>A mystery occurs in the Jonathan Lee family: One daughter named Sarah Jane >Lee was born February 7, 1832, in Botetourt County, VA; A second daughter is >listed in the 1850/60 census named Mary Elizabeth ("Betsy") Lee who, it >appears, was ALSO born in 1832. Can anyone explain? Sure. I live in a neighborhood with tons of children and I see children born ten and eleven months apart all the time (terribly hard on the mom, though!). Mary Elizabeth could have been born in December or she could be a twin. Also, she could be a cousin that Sarah's family took in for a time. Or she could have been just visiting when the census was taken (she was18 for the first census and 28 for the second). mailto:bearden1@gte.net (that's a # one) _____________________________________________________ Researching southern surnames: Bearden (TN>GA>Jefferson Co., AL; Marshall Co.>Jefferson Co., AL), Berryhill (GA>AL), Byars (VA>NC>SC>AL), Caffee (TN>AL), Darling, Davis (VA>NC>GA> SC>GA>AL>MS>AL; LA), Duprey (AL), Goode (VA>KY>AL; VA>NC>AL), Hogan (TN>AL), Langford (NC), Leatham, Lee (NC>GA>AL), Lewis (MS>AL), Lion (NC), Lowrey/Lowry (Ireland>VA>TN>AL), Phelps (TN), Pratt (NC>TN>AL), Ramsden (AL), Riley (AL), Shaffield (Alcase Loraine>DC>GA>AL), Stedham/Steadman (NC>AL), Taylor (TN>AL), Thomas (AL), Watkins (Wales>VA>NC>TN>AL), Wilson (MS), Wood (AL). _____________________________________________________