This is an update on information that I've sent to this list. I'm hoping to learn more about my g-g-grandfather, John H. CHILD(S). I'd also like to find others who are researching this CHILD(S) family. By the way, our family has always added the "S" to the name; but I have seen him in several records as "John H. CHILD." This is what I have: 1. On a U.S. Govt. land grant, 1839, Alaeidon TWP, Ingham Co., MI, he is listed as being from "Seneca Co., New York." 2. He was an original settler of Alaeidon township. The land that he once owned was 80 acres in the southeast 1/4 of Section 30, Alaiedon TWP. The property is currently bounded on two sides by Hagadorn Rd. and Harper Rd; and shows a Conrail easement. 3. John H. CHILD(S) was b. in NY, 1811. At this time, his burial place in Ingham Co., MI isn't verified; but he d. 29 Nov 1879, Alaeidon TWP, Ingham Co., MI. The burial records for the Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Vevay TWP, Ingham Co., MI show that he bought six gravesites there. His wife is there, but the records don't show whether or not he is there. 4. In the 1850 U.S. Census for Ingham Co., he was listed in a hotel in Lansing, MI. Along with him was another man named Mark CHILDS. I assume that they were brothers. 5. He m. 24 Dec 1850, Mason, Vevay TWP, Ingham Co., MI, Hannah Jane CONVERSE, dau. of Hiram CONVERSE and Dearsa SMITH. Hannah may not have been his first wife, but I can't verify this. They had at least 6 children, list possibly incomplete: i. Hiram CHILDS -- b. 1852, Ingham Co., MI -- listed with his father in the 1870 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., as a farm laborer. ii. Stanley CHILDS -- b. 1853, Ingham Co., MI -- listed with his father in the 1870 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., as a farm laborer. iii. Mary CHILDS -- b. 1855, Ingham Co., MI -- m. E.H. PETTIS iv. Sarah E. CHILDS -- my g-grandmother -- b. 8 Sep 1858, Leslie, Ingham Co., MI; d. 14 Jun 1929, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI. She m. 30 Jun 1880, Ingham Co., MI, my g-grandfather, Walter Whitney WEEKS. v. Stillman CHILDS -- b. 1866, Ingham Co., MI vi. Wallace CHILDS -- b. 1868, Ingham Co., MI 6. He must have been conservative politically. For one year in the 1840's he was the publisher of a conservative paper called the "Ingham Independent." If there is anyone on the list who might have a connection to -- or information about -- John H. CHILDS, I would appreciate hearing from you. Best Regards and Happy Holidays, Sally BOLSTER HOLCOMBE <[email protected]> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Researching: California -- BOLSTER, ESTABROOK, HENNAGIN, HOLCOMBE Canada -- ESTABROOK, JAYCOX Connecticut -- ALVORD, CONVERSE, ELITHORPE, HOLCOMBE, WEEKS Cornwall, Eng. -- DAVEY, EDDY, EDWARDS, MENHENNICK, POLKINGHORNE, RODDA, WEBB, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WOLFE. Cumbria, Eng. -- SATTERTHWAITE, TURNER Indiana -- BOLSTER, LAWHEAD Illinois -- BOLSTER, REYNOLDS, Massachusetts -- ALVORD, BIDWELL, CHILDS, BOLSTER, BULLARD, ESTABROOK, GRANT, HATHAWAY, WEEKS Michigan -- ALVORD, BIDWELL, BODENSTEIN, BOLSTER, CHILDS, CONVERSE, DAVEY, EDDY, EDWARDS, STOKESBURY, MENHENNICK, POLKINGHORNE, REYNOLDS, RODDA, WEBB, WEEKS, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WOLFE. New York -- ALVORD, CAREY, CHILDS, DELANEY, HOLCOMBE, JAYCOX, LYON, MERTZ, WARREN, WEEKS, North Carolina -- HARVEY (Quaker) Ohio -- BOLSTER, HARVEY (Quaker), LAWHEAD, STOKESBURY Pennsylvania -- BOLSTER, LAWHEAD, MERTZ, Rhode Island -- BOLSTER, TUCKER Vermont -- BOLSTER, CONVERSE, ELITHORPE, HOLCOMBE, LYON, SMITH, Washington -- BOLSTER * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *