This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2YB.2ACI/2069.1.1.2 Message Board Post: A six-year-old Bert E. Chaney is in the 1880 federal census for Van Buren, Hancock county, Ohio. He was born in Iowa and is living with 27-year old Erastus (born OH) and 18-year old wife Cora (born IN). Cora does not appear to be his mother but may be the stepmother or an aunt, since Bert's parents are both stated as being born in OH. According to "The Chaney Families of Highland Co, OH" it appears Erastus' brothers Nathan, Casper, and Charles were killed in a steam mill boiler explosion in Fontanelle, IA in March 1878. Bert may have been the orphaned son of one of these, but is not listed in this reference.