Hi Folks, I'm looking for Ridgeway / Phipps connections from 1870 -1925. My dad always thought Clarence Phipps of Annapolis or Baltimore was his 3rd cousin, or thought of him as a 3rd cousin. Dad died in 1962 so my memory may not be perfect. Never the less I haven't been able to find a direct connection (maybe I haven't waited long enough). Recently, I discovered that Georgianna Ridgeway, listed as a niece, was living in my grgrandmother's (Isabella Mangum) household. Georgianna was 10, my grandmother, Annie Priscilla Watkins was 8 when the 1880 census was taken. My grgrandmother (she was divorced per the census) appears to have married Georgianna's older brother Mordecai Ridgeway in 1881. I can see how a sense of relationship could develop, even if the absence of a blood connection. If Georgianna, one of her sibs, or if Isabella and Mordecai had children and one of them married into Clarence Phipps' family there could be a sense of family in the first case or an actual connection in the second case. So, who are the possible people here? From the 1870 census: ====================== 8th Election District, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, South River Post Office, Handwritten Page 65, Printed Page 795, Dwelling 427, Family 430: Ridgeway, Leonard, 6* (the age has a smear across it, it appears to be 65 , but I can't be sure) , M, W, Farm Hand, Personal Estate: 250, Birthplace: Maryland ", Mary B, 41, F, W, Keeping House, Birthplace Maryland ", Mordecai, 25, M, W, Farm Hand, Birthplace Maryland ", Mary E, 22, F, W, at home, Birthplace Maryland ", Harriett, 20, F, W, at home, Birthplace Maryland ", R*****, 16, M, W, Farm Hand, Birthplace Maryland, cannot read or write ", Margaret, 14, F, W, Birthplace Maryland, attended school within the year ", Alice P, 12, F, W, Birthplace Maryland, attended school within the year ", John T, 8, M, W, Birthplace Maryland, Attended school within the year, cannot write ", Georgiana, 8/12, F, W, Birthplace Maryland, If born within the year state month: Oct (Note since the census was enumerated 24 June 1870, she apparently was born in October 1869) 1880 Census ====================== Census Place: Precinct 1, District 1, Anne Arundel, Maryland Source: FHL Film 1254494 National Archives Film T9-0494 Page 22C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Bell WATKINS Self F D W 30 MD Occ:Keeps House Fa: MD Mo: MD Birdie WATKINS Dau F S W 9 MD Fa: MD Mo: MD Annie WATKINS Dau F S W 8 MD Fa: MD Mo: MD Arthur WATKINS Son M S W 2 MD Fa: MD Mo: MD Georgiana RIDGEWAY Niece F S W 10 MD Fa: MD Mo: MD LDS Site ====================== According to the LDS site Mordecai H. Ridgeway married Isabella Mangum 1/25/1881 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the site gives the following references: Batch: M533672 Dates: 1865-1886 Source: 0013243 Note: Isabella married Charles M. Watkins 7/9/1868. So what do I want? I want to find Phipps / Ridgeway connections. If Mangum / Phipps, Sears / Phipps, Watkins / Phipps, or any other combination of names turns up I will be delighted. Thank you for your time. Gene Sears Searching for Sears, Phipps, Watkins, & Mangum folks (in Maryland and Virginia), Hayes, Laster, Darnell, & Tucker folks (in North Carolina and Virginia)