This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: crunden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WMB.2ACE/4764 Message Board Post: I have lost Benjamin Robert CRUNDEN. (son of my 5 x great uncle) He was born 12th March 1819 in London, England, and baptised 20th February 1820 at St Mary's, Marylebone Street, London. His father was Robert CRUNDEN and his mother was Elizabeth (Russell) CRUNDEN. No further trace here in England. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My question is: how do I prove whether the following details relate to the same man? 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Benjamin Crunden Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: 1818 Birth Place: England Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): St Louis Ward 5, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri Page: 263 Roll: M432_417 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 Name: Benjamin R Crunden Spouse: Mary Colemire Marriage Date: 4 June 1842 Volume/Page: 03-005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Louis, Missouri Directories, 1889-1890 Name: Mary Crunden, widow Benjamin R. Location 2: r. 1803 S. Compton avenue Year: 1890 City: St. Louis State: MO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks for any ideas Dave Dixon