Dear All, I would like to thank all the people who have so kindly responded to my request for information about my Hancon family of Modena. I am looking for a John and Ellen Hancon who emigrated to the US from Herefordshire in England about 1832 with their son William who was born in 1831. They had a daughter Mary in 1833, John born 1835 in Modena and Esther born 1839. The only Census entry I had for their son John was in 1850 in Cornewall, Orange Co. when he was lodging on his own. I do not know where the family were between 1832 - 1870. On the 1870 Census Ellen had remarried and was living in S.Dakota, so John had obviously died prior to 1870. >From the kind replies to my query I have received the following: 1840 Census John Hanson living with 3 females in Marbletown, Ulster Co. 1850 Census Ellen Hancan living in Marcellus, Onogada Co. These may be my Hancons as I know their surname was spelt differently wherever they went, sometimes Hancon, Hancorn, Hankin, etc , etc. Thank you to all of you and please let me know if you come across anything which you think may help. Best Wishes, Ros Dunnico.