This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11670.1 Message Board Post: Ruth Pettit Age: 5 Estimated birth year: <1875> Birthplace: New York Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Portland, Chautauqua, New York Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: William Pettit 45 Father's birthplace: NY Mother's name: Laura Pettit 39 siblings Portland 1880 Fred R is 14, Harry 12, George 10, Edith 8 and Ruth 5 ages approximated in census William W PETTIT son of James Jacob and Sarah HILL PETTIT b Jan 13, 1835 enlisted in the Wisconsin, Co D 1st Regiment, served throughout the War as a RR engineer transporting troups, (quite a bit of info avail) , united in marriage with Laura E REYNOLDS a daughter of Richard and Ruth HALL Reynolds, to them were b 5 ch including, Frederick b 1866 d 1870 RUTH b Jan 31, 1875 m Ernest and names 3 children you have data source more available History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people