Posted on: Ottawa Co., Michigan Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/Ottawa/873 Surname: Ludlow, Hadley, Hadly ------------------------- I am seeking information on Oren Ludlow b. 1853 and Aletha Hadley his wife and their ancestors or descendants. Here is what I know. We first find Oren Ludlow living in Hillsdale County with a Ransom and Mary Bosworth in the 1860 census. He is 7 years old in this census. Is Mary perhaps his mother remarrying after his father's death? This would have been between 1853 and 1860. All that is known about his father (Mr. Ludlow) is French Canadian and mother is from Ohio. 1870 Oren spelled (Orin in this census) is mistakenly shown as a Bosworth and still living with the same family and younger children. 1880 - Oren is living in Ottawa County, Michigan and marries Aletha Hadley also shown as Leathy Almira Headley on another site. Early marriage certificate does not state who the parents were. 1900 -Oren (47) and Aletha (39) living in Olive township, Ottawa County and owns a farm. This census show 3 of the 5 surviving children on it. Iva (15), Danah (3) and Ernest (14). Not sure where the other two sibllings of these kids are. Guess is they are girls and might have already been married before the 1900 census. 1901 His daughter Iva Belle marries Albert Goodrich son of George and Nellie Goodrich in Berrien County on 4/10/1901 and it shows Albert as living in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan when they marry. 1910 - Oren boarding in Ottawa County, has evidently sold farm and Aletha has died. 1920 Assumed that Oren dies before that years census are taken. Oren dies in 1920 and is buried in Grand Junction Cemetery in Van Buren County, Michigan. Buried next to him are his daughter and son in law: Iva Goodrich d. 1941 and Albert Goodrich d. 1971. I am trying to help a friend who has really run into a brick wall in his research.