Thanks Harry - the only reference I had to William Sr. and his birthplace was the census - wouldn't be the first time that the info found there is in conflict with other records. Would you happen to know where Andrew J. Corey was in the 1870 census? I found an Andrew J. Cory in the U.P. I believe in that census year, but he was definitely the wrong age (by quite a bit) and had none of his other family members with him, so I do not think it was him....too young. And then there was another Andrew Corey, born in R.I., but still the wrong age and no family with him. Any clues? Kathy in MO