cemetery a Mary Kirk - and note reads: Wife of Adam Kirk. So maybe that's the same Adam as appears on your death certificate. It says about Mary: Age 47 Years died 6 June 1851 ---- So I thought, if she died in 1851 perhaps she might be listed in the 1850 Trimble Census - and sure enough there IS a Mary Kirk in the census but before I give you the specifics let me note that for some reason Adam is not given. Can't say why - maybe he was 'away' - but he is not in the Trimble 1850 census. So I don't want to conclude this is definitely our Mary. There is also another discrepancy - the census gives Mary's age as 52 - meaning born 1798 - so if it's the same Mary as the cemetery - someone's age is off - the cemetery says she is 47 years old - the census at 1850 says 52. If she died in 1852 that would make her potentially 54 so the ages are off by as much as 7 years. Not necessarily a problem - but it should be noted. 1850 Trimble Census - Kirk, Mary age 52 born VA (ADAM IS NOT HERE) also in household: Sarah age 25 born KY William age 17 Born KY Elizabeth age 15 born KY Joseph H. age 4 Isaac N. age 1 I am guessing the last two are grandchildren of Mary's - can't imagine them being son, William's - because he would have been 14 when little Joseph was born - so perhaps these young children are another son's - not listed ... who knows? Sarah is one daughter. But she would be born 1801 - and if according to your death certificate, died 1912 that would make her 111 years old! Then I thought, perhaps Elizabeth - however, in the Pruitt cemetery is Elizabeth Kirk right next to her mother, Mary and her stone reads: Kirk, Elizabeth born 17 Feb 1835 died 17 Aug 1852 So that nixed Elizabeth. The 1850 Census was the first real census that contained names of other than heads of house holds. The 1840 only listed the Head of House name and indicated the number and ages and sex of the others living there - but no names. The 1840 census STILL gives Mary as head of house - is Adam deceased? The breakdown for Mary's household reads: I white male aged 10 -15 1white male aged 15-20 1 white female age 5-10 2 white females aged 10-15 3 white females aged 15- 20 1 white female 40-50 (perhaps Mary herself?) And another interesting clue/connection: in the 1850 census the Kirk's were at house 444. At house 446 was John Ungles - who you say is the informant for the death record for ____Kirk. The families would have known each other since at least 1850 - John by the way, in the 1850 census is only 29 years old - head of his own family - wife, Nancy and three children, Marcia, Mary A and John T. ***** I think I might have discovered your mystery! I BETCHA John Ungles wife, Nancy is your missing daughter. She was born 1821 based on census dates. John Ungles reported the death. John Ungles lived very near Mary Kirk in 1850. I bet your missing name is Nancy - what do you think? Maggie Fallone in Michigan MaryIn a message dated 8/5/2006 5:52:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, jarindy@comcast.net writes: n the Kentucky Death Index it lists Adam Kirk 3-11-1912. I have a copy of this death certificate, and it is not Adam Kirk it is a Female and it lists her father as Adam Kirk Mother Don't know. It has no name on the death certificate but says she was 91 years 4 mos and 5 days old. It says her birth date was November 6, 1821 but it would have been 1820 if other is correct. She died in Campbellsburg, Henry County. The informant was John Ungles Campbellsburg. It says she was born in Trimble County. The undertaker is hard to read Meli??? & possibly Richardson. burial at Campbellsburg, Does anyone have a clue as to the name of this lady? JoAnn