This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CIB.2ACI/1254.1 Message Board Post: The 1930 census does not ask for - "How many children this woman has had". Only the 1900 census asks this. The name Meeboer is probably spelled as the original name sounds. See 1880 link below - 1880 US Census – The Mormon Church Files LDS (Free, indexed and searchable) Click on the SEARCH tab at top of page Look for 1880 US Census on the left side of screen http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp Search for - Meeboer, Holland, Ottawa county, Michigan >From the 1920 census - Name: Jacob Meeboer Age: 48 years Estimated birth year: 1871 Birthplace: Michigan Race: White Home in 1920: Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan Page: 1B; ED: 155 Jacob is the son of Hannah as listed in the 1880 census. Henrettia - wife, 46, b. Mi Raymond - 18, b. Mi Gladys L. - 17, b. Mi