about a month ago you gave me a real mystery.re. 1850 and 1860 census for jacob dungan. the children are in suceesion for 1842 to 1858 for both census, but no repeats. could children have left the household by age 12? also in 1847 son of jacob and MARCELLA died. jacob andJULIA came to nyc in the early 1870s and julia died in 1947 listing her mother as mececilia pendlton and father jacob dungan. the 1850 and 1860 have same ages for parents and same occupation for jacob. any clues? we always heard marcella was native american. virginia