This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanaM_B Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.newitt/46.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: So we know from the two censuses that his wife is the Ellen reported in 1900 in Park County, CO. We also know he died betw. 1880 and 1900... In 1880, we know he was 35 years old, thus b. abt. 1845 in England and that both his parents were b. in England as well. In 1880, Ellen was 22 (b. abt. 1858) and their child, RB Jr. is one and b. in CO. Living adjacent to them are likely his younger brother and family: Jos. (33), Annie (30), and children Francis (5), Annie (3), and Jos Jr. (8/12). Francis could be a clue to the name of the father of the two boys... The 1900 census tells us Ellen is a widow who immigrated in 1865 and that she was m. 22 years, that son is IDed as Robert, so that pretty much proves the father's name was Robert as well. Given that the youngest child was b. in 1888, that pretty much puts the death of RB Sr. to after then. Now check this out from this link http://www.parkcoarchives.org/: "Garo, Colorado Garo was a ranching and railroad town from the 1880s until 1936 when the Colorado & Southern Narrow-gauge railroading ended. Garo is a short version of Guiraud (early South Park ranchers who had a large cattle and hay ranch near the railroad line there). The Turner general store and post office was beside the railroad at Garo. The next series of stories center around the Garo general store started by Chubb Newitt and later run by the Turner family. This first action occurred around 1898. According to Wilbur Lewis in his interview of July 2002 of stories he had heard. Wilbur: "Then in 1891 he (Chubb Newitt) got elected County Commissioner, but he was still running the store. He was in the store one day and some fellow came in and they were looking at the guns. They happened to drop one that had ammunition and it went off and shot poor old Chubb in the butt and he died of blood poisoning." Had you seen this? It establishes that Chubb and Ellen must have m. abt 1869, in the USA! - and this also tells us that they must have been in Ohio abt 1879 as that is where RB Jr. was born. RB should show up in the 1851 and 1861 UK census - I can look for that if you need help with it. To get a copy of his death record, you will need to contact the County Vital Records - here is what I find on his birth from Free BMD in the UK: Name: Robert Newitt Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1846 Registration district: Thame Inferred County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire Volume: 16 Birth Index 1837-1915 This interests me as there is a HUGE cluster of Newitts in Buckinghamshire (it is where my own line comes from - see here: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jmbhome/1newitt.html). Hope this helps... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.