He's not - the census was taken June 21 in 1860. Thanks. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Freeman Coats [mailto:fwcoats@diamondcs.net] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:34 AM To: MISAGINA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MISAGINA] Parents of Aaron Jones, b June 25, 1860 Saginaw Michigan You may be in luck on the census record. If he was born June 25, he might be listed on the 1860 census. I believe the library has the 1860 census indexed and it would not be hard to check all of the Joneses listed there. That would show the family with a baby of just a month or two old.> I am trying to find information on the parents of Aaron Jones who was > born in Saginaw Michigan on June 25, 1860. Unfortunately, Michigan > did not keep bmd records until 1867. I know his birth date from his > obituary and from marriage records (neither of which mention his > parents). He married on February 7, 1886 in Taymouth Township, > Saginaw County to Margaret Lawhead. Aaron died on June 8, 1933 in > Taymouth Township, Saginaw County Michigan. > > According to his obituary, he had a brother Frank Jones and a sister > Mrs. Elizabeth Showers both of Saginaw, Michigan. He also had a > daughter - Mrs. Elmer Knight of Jackson Michigan - unfortunately, this > is all that I know for sure of her. I am also seeking descendants of > this daughter. > > I have been able to definitively find Aaron Jones in the 1910, 1920 > and 1930 census information for Saginaw County - this is after he's > married with a family. Unfortunately, I haven't found him > definitively yet prior to 1910 in the Census, but I have no reason to > believe he was anyplace other than Saginaw County (his obituary > confirms my theory stating he had lived more than 50 of his 72 years > in Taymouth Township). > > Aaron and Margaret's other children include: Jessie (married Jasper > Roy Snider), Rhonda (who married a man with the last name of > Reikowsky), Roy R. (married Gladys Neeley), Ola May (possibly married > Elmer Knight, but unknown for sure), Archie (married Beatrice Marsh), > Herbert (married Gladys Neeley), Oscar E (married Margaret Zirkle), > Thurlo E. (married Genevieve Baker), Marie Irene (married Raymond > Hickmott), and Laverne (married June Reed). I am a granddaughter of > Marie and Raymond. > > Nancy Rivers