The territories of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa opened up, and were destinations of several brothers and sisters of my ancestors around 1850. Often times, the men went to scout the land, and then return for their families. The land was more productive in the mid-west, and the Erie Canal had opened, making it easier and cheaper to transport wheat and corn to the eastern cities. Jim R In a message dated 12/20/2010 2:08:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Wldblume2@aol.com writes: Tink...you are correct...as usual,my mind took a vacation. Dorothy In a message dated 12/20/2010 4:08:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tmiller@pirs.org writes: Don't forget that there was a mass exodus westward beginning in 1849 for the Gold Rush. I would look in other records for any indication that the two husbands went searching for gold. Civil war era was not until early 1860's, but good idea to check it out too. Tink At 12:03 PM 12/20/2010, you wrote: > >To complicate things even more but perhaps a clue to the Dardis connection, > in the 1850 census for Cazenovia, NY there was an Honora Donley (again >another spelling)aged 33, listed with 2 sons, James age 4 and >Thomas age 11 months and Mary Dardis age 38 (Perhaps Mary and Honora were >sisters) Could their husbands have served in the civil war? AS lot of >stuff to think about here. >Dorothy > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message