James CURRENT/CURRAN (& Saliarh GREEN); ON, CAN >IA, USA>MI,USA I live in Michigan, and have been researching my husband's family since 1987 but am against a brick wall, which is very discouraging.  Here's the story: The descendants of James Current and Saliarh Green, of Canada, (my husband's g-g-grandparents): Joseph Nelson Currrent  (our g-g-grandfather) was born 26 Jan. 1844, in Canada.  Some sources give Lockport, some Cullins, and some Welland.   He had four brothers, George O., born Oct. 30, 1844, Anson (nfd), Hugh Sherin (nfd), and Thomas David, born 1850.  We don't know the birth order, except that David was the youngest.   According to what Nels told his children, their parents died and left them orphaned at a young age.  They were raised by two maiden aunts, within earshot of Niagara Falls.  These aunts may have been older than his parents, and part German.  One of my father-in-law's cousins thinks they were the father's sisters, and slow and methodical in nature, passing that trait on to Nels.  There was a settlement next to Crowland, originally called New Germany, and later called Snyder.  Maybe the German relatives lived there?  Would there be any records in New Germany/Snyder/Crowland that might give a clue to what became of James and Saliarh, or a record of the children's births? There was a large family of Currents in the Niagara area in the late 1700's through the 1800's- mainly the township of Crowland.  They were descended from William Current and Esther Lemon, Loyalists.   I have been unable to connect us to this family.  Some of the family thinks our name was originally Curran, and some even changed their name to that.  But, the name Curran is Irish, whereas Current is English, passing through northern  Ireland before coming to N.J. in the early 1700's.  Nels always listed his ancestrage as English.   Curran would most likely be Irish Catholic, whereas the Currents were always Protestant, as was our Nels.  Plus, the names of Nels' siblings and children reflect the given names of the Current family in Crowland.  I have located one grandson of William and Esther Lemon, youngest son of their eldest child, Joseph Current and Mary McDuffy.  His name was James Bales Current, born 1 or 11 June 1821, possibly died 21 June 1902 or 1909.  All of his siblings are accounted for, with wives and children.  But I cannot locate the wife or children for James Bales.  When his nephew Mark W. Current went to Iowa, James B. Currant accompanied him, and even took some land in Maquoketa (04 Dec. 1855 Book page 550, 04 Dec. 1855 Book page 549, 02 Mar. 1857), but he didn't stay.  It is thought he returned to Canada, but this isn't known for certain.  I have an idea this is our ancestor, but cannot prove it.  For one thing, the Current family tradition gives his death as 1902 or 1909, Thorold Twp., but with no documentation to prove it. This would be well into the adult lives of Nels and his siblings- hardly accounting for their tradtion of being left orphaned at a young age!   The only documentation I have found, which has proven very confusing, are the cemetery records of Doan's Ridge Cemetery for the unmarked graves, no. 100 being an Elijah Bales Current, who died 21 June 1909, age 75 y., 3m., 21d, at Thorold, married.  Eliza .E. Current making return, buried in old yard, N. side of his mother.  Counting back, that would make him born 28 Feb., 1834, long after the death of Joseph Current (in 1827).  James' next older brother was Elijah/Elisha Barton Current, married to Eliza Clothier.  But he moved to Iowa as a young man, and remained there, dying 18 June 1884, and is buried in the Smithtown Cemetery, near Lost Nation, IA.  His common-law wife, Eliza, is buried there with him.  (and her middle initial is A., not E.)  I would like to know who this Elisha Bales Current is that was buried beside his mother in Doan's Ridge Cemetery, who his mother was, who his wife was, and who Eliza was that returned his body for burial!  He isn't the son of Elijah Barton Current, of Iowa as his children are all accounted for.  I would like to find out if James Bales Current actually died in Thorold Twp on June 21, 1902 or 1909, as the Current tradition says, and who his wife and children were, and where he lived during the years following his buying land in Iowa. I can find no record of a Saliarh Green, the mother of Nels Current, in the Green families of that area.  She was supposed to have been born in either N.Y. or Canada, the different sons recording different info on her.  There was a Green family in the Niagara area, interacting wiht the Current family.  It is my understanding that the first Green in the area, Charles Green, came from N.J., where he married to a Rebekah Scritchfield, of German descent (could be where the German blood came in).   they settled in Lundy's Lane, near Crowland.  Of their children, all are accounted for except Henry, whose wife and children are not known.  Maybe Saliarh was Henry's daughter, or a cousin of this family? I haven't been able to locate James in the 1851 census.  Maybe they weren't living in Crowland, but in another county at that time?  In the 1861 census Joseph was listed in Humberstone twp living in the home of the widow Sarah Pound and her children, a Quaker, age 16, a laborer.  His brother Thomas D. was living in Crowland Twp, with the Alexander McKinney family, age 11, no church, a laborer.  I can't find George, Anson, or Hugh in the 1861 census.  I would like to locate James in the 1851 census, and George, Anson, and Hugh Sherin in the 1861 census.  Could be in a wide circle away from Crowland.  They may even be going by the last name of Curran, since George took on that last name when he moved to Michigan. In 1862 Nels moved to Michigan, Saginaw Co, and married Jane Pine in 1867.  In 1875 George O. moved to St. Claire Co., MI, and married Margaret Burgess in 1877. They had 3 children born in this area, but one died. I haven't been able to find any of these vital statics.  He later moved to Cadillac, Wexford Co, and went by the name of Curran. Thomas David was a travelling repairman of the huge lumbermill saws. In the 1870 census he lived in Berrien Co., MI. I need to locate him in subsequent censuses. George told the family they had cousins in the Detroit area, as well, who went by the spelling, Curran. I found a Wm. A. Current living in Saginaw in the late 1800's to early 1900's, but later his wife is listed as a widow, and there is no death record. I need to find out if this is Anson, since at least two of the brothers went by their middle name among family. I located a James Curran of the right age to be the boys' father living in Inghan Co., MI in the 1870 census, working on the railroad. I would appreciate more information about him. Also, in this census there was a James Curran in Lapeer Co., MI, married with children. Could this have been there father, remarried since the loss of his first wife? If there is anything that you are in a position to easily look up for me, or have an idea of who or where I could get help from, I would greatly appreciate it! Marilyn Current of Whitehall, MI