This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wd3.2ACIB/1068.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Don't give up Sally! Do you think they were catholic? Then find Jacob Smith and where he is buried in North Platte and you'll find Ann (all in an effort to get a death cert/obit for confirmation) Kate in Chicago Okay so here is Jacob in 1880 -- single and already in NEB, which may mean Ann married him in NEB ... Jacob J. SMITH Self S Male W 26 ILL R R Eng ILL ILL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place E. D. 172-176, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska Family History Library Film 1254752 NA Film Number T9-0752 Page Number 432D ************************** 1880 ----- There are only 3 Ann Nolans b in WI b 1860 (+/- 5 yrs) - one in WI and the other 2 in Rhode Island and in Wyoming ... interesting Rock Co, WI .... Clarance JUDEMAN Self M Male W 26 CT Teller In Bank --- --- Lauretta JUDEMAN Wife M Female W 26 NY Keeping House --- --- Ralph JUDEMAN Son S Male W 4 WI --- --- Shubel SMITH Uncle S Male W 61 NY In The Bank --- --- Annie NOLAN Other S Female W 19 WI Servant --- --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin Family History Library Film 1255444 NA Film Number T9-1444 Page Number 214B *************************************************** So, in 1870, here are the Nolans in Rock Co, WI -- looks like Hannora in Spring Valley could be her ... I'm not caught up in the ages ... (alphabetical) Ann Nolan 36 1833 Ireland White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Female Esther Nolan 3 1866 Wisconsin White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Female Hannora Nolan 9 1860 Wisconsin White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Female Jane Nolan 10 1859 Wisconsin White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Female John Nolan 49 1820 Ireland White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Male John Nolan 8 1861 Wisconsin White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Male Mary Nolan 5 1864 Wisconsin White Spring Valley, Rock, WI Female %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The other Nolans in Rock Co in 1870 - no ages even close ... Eliza Nolan 25 1844 Ireland White Beloit Ward 3, Rock, WI Female Katie Nolan 4 1865 Wisconsin White Beloit Ward 3, Rock, WI Female Patrick Nolan 29 1840 Ireland White Beloit Ward 3, Rock, WI Male John Nolan 16 1853 New York White Janesville Ward 3, Rock, WI Male Bridget Nolan 45 1824 Ireland White Janesville Ward 4, Rock, WI Female Julia Nolan 11 1858 Wisconsin White Janesville Ward 4, Rock, WI Female Thos Nolan 16 1853 Alabama White Janesville Ward 4, Rock, WI Male Frank Nolan 19 1850 Tennessee Colored Magnolia, Rock, WI Male **************************************************** 1885 Nebraska State Census - no images Jacob I. Smith 28 Illinois 2nd Ward North Platte,Lincoln,Nebraska 11 Jun 1885 Annie A. Smith 25 (1860) Wisconsin 2nd Ward North Platte,Lincoln,Nebraska 11 Jun 1885 Oscar Smith 2 Nebraska 2nd Ward North Platte,Lincoln,Nebraska 11 Jun 1885 Frank Smith 6/12 (mos) Nebraska 2nd Ward North Platte,Lincoln,Nebraska 11 Jun 1885 *************************************************** 1910 census - older form than other states (no mo/yr for dob !) 203 W. 2nd Street (hard to read) Jacob, 55 (1855) , married 28 yrs (1882). b IL, father Penn/Transylvania, mother __? Engineer locomotive Annie, 47 (1863) b WI, marr. 28 yrs; 8 child/7 living; parents IRE Bessie 18 Jay 15 Hazel 13 Helen 9 I see Jacob in 1920 that you referred to. Jacob Smith, 62 (1858), b IL, parents b IL, works the railroad. Annm 58(59?) (1862-63), b WI, parents IRE Bessie, 26 (all NEB) Hazel 22 Helen 19 1930 203 W. 2nd Street, North Platte Jacob I. Smith, 75 (1855), b IL, parents IL, married at age 26 Anna J, 68 (1862), b WI, parents IRE, married at 19 Hazel W_________, 33, married age 24 (not widowed), b NB Martha, 8 (grandchildren - Hazel is mom) Wm. 3/ 9 mos ************************************* So John & Ann Nolan in Spring Valley, WI, married about 1860, look good -- all kids b in WI .... Ann is widowed by 1880: Ann NOLAN Self W Female W 44 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE John E. NOLAN Son S Male W 17 WI Works The Farm IRE IRE Mary A. NOLAN Dau S Female W 15 WI Works At Home IRE IRE Esther E. NOLAN Dau S Female W 13 WI Works At Home IRE IRE Thomas NOLAN Son S Male W 8 WI IRE IRE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Spring Valley, Rock, Wisconsin Family History Library Film 1255444 NA Film Number T9-1444 Page Number 388B Back in 1860 John is in Spring Valley: Name: John Nolan Age in 1860: 40 Birthplace: Ireland Home in 1860: Spring Valley, Rock, Wisconsin Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Roll: M653_1431 Page: 642 Year: 1860 Head of Household: John Nolan John, 40, b IRE, farmer Ann, 25 b IRE Jane, 10 mos, b WI Here is a Rock Co genie page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirock/ Spring Valley doesn't seem to have a catholic cemetery - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirock/Cems/S-sur.html I'd email a volunteer and ask where a catholic would have been buried. More links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/usa/wisconsin/Rock.htm