I need ideas!!! I believe that Lewis Oliver is my husband's ggggrandfather. I am having trouble finding info in the usual sources for him. This is what I have found: Entry in 1840 census, Newark Entry in 1850 census, Newark (with wife Mary and children Anna, Gertrude, Theodore, and Mary) Deeds: assorted, between 1847 and 1855. Lewis M. and his wife Mary B. seemed to buy property and then resell it at a nice profit a month or two later. The last deed that listed him was in 1855. He was somehow involved in a piece of land that was auctioned off by the sheriff as a result of a court case heard in Trenton. City directory: listed as painter and grocer (alternating) between 1844-1880 (at the end only his address appears). In 1879 his wife Mary has her own entry at the house they were living at in 1878, then in 1880 there is only his name again, with the address given for him in 1879. The family does not appear in the indices for the 1860 or 1870 census, and I have not gone throught the 1880 census yet since they probably do not have children under age ten that would cause them to be in the soundex. I was unable to located births or marriages for Lewis and his children. His daughter Mary (if it is the same one who married my husband's gggrandfather, George LIMBURGER) is listed in the Newark city directory until 1918, where it says "removed to Rochester, NY." I found no death record for her in NY, nor any sign of her in Rochester, NY. She was also not listed again in the Newark directory. I haven't found anything that would point to a particular religion or church for this family. It has all been quite difficult because Mary's daughter (whose death certificate I also cannot find) died young, orphaning my husband's great grandmother at one or two years old. There is no oral or written family history to provide me with any clues. The only thing that I even have that suggests that my husbands gggrandmother is connected with this family is the fact that several documents cite that she was born in Newark in 1844, which corrolates with the age of the Mary Oliver listed as Lewis' daughter. I went through all of the Oliver families listed for Newark for 1850, 1860, and 1870 and Lewis M. Oliver was the only potential candidate for being her father. Does anyone have any ideas? I would really appreciate any input that you could offer. Thank you in advance! Laura