Susan, I don't believe this Lauve is in my line, but there is a Lauve on the Louisiana 1850 Census, I believe. Maybe you could find it on Ancestry? I didn't make copies of his stuff because it was not my line. I could be wrong on the census date. It might be 1890. It's not that much to look for if you have the time and Soundex lookup. Lindsey Love Susan Reynolds wrote: >Hello, all. I have a Love ancestor who went by the spelling Love through >the 1830's then in the 1840-1850 time span changed the spelling to Lauve (he >was in the part of AR near the old Choctaw/Chickasaw Nations in the IT and >near where some of the Chickasaw settled in AR). This was the time in which >Col. Benjamin Love, US commissioner to the Chickasaw, and himself a >mixed-blood Chickasaw was assassinated. I think it may have been a >protection measure. There is no indication in our family that this family >was French, although this spelling is definitely French. Does anyone else >have this happen? > >My Thomas Love showed MD as birthplace on the 1850 census (where he spelled >the name LAUVE). Three people that I am comfortable with as his children >claimed a father's birthplace as MD, but the three I am positive where his >children claimed ME. I find no evidence for either location and suspect it >was actually MS, and that he may be Chickasaw. I have no proof of this, but >there is much that points in that direction. I am looking at the >possibility he is Thomas Love, Jr., son of Thomas Love, son of "English >Bill" Love. My Thomas fits him perfectly and Thomas Jr. just seems to >disappear after the Chickasaw muster roll of 1817 or 1819. My Thomas >appears on the tax rolls in AR in 1827 just as the Loves and the Chickasaw >are making their removal journeys to the IT. > >If anyone has a Thomas Love born in MD abt 1897 or so that went to AR and >married a Margaret who was born in TN, I'd sure appreciate a heads up. Then >I could settle this! Many thanks in advance. > >Happy time travels! >Susan >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Harkey Russell" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:45 AM >Subject: [LOVE-L] Google > > > > >>I did a search on Google for Lauve Genealogy. Found some and seems they >>are French , New Orleans. Also in the process found in the same >> >> >genealogy > > >>John Love/Nancy McSpadden . Here is the url-- >> >> > > >==== LOVE Mailing List ==== >There is a DNA study for surname LOVE For information on this study contact [email protected] >http://www.lovednaproject.bravepages.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > -- Highland Lynx and American Bobtails LoveLynx and Bayou Bobtails Catteries belong to Lindsey D. Love of Baton Rouge, LA. Home raised, happy kittens to grace your home with a touch of the wild in domestic form. These cats, along with an interest in costume construction, bellydancing, Native American and Medieval Studies, and Curating the CYTEC Louisiana Wildlife Museum in Kenner, LA take up most of my life. Sire: LoveLyx Handsome Devil Dam: Wolfermist Kisatchie Kiss Same Highland boy, 12 weeks, ready to go. For info, contact us at: [email protected] Sleepy Seal Point Lynx Point Highland Lynx Male, 12 weeks Retired Highland Lynx sire Timberline's Blue Devil One Male Highland Lynx Chocolate Point, Male, LT and one American Bobtail Seal Lynx Point female, natural short tail. Excellent shadow spots. American Bobtail female, Blue Tabby. "Hey, Y'all! Aren't we the most unique cats you've ever seen? We're off and running in Baton Rouge, LA. WAHOOO! Senior American Bobtail Queen, Red River Bobi'sPooka, Chocolate Lynx Point setstats 1