Richard , I'm keeping my eye out. You've might of seen this But I'll send it in case. What I understand from it is that the Minerva Blanchard children are adopted by Truax. ? IF so what was her maiden name Or is that why you are asking? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~House of Truax Sect. 3-C d. Descendants (11) of T535/ Abraham Truax b.1794 d.1862 m.1817 and Minerva Blanchard b.1800 d.1862 T786/ Harriet Evelyn Truax b.1818 d.1868 m.1843=5= Alfred L. Millard b.1814 d.1900 T1054/ Melancthon Millard b.1844 m.1874=2= Frankie E. Miller T1055/ Addison Millard b.1852 T1056/ James L. Millard b.1854 T1057/ Robert Millard b.1856 T1058/ Minerva Louise Millard. b.1858 d.1867 T787/ Perry Blanchard Truax b.1820 d.1902 m.(1)1843=3= Jane Laura Graves b.1823 d.1877 T1059/ William Abraham Truax b.1854 (adopted-TTH) d.1856 T1060/ Anna Blanchard Truax b.1863 (adopted-TTH) m.1884=5= Robert Wilbur Steele T1061/ Edward (Edmund-TTH) Anson Truax b.1867 d.1874 T787/ Perry Blanchard Truax m.(2)1879= Sarah Jane Smith b.1846 T1062/ Perry Blanchard Truax b.1880 m.1892(1902-TTH)= Mayble (Mable-TTH) A. Purrett (b.1881-TTH) T1063/ Arthur Robert Truax b.1882 T1064/ Evelyn Isabel Truax b.1883 d.1884 T1065/ Ralph Secor Truax b.1887 T788/ Eliza Truax b.1822 d.1903 never married T789/ William Purkiss Truax b.1824 d.1837 T790/ Edmund Armstrong Truax b.1827 d.1884 m.1850=7= Lucretia Mason T1066/ Edmund Addison Truax b.1851 d.1851 T1067/ Alma Maria Truax b.1852 T1068/ Minnie Blanchard Truax b.1855 (see NY book-TTH) T1069/ Perry Herbert Truax b.1857 d.1858 T1070/ Henry Storrs Truax b.1859 d.1860 T1071/ William Sibley Truax b.1862 (unmarried-TTH) T1072/ Lucretia Mason Truax b.1867 d.1868 T791/ David Anson Truax b.1829 d.1901 m.(1)1855=4= Isabella Keller b.1836 d.1866 T1073/ David Anson Truax b.1855 d.1855 (same day) T1074/ Edward Willard Truax b.1857 d.1857 T1075/ Elizabeth Blanchard Truax b.1858 (d.aft.1940-TTH) m.1888= William Waywood (Haywood, divorced - TTH) T1076/ Perry Armstrong Truax b.1866 d.1866 T791/ David Anson Truax m.(2)1872=2= Emma T. Colwell b.1844 T1077/ Sarah Addie (Adeline?-ALT) Truax b.1873 (d.aft.1948-TTH) m.1897= Guy Bates Post (m.(2) Charles Albert-TTH) T1078/ Henry Anson Truax b.1877 T792/ Abraham Truax Jr. b.1831 d.1832 T793/ Sarah Ann Truax b.1833 m.1855= Mathias W. Day Jr. T794/ Minerva Martitia Truax b.1835 d.1836 T795/ Marshall Spring Bidwell Truax b.1837 d.1896 m.1865= Laura Blake T796/ Louise Minerva Truax b.1841 m.= H. E. Tobey (no children; adopted a daughter) http://ftp.apci.net/~truax/Sect3-C.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to : RAHayes@chartermi.net(Richard Hayes) Hello All, Do any of you who are working on the Blanchard family have the parents of Minirva Blanchard who was born in Schenectady about 24 Apr 1800 and died there on 17 May 1862. She married Abraham Truax on 3 Feb 1817 and had 11 children. Richard ------------------------------- http://community.webtv.net/cryingkate1/WatsonRoscoeFamily