This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bitterick; Rucker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1778 Message Board Post: I'm really stuck on this family. So far I have John Henry Bitterick, b Dec 1866 in MO. He died in 1952. He married Lucy Jane Rucker (1866-1909). I have John in the 1900, 1920 and 1930 census for Barton co MO. In each of those he says he was b MO, his father was born in Germany and his mother was born in IL. I haven't been able to find him with any certainty as a child in any census. The closest I've come is in the 1880 census for Center, Dade, MO I found a John Bitrick, 65, farmer b Germany, wife Charity 55 b MO and John H., 13 b MO. I found a marriage record for a Charity McGuire to a John Bittrick dated 29 Dec 1870 in Dade co MO. In the 1870 census for Center, Dade, MO I found John Bettrick, 55 b Baden, William 25 b PA, Sarah 22 b PA, Elizabeth 4 b MO and Mary L. 3 b MO. But John Henry should be listed if this was his family, as he was born in 1866. I don't think Charity was the mother of John H., but possibly a step mother. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone out there?