Patrick, You can check census records for yourself with a subscription to the census records at www.ancestry.com or www.genealogy.com The 1880 Federal Census is online FREE at www.familysearch.com and if you check with your local library they may have a subscription to Ancestry Plus or Heritage Quest. Claudia Schuman - Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/ http://hennbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://fdlbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscott/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: [MNHENNEP] 1800`s Mn & Dakota Territory > Hi Margit, Louis Laramie b.about 1804 Canada, Wife's name > Tatodoota/Tateduta/Mary Red Wind/Mary Red Iron b.about 1824 (Sisseton/Wahpeton Indian) Married by > Father Augustine Ravoux in Mendota ********* Kids; Rosalie b.about 1842/1843 > MN, *** Josephine Allain b.about 1842/1843 MN (maybe twin), Louisa Laramie > b.about 1844 MN, Edward b.about 1846 MN, Narcisse McNeal b.about 1859 MN, Kids > supposedly baptized by Ravoux. Kids grew up in Nicolett County. Rosalie married > three times (McLane,Roberts,McCoy), Louisa Married a Carpenter, Edward was a > scout at Fort Wadsworth which was moved three times between South Dakota and > MN, eventually called Fort Sisseton. Don`t know what happened to the rest of the > children. Spellings of names vary on different records. Thanks Patrick > >