This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hensel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2VB.2ACE/434.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Well, some of this information may help. All of the dates you had for Dora and William were way off. Here's the info from the 1900 census CENSUS: 1900, Lancaster city, Fairfield Co., OH, p 201 ED 14 SH 3A - East Main Street HENSEL, William, head, b Feb 1862, 38y b OH, parents b OH, laborer, glass fac., married 17? years ", Dora, wife b July 1862, 37y b OH, fa b VA, ma b PA, had 4 ch and 2 living ", William, son b Oct 1885, 14y b OH ", Roy, son b Sep 1893, 6y b OH ", Lawrence, son b Apr 1900, 1/12 b OH NOTE that the mother Dora says she had 4 children but only 2 living, and 3 children are shown. The 17 for years married may be 12 or 11 instead, making the older child William a product from a previous marriage.