I had a similar situation. A natural female child [illegitimate] was born in 1877 to a daughter from someone who left town shortly after conception, never to be heard from again. By the next census of 1880, the daughter was gone but another daughter was listed on the census. That kept the headcount reported the same. I think this was not uncommon, especially if the mother died in childbirth or was a free spirit and the child may have even been given her name. My cue to dig a little deeper, was the "mother/grandmother" was beyond her child bearing years given the child's age. Later when the mother (who by the way was a widow before she bore this little girl) remarried, young Lelia is listed with her mother and stepfather on the 1890 census. Just one more "geni tale" for the book . Cate ;-} ----- Original Message ----- From: "peggy" <rooneytoon29@earthlink.net> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:47 PM Subject: [LAORLEAN] missing person > > Dear List: > > I am having a difficult time finding a child who was born to my > grgrgrandfather and grgrgrandmother, probably when they lived in > Donaldsonville, but I won’t rule out New Orleans, since they were there by > 1880. > There is a note that there was a boy and a girl born to them, but I don’t > have any dates. > I am, however, counting them in my total. > I thought I had found everyone in this family until I looked a little > closer at the census. The 1900 and 1910 census listed them as having had > 13 children, 6 of whom were alive in 1900. I had always had a record of 12 > children, 6 of whom were living in 1900. In the 1880 census, there were > only 2 children listed (the two eldest daughters – the eldest son had died > two years earlier). > > The parents are Simeone Modeste Fucich, Sr. and Caliste Martinez Fucich > (m. 1874) > They had the following children that I know of. > Boy Fucich > Girl Fucich > Joseph Anthony Fucich (b. 1875) > Johanna Delta Fucich (b. 1877) > Isabella (Bella) Louise Fucich (b.1879) > Simeone Modeste Fucich, Jr. (1881) > Able Joseph Fucich (b. 1884) > John Daste Fucich (b.1886) > Joseph Andrew Fucich (b. 1887) > Lambert Jadat Fucich (b. 1888) > Emile Edward Fucich (b. 1890) > Vladimir V. Fucich (b. 1893) > > If anyone has any idea how I might go about finding the identity of my > “missing person” please let me know your suggestions, comments, etc. > > The “boy” and “girl” were obviously not born at the beginning of the > marriage, but I would bet that their “births” fell within the first 6 > children. Early in a marriage, women often had a child each year, and > there are several “gaps” in this couple’s early years. > > If you have any suggestions, please let me know or contact me at > rooneytoon29@earthlink.net > > > Thanx for any help, > peggy > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message