This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Staley, Day, Burns, Griffiths, Fisher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/630.1440.1969.2642.1.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. I am searching for the family of Thomas Staley who married Susan Day. I believe that Thomas' father is Jacob. Jacob's spouse is unknown to me. I have found this family in East Nissouri Oxford County Canada. If you can tie into this family I would be sooooo happy. My husband's gr grandmother is Valtina (Valina) Staley who married James Burns. Please let me know what you find. I have found bits and pieces of their lives such as this: 6/320 ( Oxford Co) Isaac ENSIGN , 21 , farmer , Canada , Nissouri , s/o Isaac & Hannah , married Emily STALEY , 20 , Canada , Nissouri , d/o Jacob & Nancy , witn: Thomas A. & Susan STALEY of East Nissouri , 5 Jan 1870 at Brady’s Hotel Ingersoll. 901847-40 1874 (Oxford Co) STALEY, Sarah Jane, b. 13 March 1874 in Thamesford, father - Thomas Adam STALEY, farmer; mother - Susan Matilda DAY; infm - Mary Frances Cook STALEY, 2nd cousin of Sarah Jane and wife of Jefferson STALEY, of Buffalo NY in 1940 On the 1881 Canadian Census . HOUSEHOLD: STAILEY, THOMAS: married, male, german, age 34, born Ontario, labourer, Methodist STAILEY, SUSAN: married, female, german, age 33, born Ontario, Methodist STAILEY, N. FRANKLIN: male, german, age 10, born Ont. STAILEY, SARAH JANE: female, german age 7, born Ont. STAILEY, VALINA: female, german, age 4, born Ont. STAILEY, WILLIAM: male, german, age 2, born Ont. SOURCE INFORMATION: Census Place: Nissouri East, Oxford North, Ontario Family History Library Film: 1375903 NA Film Number: C-13267 District: 166 Sub-district: A Division: 1 Page Number: 13 Household Number: 62 The website for this information is: http://www.familysearch.org 1900 > New York > ERIE > LANCASTER Series: T623 Roll: 1034 Page: 161 STALEY, Thomas A., head b. March 1848, age 52, married 33 years, b. Canada, parents b. Canada, immigration year 1887, occ farmer - Susan, wife , b. March 1850, age 50, married 33 years, mother of 9 children, 8 living, b. Canada, father b. NY, mother b. Canada, immig year 1887 DENNING, Esther A., dau. b. Sept. 1881, age 18, married 1 yr., mother of 1 child, 1 living, b. Canada, parents b. Canada, immig. yr. 1887 STALEY, Nancy E., dau., b. Oct. 1883, age 16, . Canada, parents b. Canada, immig. yr. 1887 - Annie E., dau., b. Feb. 1886, age 14, b. Canada, parents b. Canada, immig. year 1887 - Willard E., son, b. Oct. 1889, age 10, b. NY, parents b. Canada STEVENS, Melvin, servant, b. Aug. 1876, age 23, b. NY, parents b. NY, occ. farm labor