crice wrote: > > I just received the following in answer to my posting for a Michael > Branstetter in the 1870 Indian Creek Pike Co. Census, a Michael age 52 with > wife Edalina. Well, this is not the Michael I am searching. > > The Michael and wife Mollie Katherine I am looking for were born around > 1848-1850. Mollie died in Vandalia Audrain Co. in 1898, and I have Michael > dying in c1919. Supposedly, they are the parents of a Byrdie Branstetter > Burch who was born 1884 somewhere MO married 1901 John Burch and died 1921 > Vandalia buried in the Vandalia Cem. > > Does this ring a bell with anyone?? > Anne Anne, Here is what I found on the 1880 CD. How many Michael Bransetters could there be? I believe Mollie/Mary were used for the other in these times. Another Michael, age 78, with wife Pemela found in Phelps County. ensus Place: Peno, Pike, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254709 National Archives Film T9-0709 Page 643A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Mike BRANSTUTTER Self M M W 28 MO Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: VA Mary C. BRANSTUTTER Wife F M W 26 MO Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: VA Maggie L. BRANSTUTTER Dau F S W 5 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO James BRANSTUTTER Son M S W 4 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Ella BRANSTUTTER Dau F S W 2 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Earley BRANSTUTTER Son M S W 1 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO =============================================================== HTH, Chuck McCardie -- The older I get, the better I was!