In a message dated 6/13/02 5:25:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, BOREYB@cna.org writes: > Pam - > > You might try the 1870 and 1880 census images of St. Clair, MI using > ancestry.com. Neither census is indexed so you will have to go through > them painstakingly sheet by sheet. If you find them in either census > their children should be listed. If you just search on their names, > nothing will come up since these censuses are not yet indexed, however, > they are probably there. > > Also, I found on line (www.familysearch.com) a William Murry Brown who > married an Olive Adelade Jones on 5/17/1885 in Ogemaw, Michigan. Last, > on family search, I found one child of Peter Jones and Lydia Austin, > named Eliza. She was born on 12/13/1877 in Tuscola, Michigan. > > Hope this helps, good luck. > + Bruce, Hi I was looking back on some email information that I save for later use. I wanted to ask you about the Eliza that you said you found as a daughter of Lydia and Peter JONES. In the 1880 Census of Elmwood, Tuscola Michigan the daughters named are Adda, Emma, Liza E. JONES.. I was just wondering where you found that information? Is it possible that Liza middle name is Elizabeth? Because I don't see that name on the Census List. Also strange is that it seems like the right Lydia and Peter JONES.. But the only names I can say for sure are from some old pictures with the daughter names of Hattie, Emma who never married and died an old maid, and Flora Bell JONES. The sons names are Lafayette married to a Frances C. and a William JONES. However in the 1880 Census I mentioned above, these names are on there, daughters are: Adda, Emma, Liza E. and Sons are: Eli, Lafayette, Birdie, William T., Joseph L. JONES. I have learnt that the census takers did not always spell to good and people did go by nickname or middle names. So this one is a hard family to put together since the main characters married so many times due to deaths. In the 1900 Census of Mills, Ogemaw Michigan Lydia is spelled Liddie with the last name CHAPEL, which is who she married after JONES died. She is listed as Widowed and living with her son Lafayette JONES and his family and in this household is her other son William. So you see Bruce the names seem to fit but getting them inline is tough. Lydia also married a William BROWN sometime after this time frame as it was written on the back of a photo. Lydia reported as having 11 children in the 1900 Census with 8 living. So 2 must have died before her. She was born in Aug. 1847. God Bless Pam