Sorry about that. I just assumed the mother-in law of Elias Shaffer would be the mother of his wife. I wasn't thinking of mother's late marriage, resulting in a different surname than daughter. Yet it happens all the time. Never ASSUME, but I still fall in that bottom less hole from time to time. Orlena Darin <[email protected]> wrote: Thank you, I had seen the 1920 census. I am assuming that is her. She would have married John Theobald after 1911. That is when his previous wife died in Illinois. If Dora was a Theobald this may not be a relation unless Dora was born to a 60+ year old lady. Another mystery to solve. Thanks again, Darin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOJASPER] Re: Roll Call Nancy J Theobald This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2917.1 Message Board Post: Darin, I was able to find them by browsing the 1930 Census. 1930 > MISSOURI > JASPER Co >TWIN GROVE Twp CARL JUNCTION > Series: T626 Roll: 1206 HQ Page: 207A ED49-58 SD15 Sheet No. 11A SHAFER, Elias F. & SHAFER, Dora THEOBALD, dau. of THEOBALD, Nancy missing, was present in 1920 census. Here's the information for the 1920 Census. I was interrupted and had to finish posting in a hurry and it got left out of the previous post. 1920 > MISSOURI > JASPER > 1-WD; CARL JUNCTION; TWIN GROVE > Series: T625 Roll: 922 HQ Page: 264B SD13 ED98 Sheet No. 1B Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year SHAFER ELIAS F 35 M W MO MO JASPER 1-WD; CARL JUNCTION; TWIN GROV 1920 THEOBALD NANCY 75 F W IL MO JASPER 1-WD; CARL JUNCTION; TWIN GROV 1920 2nd Jan. Roney St. 16/16 Lines 73-76 You may or may not find more information here. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mojasper/ If she died and was buried in the area and still had a marker, she may show up in cemetery listings. Orlena