I have recently found a marriage record for a John Beck who married Mary A. Snurr on the 9th of Aug 1851. Online it says that the book, Marriage Licenses of Frederick County, 1841-1865 by Margaret E. Myers may contain more information. Does anyone on the list have this book that wouldn't mind looking it up for me? Also any suggestions, I am kinda stuck on this family!? This is what I have and have done: I have searched the 1850 Census and have not been able to locate John Beck and family or Mary Snurr and family. I have not yet searched the 1860/1870 Census yet since I will need to do these by hand since I have not yet found an online index nor is there one at our library. The 1880 Census does list John Beck's Household in Champaign County, OH. This is what it says John Beck, self, Married, male, White, 33, OH, Farming, parents born in Prussia. Mary Beck, wife, married, female, White, 61, Keeping House, parents born in MD. Barbry A. Beck, daughter, single, female, white, 24, MD, parents born in Pruss and MD. John Gorman, son in law, married, male, white, 27, OH, works on farm, parents born in Ireland. Anna M. Gorman, daughter, married, female, white, 26, M, parents born in Prussia and Maryland. Charles C. Gorman, grandson, single, male, white, 4, OH, parents born OH and MD. Mary N. Gorman, granddaughter, single, female, white, 1, OH, parents born OH and MD. First some things stick out immediately. There is a 28 year difference in age and the children's father is not this John Beck if he was born in OH. Questions and more Questions!!! Now I look at the 1900 Census for Champaign County, MD and find that Mary is no longer with us but I do find John. Here is the short version of what I find. John was born Apr 1828 and is 73 years old and was born in Prussia and is living with his daugher Barbara who matches all that I have. Did they just make a huge mistake on the 1880 Census? I also know that John Gorman immigrated to the US in 1840 from the 1900 Census and that he did not become a naturalized citizen. Now I also have a letter from John and Anna Gorman's granddaughter, written about 20 years ago and has since passed on so I can talk to her myself. In this letter she states that Anna M. Gorman is her grandmother and that John Beck and Mary Snurr are her great grandparents. Due to an estranged relationship with her father, she lived most of her life with Anna and John Gorman, her grandparents. They also have a picture of Mary Snurr and the family gossip is that her mother was white and her father was Indian and never married. Several people had made a comment to Anna about this and she would get mad and never talk about it. I also have the obit for Anna Mary Gorman. It tells me that they moved from MD to OH about 1855. I have not located John and Mary Beck's obits yet but I am looking for them. They had three children, Anna who was born in Maryland, Barbara and Joseph. Any help or suggestions on this family would be greatly appreciated!!! Tina Stedman Albuquerque, NM