This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UEB.2ACE/389.1 Message Board Post: The name MAHALA caught my eye so I went looking for this couple. Do you know Mahala's maiden name? I have a 'missing Mahala' in my tree born in Ripley, ME in 1816. 1840 Elbridge is NOT listed in the census; Pattens of Somerset are in Athens, Pittsfield, Fairchild I think. So he most likely is with either his parents with his family or her parents. 1850 he is in HARTLAND, Somerset Co. ME; he is Elbridge G. Patten a laborer 36 born in ME; Mahala is 36; Delphina 14; Judith 12; Benjamin F. 10; Rosephia 8; Ferdinand 6; Elizabeth 4; Elbridge 2; 1860 he is in Pittsfield is 46 and a woodturner; Mahala is 46; Delphina 24; Judith 22; Franklin 20 (note he was Benjamin 1850); Rose 18; Ferdinand 16; Elizabeth 14; Elbridge 12; Carrie 2 and Marrion a male is 1; 1870 Now in Fairfield; he is 56 a wood turner; Mehala is 55; Judith 32; Elbridge J. 22 is a Blacksmith; Carrie A. 15 and Merrion is 11. 1880 NOW IN Lewiston Androscoggin, ME; Elbridge Sr. has died; Mahala is 65; Judith is 40; Carrie A. 26 a seamstress; George C. is a barber.....this is Merrion who now is 21 and changed his name. A Libby Gracis (?SP) 5 a grand daughter is living with them. Hope some of this is 'new' to you. Wish this Mahala would be my missing Mahala....age is very very close.