This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/3471.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Cindy, James S Perago was married twice; both wives were named 'Mary', which can cause some confusion. His first, Mary C Grove, died in 1854, four years after the birth of their child Anna Caroline. In her will, housed now at the York County (PA) Archives, she leaves her estate to her husband James. James and Mary Grove had four children, all who lived to adulthood, married and had families of their own: 1) John Calvin, 2) Sarah Rebecca (marred ti Daniel Hartman and Abram Street Gemmil), 3) William Harvey and 4) Anna Caroline (married to William Hudson). After Mary Grove Perago's death in 1854, James moved from Fawn Twp in southern York County to York City. The children, being young and without a mother, were divided up amongst Grove relations in southern York County and Maryland, which is why they are not with James in the 1860 census records. James married in York City, the second time, to Mary Magdalena Miller, daughter of Ludwig (Lewis) and Catherine Shenberger Miller. James and Mary Miller Perago, had 6 children: 1) Charles Lewis, 2) Ida Elizabeth (married to J Victor Sponsler), 3) Jacob Miller, 4) Fannie Jane (died as an infant), 5) Harry F and 6) James Kerwin (my great-grandfather).James and his second wife raised these children in York City. James appears to have maintained a relationship with his eldest childen as they are mentioned in his obituary in 1893 and the obituaries of the various children mention siblings from both marriages. As I stated, I am a great-grand son of J Kerwin Perago, thru his son George Perago. I have additional information on these families if you would be interested in sharing. Please feel free to email me directly. Keith H Perago Harrisburg, PA James S Perago 1819-1893 married 1st Mary C Grove 1823-1854 children to 1st marriage: 1)John Calvin 1844-1917 married to Mary E Badders (children-Mary M, John J, Meredith W, Nevin H, Cora E, William H and Blanche M) 2) Sarah Rebecca 1846-1940 married to Daniel Hartman and Abram Street Gemmil (Hartman chilren- Thomas, Gemmil children- John S, William H, Jacob H, Clarence F, Lillian P and Martha A) 3) William Harvey 1848-1928 married to Mary A Ryan (family moved to Illinois and San Francisco, CA (children- James C, John T, Mary T and William H) 4) Anna (Annie) Caroline 1850-1930 married to William Hudson (family moved to Baltimore, MD) (children- George R, Mina A, Mary (Belle) I, Josephine L, Ida R, A Irene, Thomas W and M WIlbert) James S Perago married 2nd 1858 Mary Magdalena Miller 1836-1926 children to 2nd marriage: 1) Charles Lewis 1859-1938 - single 2) Ida Elizabeth 1862-1941 married to John Victor Sponsler (children- Earl V, Martin E, Charles A, S Pauline, C Bernard, M Viola, and Bernadine H) 3) Jacob Miler 1865-1938 married to Margaret Welsh and Rosa C Gebhart (children to 1st wife- Edward W, Irene I, Sadie L, Jacob M Jr, Mary J children to 2nd wife- Albert F, T Esther and Orville F) 4) Fannie Jane 1868-1869 5) Harry F 1870-1945 married to Annie Frey (children- James L, Charles F and Grace B) 6) James Kerwin 1873-1931 married to Maud May Allison (children- Robert H, Mary E, George L, Roy F and Ralph K) Please let me know if you are interested in exchanging information on these families. From which of the Sponsler children do you descend?