This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CRANE SMITH LACOUR CHOATE STANSBURY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kEB.2ACI/344.1 Message Board Post: Amy, Could your Marcus "Mark" CRANE be the same person as Elbert M. CRANE? SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS by Rev. Donald J. Hebert shows: CRANE, Elbert M. m. 20 Sept. 1894 Emma STANSBURY (Abbeville Ct. Hse.: Marriage # 1116) Marcus CRANE of Iowa shows up as "Mark" CRANE on the 1900 US Census for Ward 7, Vermilion Parish, LA on June 21st, 1900 Series: T623 Roll: 585 Page: 94 B CRANE, Mark (head), white, male, born July 1871, age 28, married 5 years, Born: Iowa, Father born: Illinois, Mother born: Pennsylvania, Farm Laborer CRANE, Emma (wife), wite, female, born July 1875, age 24, married 5years, 2 children - 1 living, Born: Louisiana, Father born: Louisiana, Mother born: Louisiana CRANE, Florence M. (daughter), white female, Born Dec 1896, age 3, single, Born: Louisiana, Father born: Iowa, Mother born: Louisiana Mark (Marcus) CRANE is next door to Franklin CHOATE and family. He is on the same page as (and 2 residences from) David CHOATE and Cleonia and their daugther, Rosetta. He is three residences from George STANSBURY and wife Laura (LACOUR) Stansbury (with sons Robert and George). George STANSBURY's mother was Sarah SMITH. There are lots of SMITHs listed on this census page. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS by Rev. Donald J. Hebert shows: CRANE, George m. 5 Dec. 1900 Laura SMITH (Abbeville Ct. Hse.: Mar. #2179) Mark is also on the same page as James SMITH who has a daughter named Laura SMITH (age 22) (born Sept. 1877) single. Census Source: HeritageQuest Online at: http://www.heritagequestonline.com