This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COOLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/4211.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Here is some info I found: 1850 US Census, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT William Cooley, 35, male, tinner, born MA Betsy, 40, female, born CT Charles, 9, male, born MA Ellen, 8, female, born CT Gustavus, 4, male, born MA William, 2, male, born MA Heprybeth Gardell, 40, female, born MA Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 Death, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA February 27, 1853 Cooley, Gustavus S, age 7 years, born in Springfield, son of William & Betsey Cooley, cause: brain fever 1870 US Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA Same dwelling, two families: Family 1: Alden, Elijah, 63, male, white, school house agt?, born CT Alden, Olive A, 42, female, white, keeping house, born MA Bertha, 11, female, white, at school, born MA Family 2: Cooley, Betsey A, 61, female, white, keeping house, born CT Cooley, Helen M, 26, female, white, at home, born CT Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 Cooley, Chauncey 0. Springfield, 1876, Vol 280, Page 350, Marriage Cooley, Betsey A. Springfield, 1884, Vol 355, Page 393, Death 1880 US Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA 178 Hancock Street Cooley, Chauncy O, white, male, 29, married, butcher, born CT, father born MA, mother born CT Mary, white, female, 25, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born Scotland, mother [not listed] Willie, white, male, 3, son, single, born MA, father born CT, mother born MA Bessie A, white, female, 1, daughter, single, born MA, father born CT, mother born MA Betsey A, white, female, 67, mother, widowed, born CT, father born England, mother born CT