This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pwink2 Surnames: JAMES, VAN NIMAN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.blueearth/42.365.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From where did you find Ephriam's death date? If it was from the headstone, perhaps it isn't correct. Esp if the headstone wasn't installed until sometime after the death. Maybe the installation is noted in the cemetery records. I don't have access right now for the 1930 census, but I am wondering if it was taken prior to June 29th. Did Samuel die after Ephriam? If so, Samuel might have been the one to choose Ephriam's burial site. Was Ephriam in a Poor House or a hospital or insane assylum? You probably have all of the following, but it's what I found for the family in MN records & US Census ======================= Marriage record per MACO eCounties Marrieage Records = TRAVERSE [County], [certificate number] C-42, [marriage date]9/12/1902, [groom] JAMES, EPHRARIN C, [bride] VAN NIMAN, LUCY ======================= Son George's birth record = James, George Virgil Date of Birth: 29 Jan 1903 Mother Maiden Name: VanNiman certid# 1903-06662 County of Birth: Douglas ============================ Son George's death record JAMES, GEORGE Y Date of Birth: 29 Jan 1903 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Mother Maiden Name: VAN NIMAN certid# 1960-MN-029197 Date of Death: 21 Apr 1960 County of Death: RAMSEY ========================= per the 1900 Census, Midway Twp, Cottonwood County, MN = Ephriam b 3/1875, is part of Sam & Mary James household. ========================== per 1910 Cenus, Minneapolis city, MN = Ephriam in household with Lucy & son George. Ephriam is a teamster. ================ 1920 Census Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN = Lucy, age 31, is head of houseold, as a widow, with son George age 16, and father Virgil Van Niman, & Lucy's sister[possibly]Ione? age 16. ======================== Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.