This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Combs, Allyn, Wright, Vinduska, Rowley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yNB.2ACE/2486.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks very much for this information. I was able to find Esquire "Squire" Combs in the 1880 Wood County, WVA census: ----1880, 23 Jun, Census, Wood Co WVA, Walker Dist, p. 362A, #301/304: COMBS, SQUIRE - W, M, 38, Md, Teamster, OH, ---, --- ............, Maggie - W, F, 27, Wife, Md, Keeping House, OH, VA, VA ............, Samuel - W, M, 8, Son, S, WV, OH, OH ............, Lucy - W, F, 6, Dau, S, WV, OH, OH I haven't been able to find Squire in 1900. Do you know where the family was? Probably Walter would have been with them then showing he was their son. As I wrote earlier, the first census I found Walter in was the 1910 Douglas County, NE census: ----1910, 20 Apr, Census, Douglas Co NE, Omaha city, Ward 11, p. 8A- 8B, #183/187: WATSON, Caroline - Head, F, W, 56, Wd, Mother of 0 - 0 living, PA, Germany, Germany, None BRICK, Thomas W. - Lodger, M, W, 29, S, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, Fireman, City COMBS, WALTER - Lodger, M, W, 26, S, WVA, WVA, WVA, Plumber, Plumbing ROBEL, Jacob H. - Lodger, M, W, 33, S, PA, Germany, Germany, Book Keeper, Plumbing Walter married about 1911, probably in Douglas County. In the 1920 and 1930 Douglas Co. census records, he had wife Francis A., and children Ward A., Edwin W., and Ruth: ----1920, 13 Jan, Census, Douglas Co NE, Omaha city, 39th St, p. 239B, #219/232: COMBS, WALTER B. - Head, Owned, Mtg, M, W, 36, Md, WVA, OH, OH, Salesman, Stock ............, Francis A. - Wife, F, W, 28, Md, CT, CT, CT, None ............, Ward A. - Son, M, W, 7, S, NE, WVA, CT, None ............, Edwin W. - Son, M, W, 6, S, NE, WVA, CT, None ............, Ruth - Dau, F, W, 3 and 6/12, S, NE, WVA, CT, None ----1930, 3 Apr, Census, Douglas Co NE, Omaha city, Ward 1, Block 163, Kansas Ave, p. 143A, #26/27: COMBS, WALTER B. - Head, Owned, Had a radio, Not a farm, M, W, 47, Md, 27, WVA, WVA, WVA, City Salesman, Electric Refrigerator, Not a Vet ............, Frances A. - Wife, F, W, 39, Md, 19, CT, CT, CT, None ............, Ward - Son, M, W, 17, S, NE, WVA, CT, None ............, Edwin - Son, M, W, 16, S, NE, WVA, CT, None ............, Ruth - Dau, F, W, 13, S, NE, WVA, CT, None Ward Allyn Combs married Helen Marie Wright, date unknown. Edwin Willis Combs married Alice Philothea Vinduska, 5 Oct 1940 in Plattsmouth, Cass County, NE. Ruth E. Combs married Walter H. Rowley, Jr., 11 Jun 1942 in Omaha, Douglas County, NE. (I was able to get the obituary this week for Ruth Combs Holman Mensink, and found her parents were Clarence Matthew Combs and Sarah Jane Bates. Then another researcher found the Combs-Rowley marriage date. Hope this info will help in your records.) Thanks again for your help.