Ken, I found bunches of BEAL family members buried in North Murray Ridge Cemetery, including Phillip Beal and his wife. However, I didn't see anyone who matched the info that you gave. I would suspect that she is an older relative of some sort, hard to tell when the 1850 doesn't give relationships. Its doubtful if she's 80 in 1850 (b. ca 1770) that she would be around in 1900. Maybe she was living with one of the other relatives in prior census, although the prior census wouldn't give names or relationships either. Good luck. Karen ----- Original Message ---- From: Ken <kennethgooden@cox.net> To: gene mail list Elyria <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:06:37 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Maria Beal I have been looking at the 1850 census for Elyria Township.In the household of Philip Beal there is a Maria Beal 80 years old and was born in Germany I assume she was his mother. The thing that is puzzling to be is this is the first and only time I have seen any mention of her. She must be in a Cemetery some where. People don't generally disappear. What happened to her? Where would you look for some sort of a record. Most people don't live very far past 80? Ken ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message