Dortha, No I don't recall John T as being listed in our tree. I have had a considerable and continuous problem tracing our McCormick tree. My Father paid a researcher who traced our McCormick Clan back to New York (Manhattan), however I personally feel that the specific New York ancestor list may be bogus. My GG-Grandfather William S. McCormick married Susana Hamil (correct SP who knows?) and lived in Hallock Township near Peoria IL. He and family are listed as McCormiSk on the only census I found that corresponds to family names. He and family later moved to Hardin Missouri and lived there at least as far back as the Civil War and later years. Unfortunately the portion of the Hardin Cemetery which contained the remains of my ancestors washed away some years ago in a flood. Dad remembered (he died two years ago) going to Hardin as a boy for family gatherings. My Grandfathers name was Henry Roy McCormick also born in Hardin, but lived in KCK and was a railroad Fireman until a train collision in the railway yard caused the loss of a leg. Afterwards he owned a Tavern on the NE corner of 6th and Central in KCK. Most of my family is buried at the Catholic Cemetery at 38th and State in KCK. Roy's Mother was Eva Dronenberg. Dad and I chased cemeteries and courthouses in Frederick Maryland and environs until we traced the original Frederick Ambrosius Tranberg landing on the ship Winter Galley in Philadelphia in 1635. Again the McCormick line is still incomplete. Unfortunately we are the Irish equivalent of "Smith" in that we are everywhere and with very many permutations of our name as you may have found. I moved to Wisconsin after I retired from Army Aviation. Until then I thought I was the last McCormick HAAA! Not even close. But I am the last in my line. Sometimes I get the facts a little off when I try to write while away from the family documents, but the essence is there. If your kin were from Texas then they had to be good folks :) Regards, Mike Michael McCormick West Bend, WI US mmccormick@seekcareers.com -----Original Message----- From: mccormick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mccormick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dortha Greenlee Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:00 PM To: mccormick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: McCormick Dora J. Michael, Do you have a John T McCormick? I have one by that name, born 1868, MO. The 1910 Erath Co., TX census, shows he was born in MO and both of his parents were born in IL. Also, I have him on the 1900 census for Johnson Co., TX. In 1898, he married Ida Josephine Halbert, who had two daughters, Bessie May Halbert, and Edith P Halbert. The girls show up on his census records as step-daughters. Edith married my dad's younger brother, James Hubert McElroy, 1913, Thurber, Erath Co., TX. They had no children. They are buried at Roosevelt, Kiowa Co., OK, and the McCormicks are both burried there also, in 1920. When I first became interested in the family history, I asked my dad what Aunt Edith's maiden name was and he told me McCormick. I didn't know about the name Halbert until I located these census records. I hope we can help each other. Dortha McElroy Greenlee Dgreen909H@Cox.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MCCORMICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message