This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GZB.2ACI/1008.6.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. In 1870 Celia Dungan definitely was living with John and Susan Dungan, but she was their granddaughter, not their daughter. On the 1880 census, the relationship is clearly written. Also the 1883 book The History of Madison County lists the children of John Dungan who are still living at that time, and Celia is not listed as one of their children. I also found a newspaper announcement of Celia's wedding and it stated that she was the granddaughter of John and Susan Dungan. Her husband, Park J. Dew (not Drew), is my relative, part of a large clan of Dews from Perry County. What I was hoping to find out with a newspaper announcement of Celia's birth, was the actual names of her parents. I'm guessing that her father might be Jehiel (I've seen it spelled Jehial and Johile) Dungan who is mentioned in the 1883 book as being deceased. I also found a marriage record for Johile Dungan and Isabella W. Tuttle in Clark County dated October 17, 1860 ! which would be the right time for them to be Celia's parents. I have Celia's death certificate, but the father's name is not really legible although it starts with the letter "J" -- there is a notation on the certificate that the mother's name is not known. John Dungan had two other sons whose names started with "J" --Jesse and James. Jesse died in Tennessee and his Civil War pension form lists his mother, not a wife, and James was living in 1870 with his wife and children. Park and Celia's daughter Vera Dew was born in Madison County on February 7, 1889 and I know that she died young, but I don't know where they were living when she died and I don't know when she died. Park and Celia went to the Yukon in the Klondike gold rush in 1898 and there is no record of Vera being with them, so I'm assuming she died sometime between 1889 and 1898. If you come across any information about Jehiel Dungan, I would be greatly appreciative. John Dungan died March 6, 1888 (according to his tombstone in Oak Hill Cemetery), but perhaps an obituary would mention his children and grandchildren. I'm trying to think of alternate ways to find Celia's parents and would welcome any suggestions. Again, thank you for your response -- you Madison County folks have been very helpful.