Do not know the answer for hse #56. First name on hse #57 appears to me to be Luretta. ---------- > From: Linda Hoxit Raxter <lraxter@CITCOM.NET> > To: NCTRANSY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: John & Lavinia Owen and ? > Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 10:24 PM > > 1870 Transylvania County Census, Gloucester twp, hse #56 > Owens, [Sam] age 22 > ", Libby age 19 > Owens, John age 72 - owns $800 worth of real estate > ", Livina age 74 > ", Martha age 12 - "At Home" > > Is this really a Sam? If so which of the fifty million Sam Owens is > it? How is he related to John? Who is Martha? How is she connected? > > Next house, next mystery > #57 is headed by a female age 27 whose name is so sqiggloed I am having > a very difficult time making it out. But she has the following > youngins: > Sarah age 10 > David age 7 > Wm age 4 > John age 2 > She is hopefully the widow of an Owen - which one, what is her maiden > name, and for that matter what is her given name? If not a widow, then > which owen is her Daddy? For that matter, she could be an Owen who is > also the widow of an Owen - these things happened. > > > -- > Linda Hoxit Raxter > http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net > Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! > American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator > Related to at least half the county at least once ; )