In a message dated 8/14/00 4:44:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jelslind@bright.net writes: << Subj: HCC lookup Date: 8/14/00 4:44:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: jelslind@bright.net (Joe and Lana Linder) To: kwsroots@aol.com Hello: I am looking for information on Joseph Myers who came from Germany in 1834 and settled in Ridgefield Twp. with his wife and ten children. I am descended from one of his sons, Mark Myers, on my father's side. Another ancestor of mine, Benedict Smith, also lived in Ridgefield Twp. and married a Catherine Myers in the early 1840's. How can I find out if Catherine was one of Joseph's daughters? The 1840 census lists only the head of the household and she was married by 1850. You can contact me at: jelslind@bright.net >> Hi Joe, I'm afraid I had no luck in identifying Catherine MYERS as a daughter of Joseph MYERS. However, I did find the marriage of Benedict SMITH to Catherine MYERS, and two other references to a Benedict SMITH. The references are from our Huron County, Ohio publications, and are published by HCC/OGS unless otherwise indicated. 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, by Scheuer Publications, 1992. Benedict SMITH m. Catharine MIER 9 Oct 1843. 2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery, Norwalk Township. Page 512. Section 5-- Row 3. 13 Benedict SMITH 1856-1932. 14 Matilda SMITH 1884-1917. 15 Edward Joseph SMITH 23 Jan 1889-29 Aug 1945 OH Pvt 114 AM TN 39 Div WW1. 16 Lawrence SMITH 1859-1939 Father. Amelia SIMON 1862-1915 Mother. (The birth year would rule out this Benedict as your Benedict, but maybe there's still a relationship between the two?). 2. Death Index, 1867-1908. Benedict SMITH d. 05/27/1872. Vol. 1, Page 31. Catharine SMITH d. 09/06/1884. Vol. 1, Page 114. Regards, Ken Shute, in MD (kwsroots@aol.com).