http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/documents/HistorianOS10-4.pdf says "On August 5, 1853, the Court introduced a radical change in the township pattern for San Joaquin County. The six townships were reduced to three, and names replaced the previous numbering system. Created were O'Neal (encompassing all of the Weber Grant and much of the island area to the west); Castoria (encompassing all of the south part of the county between the San Joaquin River and Knight's Ferry lying below the Mt. Diablo east-west base line); and Elkhorn (covering the remaining third of the county lying north of the base line which runs through the French Camp area), excluding the Weber Grant." Later on in the article it adds: "Six more townships were carved out of these three early ones between 1853 and 1861. Elliott township was formed in 1855 from the eastern half of Elkhorn; the following year the area west and south of the San Joaquin (river) became Tulare township. Dent township, created in 1859, was formed out of the east half of Castoria and the south part of Elliott. Part of this area was lost to Stanislaus County the following year. Douglass Township was also created in 1859, bounded by Elliot on the north, on the east by Stanislaus County, on the south by the base line, and on the west by the Weber Grant. In 1861, Liberty and Union townships were carved out of the north portion of Elliott and the west part of Elkhorn respectively." >From this I'd say Lodi was in Elkhorn township from 1853 on. Probably this family lived in the area of the county near the city of Lodi. EdrieAnne On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Nancy <wright4766@bellsouth.net> wrote: > In my records I have a family that lived in San Joaquin County. The 1920 > census says they lived in Elkhorn, all other records, 1918 draft > registration, 1930 and 1940 census, say Lodi. The address is the same > throughout the records. Why is the town called Elkhorn one time and Lodi > the rest of the time? > > Nancy in Louisiana

Thank you EdrieAnne, They lived at 330 East Oak St. I just looked at pictures of the house, probably the house that was there then, Edward L. Laughlin lived until 1953. I haven't found an oibutary for him yet, but I did get the married names of the two daughters from his mother's obituary. I don't know when his wife died, sometimes after the 1930 census. Her name was Effie Hugil married to Edward about 1896. That history is great to have. Nancy From: "EdrieAnne Broughton" <edrieanne@gmail.com> To: "Norcal Gen" <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Elkhorn/Lodi > http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/documents/HistorianOS10-4.pdf > says "On August 5, 1853, the Court introduced a radical change in the > township pattern for San Joaquin County. The six townships were reduced > to > three, and names replaced the previous numbering system. Created were > O'Neal (encompassing all of the Weber Grant and much of the island area to > the west); Castoria (encompassing all of the south part of the county > between the San Joaquin River and Knight's Ferry lying below the Mt. > Diablo > east-west base line); and Elkhorn (covering the remaining third of the > county lying north of the base line which runs through the French Camp > area), excluding the Weber Grant." > > Later on in the article it adds: > "Six more townships were carved out of these three early ones between 1853 > and 1861. Elliott township was formed in 1855 from the eastern half of > Elkhorn; the following year the area west and south of the San Joaquin > (river) became Tulare township. Dent township, created in 1859, was > formed > out of the east half of Castoria and the south part of Elliott. Part of > this area was lost to Stanislaus County the following year. Douglass > Township was also created in 1859, bounded by Elliot on the north, on the > east by Stanislaus County, on the south by the base line, and on the west > by the Weber Grant. In 1861, Liberty and Union townships were carved out > of the north portion of Elliott and the west part of Elkhorn > respectively." > >>From this I'd say Lodi was in Elkhorn township from 1853 on. Probably >>this > family lived in the area of the county near the city of Lodi. > EdrieAnne > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Nancy <wright4766@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> In my records I have a family that lived in San Joaquin County. The 1920 >> census says they lived in Elkhorn, all other records, 1918 draft >> registration, 1930 and 1940 census, say Lodi. The address is the same >> throughout the records. Why is the town called Elkhorn one time and Lodi >> the rest of the time? >> >> Nancy in Louisiana > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message