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    1. Re: NJHUDSON-D Digest V06 #99
    2. Anyone with access to the 1930 Federal Census for Jersey City could help me a great deal by sending me the image from my father's parent's entry. I spent years trying to find my Dad, Arthur McHugh and his parents Anna (Sprenger) and Thomas McHugh without success and thought the census had simply missed them when I could not find a baby Arthur anywhere that was the correct age with the correct parents. I did not have an exact DOB for Thomas, but I did know that Anna was born in 1909 or 10, depending upon whom and what you believed. Last weekend, I decided to give it one last shot by using the Ancestry free 3 day trial, and I found a couple with the correct names and ages living in JC with a baby "William" aged nine months. That Thomas was born in 1908, which fits the information I have and it apparently explained a part of the family rift that happened when my grandfather died in 1934 - that Irish Catholic "William" (named after Thomas' brother in law) became "Arthur", rechristened as a Lutheran and renamed after Anna's father's brother in law and lifelong best friend, Arthur Bowden when Anna returned home to live with her parents after her husband died. As you can guess, this filled in a lot of holes in family history for us, mainly why none of the McHugh's talked to the Sprengers until my late father was nearly fifty years old - and why Dad refused to have anything to do with religion or religious services or talk about his upbringing. I tried to send myself the image, but Ancestry sent me only a link, and will not let me access the information without plucking down my credit card for the infamous "14 day free trial", which I refuse to do. If anyone could send me the information, it would be very much appreciated. The three of them were living on Bartholdi Avenue, just a short way from the Sprenger's and McHugh's family homes. Thanks for any help - Evelyn McHugh Researching McHugh, Rehill, Sprenger and Kraft from Jersey City from 1900 - 1960. =epm= Ask not why the rose has thorns. Rather rejoice that the thornbush has a rose. - Anonymous

    07/15/2006 03:27:38