Welcome to the list James... I'm sure that someone will at least attempt to help you but first, plese tell us exactly which American states you are referring to [Appleton ?, Montville? Belfast? Rockland, Knox co.?] <smile> yes, there are alot of Morse families and yes, there are some 'experts' with alot of information for alot of them so I hope someone has the information you are looking for. Kay Cutshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "james twycross" <jtw11958@bigpond.net.au> To: <MORSE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:42 AM Subject: [MORSE] Martha Ellen Morse > Hello, my first message on this list. I'm from Melbourne Australia tracing > my wife's American ancestors and interested in finding family history for > a > lady named Martha Ellen Morse. She was born at Appleton on March 1st 1841, > she married Henry Webb at Montville on August 21st 1858 and had two > children, Clara Ellen and William Riley. Henry died at Rockland, Knox > County > on August 12th 1863 and later Martha married William J Brown and had > another > five children. Martha died at Belfast on May 2nd 1906. > > I'm attempting to find her family background and I picked up an entry in > the > 1850 US Federal Census for Rockland which seems to indicate her father was > Adam Morse, the mother's name I cannot decipher. Can anyone help me > identify > the branch of the Morse family Martha Ellen comes from. From way over here > there certainly seems to be a lot of Morse families and not being too > familiar with the various branches of the family I thought there may well > be > a few 'experts' on this list who can help me. Best wishes from an Aussie > flounderer ! James Twycross. > > > > ___ Look also for more family information thru the MORSE Society > http://morsesociety.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MORSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/699 - Release Date: 2/23/2007 > 1:26 PM > >