Doris, Welcome to genealogy! Name: Henry PELTON Age: 35 Estimated birth year: <1845> Birthplace: Connecticut Occupation: Farmer Relation: Self Home in 1880: Wheeler, Gratiot, Michigan Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Henry PELTON Father's birthplace: CT Mother's birthplace: CT Cannot read/write: View Image Blind: View Image Deaf and dumb: View Image Otherwise disabled: View Image Idiotic or insane: View Image Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Wheeler, Gratiot, Michigan; Roll: T9_580; Family History Film: 1254580; Page: 660B; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 0420. Wife: Julia; 28 yrs; born Michigan; father born Michigan; Mother born New Hampshire Dau: Edith; 9 yrs; born Michigan Son: Benjamin; 6 yrs; born Michigan In a quick lookup, I was unable to find Henry on any other census than 1880. I did not check 1900 (It is not indexed for Michigan.) Julia did not appear either. Hope this helps, Donna Michigan -----Original Message----- From: D. Smead [mailto:dlsmi@triton.net] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:49 AM To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: spam: [MI-Genealogy] { MI-Genealogy} I am trying to do my family tree and am very new at it. So please help any one out there my grandmother Edith Pelton b 1873d1954. was maried to Alfred McDowell b1870d1945 in Michigan.Iwould like to know who Edith's parents were Thanksvery much Doris Smith Smead (dlsmi@triton.net) ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237