Hi Sandy, Have you ever checked out Gendis? Here is the site: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendis/search.htm After you click on click here, just put in the last name and see if you know any of these Cooleys. I don't know about sanilac county but here in Huron county there lives 3 Cooley families. You can go to this site and type in the last name and over on the right put the search on MI and you will find 344 Cooley families that were on social security in MI. I have a paid membership in this program and can see that there were many Cooley's in the census reports for Sanilac County. http://www.ancestry.com/ Ron [email protected] Researching: HAHN, KLING, MITCHEL-L EDLER & BOLZMANN Genealogy ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandy McDougall <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 3:42 AM Subject: MADISON/YORK TWPs > Hello All, > > My lost family here in Sandusky County was scattered to the winds. > > According to Pension Records: > > Charles COOLEY died about 1855 and his wife Mahailey about 1851. > > I have located three children who were "guardianed/farmed out?", two in > York Twp and one in Madison Twp. > > >From what I can ascertain there were about six children: > Reuben COOLEY > Loren/Louel COOLEY > Susan COOLEY > Samuel COOLEY > James COOLEY > Ella COOLEY > Dell/Della COOLEY > > I found Samuel age 6 living with the family of Joseph STEVENSON in York > Twp. in 1850 Census; Susan age 8 living with the family of William SAYONE > in York Twp also in 1850. I found James in 1860* living with the family of > Casper WHITING in Madison Twp. > > James, on his pension application stated his mother died when he was > about 5 years old and his father when James was about 9. I know Reuben, > Louel/Loren and Susan were born in New York, Samuel in Ohio and James > states he was born in Sandusky Co. > > On the Sandusky Census Index there is shown a Charles COOLEY living in > Green Creek, Sandusky COunty. Page 427. I have looked at two seperate > films and on neither is there a page 427..it just sort of skips over it. I > have not been able to verify this Charles living in 1850. At least two > children are living with other families........this may be due to the death > of the Mother. > > ANY clues about this family will be so gratefully received!!!!!! > > Thanks so much, Sandy (in Alaska) > > I have just sent to Fremont to try and find probate records for Charles or > his wife Mahailey. > [email protected] > >