Audrey, The 1840 index at ancestry isn't showing any results for the FERRITER name or any variant spellings. These are the closest names that showed up: Farrier, John Boston, Ward 8, Suffolk, MA 1840 Farrica, John Boston, Ward 8, Suffolk, MA 1840 Ferine, John W. Boston, Ward 4, Suffolk, MA 1840 Ferrin, John Boston, Ward 2, Suffolk, MA 1840 Lou --------------------original message------------------ In a message dated 11/02/03 8:41:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I am hoping a John Ferriter/Feriter/Faritor can be found in the census for Boston in 1840. one daughter over 10, one son under 10 and possibly 2 daughter under 10 (one for sure). He was born about 1811 so was around 29 years of age and his wife was between 30-40 years. They were born in Ireland. The fourth children, a girl, was born about 1840 or 1841 in Boston. Thank you very much. Audrey >>
Lawsy, the surname was always badly spelled but it is difficult for me to pick out one from what you say. Would it be very difficult to send me all four? I gave the ages that I knew hoping that would point to one family. Yvette Stack who is a cousin of his and lives in Edmonton, Alberta (400 miles from him). He lives in the Peace River Cty of Alaska. Email is [email protected] Audrey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP] 1840/Suffolk/Ferriter Audrey, The 1840 index at ancestry isn't showing any results for the FERRITER name or any variant spellings. These are the closest names that showed up: Farrier, John Boston, Ward 8, Suffolk, MA 1840 Farrica, John Boston, Ward 8, Suffolk, MA 1840 Ferine, John W. Boston, Ward 4, Suffolk, MA 1840 Ferrin, John Boston, Ward 2, Suffolk, MA 1840 Lou --------------------original message------------------ In a message dated 11/02/03 8:41:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I am hoping a John Ferriter/Feriter/Faritor can be found in the census for Boston in 1840. one daughter over 10, one son under 10 and possibly 2 daughter under 10 (one for sure). He was born about 1811 so was around 29 years of age and his wife was between 30-40 years. They were born in Ireland. The fourth children, a girl, was born about 1840 or 1841 in Boston. Thank you very much. Audrey >> ==== MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== In the U.S., a census has been taken every 10 years from 1790 through 2000. All censuses taken after 1930 are still confidential and the information they contain is not open to the public. The census from 1790 through 1840 only named the head of the household and the numbers of people in categories 3 males over 16, 2 males under 16, etc. The census from 1850 through 1930 lists each member of the household and usually gives the relationship to the head of the house. It also gives age (later years give birth month and year) and place of birth (usually just the state or foreign country). The 1890 census was almost totally destroyed by fire so there is a 20 year gap between 1880 and 1900. CENSUS LOOKUPS HOME PAGE http://www.rootsweb.com/~censlook/ ============================== 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