If any of the children died in Missouri after 1911, they would have death certificates on file with the state of Missouri in their archives online. Some of those death certificates might list the mother's name, and that would at least allow you to figure out which woman was living in the household during the time those children were born, and which children belonged to which women. Good Luck Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Parrish" <dianesparrish@mac.com> To: <morandol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [MORANDOL] Mary Sweeny Wright (was Re: I WILL DO LOOK UPS!!!!!!) > Thanks for that suggestion--I thought of that one too, and in fact > considered that to be the case for a long time, until I really > compared the censuses and noticed that the younger children in the > 1860 census are in the household in the 1870 census. That was when I > decided I had a really confusing situation! I just hope Joshua wasn't > running two households at the same time!! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks, Kathy. Actually I got the youngest child's death certificate today and it lists her mother as the second wife, Lucretia. This child, Joella, was living in the 1860 census household where the mother's name listed as "Mary." It may just be a census takers mistake, but I am hesitant to shrug it off entirely as the age and state of birth on that record also match the first wife, Mary, and not the second, Lucretia. The death record for the oldest son, Zephaniah, lists his mother as Mary Sweeney. I need to track down the rest of the children's if I can.