Pat: Sorry, I goofed about the parentage of William Houk. His parents were David and Sarah Ikard Houk. John and Susannah Miller Houk were his grandparents. I should never do anything from memory, just toooooo many names running around in my little pointed head! Lorena Original Message: ----------------- From: Patricia Ratcliff pratclif@earthlink.net Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:45:31 -0500 To: renas@usit.net Subject: Re: [MOCapeGirardeau ] William Houck You should be a detective. Thanks. It was just a puzzle that Levi Welty was the administrator. I couldn't find any Sophia Welty as his sister or sister-in-law. Pat Ratcliff Conover, NC Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, COREY, BURCHETT, TUTTLE, WELTY/BURGETT http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "L Eaker" <renas@usit.net> To: "Pat Ratcliff" <pratclif@earthlink.net>; <MOCAPEGI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 18:03 Subject: Re: [MOCapeGirardeau ] William Houck > Pat: > Marriage record dated 9 Dec. 1858of Cape Girardeau Co. shows her > as Lucinda Fraller (This could well be an error in transcription.) > Fraller is not a common name in Cape Girardeau Co. I'm sure it was a > misspelling, but no idea what the name really is. The 1860 census > shows: > # 1761-1773 > William Houck 25 > Sophia 18 > John F. 8/12 > > 1870 census > Willam Wellie (probably Welty) 33 b. Brunswick > Sophia 27 (They were married 2 May 1865 under the names of William > Villie and Sophia Hauk) > Rachael C. .. 4 > Mary H. 2 > John D.(s/b F) Houk 11 > William D. Houk 7 > Sarah E 4. (could be Welty) and dau of a first > marriage of William Welty. > > Census is not always clear. William Houk was a son of John and > Susannah Miller Houck, both natives of Lincoln County, NC. > > Hope this helps. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Ratcliff" <pratclif@earthlink.net> > To: <MOCAPEGI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:18 PM > Subject: [MOCapeGirardeau ] William Houck > > > I am revisiting my notes from my trip to Cape Girardeau and found > reference to Levi Welty being the adm. of the will of William Houck - > 3 Sep 1864. Widow Sophia & children; John Franklin age 5, & William > age 2. > > Does anyone know who Sophia was and how does she fit in the Welty > line? > > Pat Ratcliff > Conover, NC > Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, > DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, > COREY, BURCHETT, TUTTLE, WELTY/BURGETT > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ > > > ==== MOCAPEGI Mailing List ==== > Cape Girardeau County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocapegi/cggenweb.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .