Hello, I am seeking the ancestors of Garrett Arnold of Milford, Otsego, New York. Wife: Mary Children: Henry (b.1839), Huntice (b.1832), Caherine (b.1836), Elizabeth (b.1837), Bloomer Garrett, my ancestor, (b. 1842), and Sooina (b.1844) Garrett, Mary, and one child appear in the 1830 census for Milford; the parents and four children appear in the 1840 census for Franklin, Delaware County, New York. They then uprooted and went to Illinois, and appear in the 1850 census for Northville, La Salle County, Illinois, with all of the children listed above. Then disaster seems to have struck. Garrett died in 1854, and is buried in Pratt's Oaklawn Cemetery in De Kalb County and the family seems then to have disintegrated. By the 1860 census only Henry, working as a day labourer with a family in Lee, and Bloomer, working as a farm hand for the Dixon family in Somonauk, can be found. Mary and the girls have disappeared. Then, in the 1880 census, Mary shows up living with the remarried wife of her deceased son, Bloomer. What is Mary's maiden name? Who are Garrett's and Mary's ancestors? Is he related to Rodney Arnold? And what happened to the girls? Any help much appreciated. Thank you . A. --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.