List: Researching surnames of NETHAWAY & STRICKLAND in the Niagara Falls area. Based on estimated birth & marriage dates and the formation of Niagara county lines in New York, I have concluded this is one of 3 or 4 counties I should do further searching in. I have checked Orleans Co. census online and have found one possibility for Moses below, but found NO surnames of NETHAWAY from 1830 through 1855. Genesee Co. partial listings show no realistic options at this point. I have not yet checked anything in Erie Co. Name: Moses STRICKLAND ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Birth: abt 1827 probably New York Death: Michigan Occupation: Fruit Farmer, had apple orchards near Niagara Falls, New York Marriage: abt 1852 New York state ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Spouse: Helen Alnette "Ali" NETHAWAY ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Birth: abt 1827 New York state Death: abt 1862 Michigan (died at age of 35) ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Moses & Helen's granddaughter wrote down this story on the back of our only picture of Helen. The story was told to her by her mother, who was an only child to the above couple............ "Helen Alnette NETHAWAY was disowned by her parents when she married Moses STRICKLAND. The NETHAWAY's were a wealthy, aristocratic family who felt that Helen A. had married beneath their station in life. The STRICKLAND's were energetic fruit growers, who had apple orchards near Niagara Falls. Helen A. NETHAWAY's parents refused to let any of her brothers & sisters to have anything to do with her. One sister would slip away and visit Helen (living in SE Michigan), always fearful that the parents would discover it. Helen Alnette NETHAWAY grieved and it was said she died at age 35 of a broken heart." I would be grateful if SKS could check NY's census INDEX for 1840 & 1850 for the surnames of NETHAWAY & STRICKLAND. Even 1830 census heads of households would be helpful, especially for NETHAWAY. -- Shalom in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, Shelly Low Arnold <rsarnold@macatawa.org> Holland, MI Home Page: <http://www.macatawa.org/~rsarnold/> Family History page: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rsarnold/> Researching: ARNOLD, ATWELL, BENNETT, DEWAR, EAS(s)ON, ELDER, GROENMIEJER, LAPO, LOW, NEISH, NETHAWAY, OVERKAMP, PACKER, PLUISTER, ROSENBERG(er), SECKSTON(e), SCOTT, SKINNER, SOULE, WILCOX / WILCOCKS, WHITTEMORE.