This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: king2rook1 Surnames: Dodds, King, Maxwell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.butler/9157/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have discovered what is very likely an error in many of the online databased that include this family. Here are the census data: 1850 N. Butler Twp. John Dodds, WM 55, farmer, PA Margaret ", WF 49, PA Susan ", WF 20, PA Isaih ", WM 16, farmer, PA Sarah J. ", WF 11, PA Geo H. ", WM 7, PA Susan King, WF 52, PA 1860 Connoquenessing Twp., Butler Co. John Dodds, WM 65, farmer, PA Margaret ", WF 60, PA Sarah J. ", WF 19, serving, PA George H. ", WM 17, serving, PA Elizabeth Maxwell, WF 7, PA John A. ", WM 5, PA Susan ", WF 2, PA Susan King, WF 65, weaver, PA The online databases routinely include Elizabeth Maxwell, John A. (often given as S, but A is correct), and Susan (age 2) as children of John and Elizabeth Dodds. However, the evidence suggests they are grandchildren. www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/MARRIAGES.htm Marriages in Butler Co. Dodds, Susanna (N. Butler) m. James Maxwell (West Connoquenessing) by Rev. Loyal Young, 9 Oct 1851. Susan apparently died before 1860, as James Maxwell is living along in that census. Here he is in 1870: 1870 Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA James Maxil, age 39, b. in Delaware Mary, age 35, PA Elizabeth, age 17, PA John, age 15, PA Maud, age 4, PA Ada, age 2, PA Flora, age 8/12, PA Remarried and with 2 of the 3 children from his first wife back at home. Young Susan's fate is unknown. The family is still there in 1880, when John is called John A. and is called a "medicine student." So in summary, it appears the kids of John Dodds and Margaret King Dodds were: Susan Dodds, b.c. 1830, m. James M. Maxwell, d. bef. 1860 Isaiah Lawrence Dodds, b.Oct 1834, m. Mary K. (b. PA, 1833, 1900 census) Sarah J. Dodds, b. June 1839, unmarried in 1880 and 1900 (still in Adams Co.) George Harvey Dodds, b. 1842, unmarried in 1880, not found 1900 Does anyone know anything about the identity of Margaret King? Does anyone know the identity of Mary K., wife of Isaiah Dodds? Trying to sort this family out. Thanks--Bill. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.