Cindy, The Tree below may help you a little. Do You know what happened to Charles Marsh? Marriage? Children? If you can add to this or have questions concerning the Grills family let me know. Descendants of Alice Gist 1 Alice Gist b: July 11, 1827 Killhampton 1841 Cornwall,England age 12 servant d: April 09, 1907 Burial: Butternut Ridge .+James Grills b: April 15, 1828 Marhamchurch 1841 Servant England d: January 14, 1891 Father: John Grills Mother: Elizabeth Rogers Burial: Butternut Ridge 2 John Henry Grills b: January 31, 1853 d: September 25, 1882 Burial: Butternut Ridge 2 William Grills b: November 04, 1854 Cornwall d: September 27, 1928 Elyria Memorial Burial: Butternut Ridge informant Harley E. Grills 2 Ann Alice Grills b: September 22, 1858 Cornwall, England d: May 04, 1933 Grafton, Ohio Burial: May 06, 1933 Lagrange Cemetery ...+Marsh . 3 Charles Marsh *2nd Husband of Ann Alice Grills: ... +John Grills b: March 31, 1858 Marhamchurch Cornwall, England/ of Grafton m: Abt. 1890 First Cousins d: November 04, 1916 of Pitsfield, at home, LaGrange, Ohio Father: Thomas Grills Mother: Thomsin Penfound Burial: November 1916 Lagrange Cemetery Jane Researching Cornish(ENG)connections to Lorain Co. --- [email protected] wrote: > > OHLORAIN-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 57 > > Today's Topics: > #1 MARSH (and GRILLS?) family puzzle ["Cynthia > Amidon" <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from OHLORAIN-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > too. > > ______________________________> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:18:23 -0400 > From: "Cynthia Amidon" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: MARSH (and GRILLS?) family puzzle and vital > records question > > Good Morning, > > I am working on a family who used to live on my farm > in North Eaton and > census records have yielded some interesting > aberrations that I need to > research further. The family is that of English > immigrant John Marsh > (1811-1888), his wife Louisa (Sutton) (1821-1905) > and their children, > Mary E. "Ellen" (1851-1924), James (1858-1883) and > William (1857-1924). > Although Ellen and William are listed as single in > every census until > their deaths within a few days of each other in > 1924; in the 1880 census > Ellen is marked "widowed/divorced." > > In the same census, James is listed as married to > "Annie" (20 years old, > b. England) with a six-year old son, Henry. James > disappears by the next > census; he apparently died...and there is no > Anne/Annie/Anna Marsh > anywhere that I can find. But John Marsh's 1888 > probate record lists his > wife, Ellen, William and a "grandson," Charlie B. > And Ellen and William > are listed as dying without heirs, although Ellen > left $500 to Charles > B. Marsh, her "nephew," then living in Columbia > Station (1924)although > the majority of her estate went to the children of a > cousin. There is no > mention of James' wife and son, even though they > lived in the same house > in 1880. The only record of a Charles B. Marsh is > one living in North > Eaton in 1900 with a William Grills (across the > street from the farm > where the Marsh's lived), listed as his "nephew." > Louisa's will and > probate in 1905 only list Ellen and William as > heirs. > > The Marsh family gravestone in Butternut Ridge > Cemetery lists a "Charles > (1880-1948). Anyone know anything about this family? > > My second question is whether there are Vital > Records available for this > area that might shed light on this family. Any other > suggestions for > research? > > Thanks in advance, > > Cindy > __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest