I posted this earlier - but it didn't post. I have Thomas M Moore, Lower Oxford Township, age 30 in 1850 census, farmer, owned land worth $800, wife Emeline, age 22, son William E., age 7 months. Elizabeth Riker, age 60 and born in NY, appears to have lived in the same household. I need Thomas's parents, wife's maiden name and parents, and what happened to him. By 1860, this family lived in Lancaster County and he is a laborer. In 1870, the family was still elsewhere and I do not yet know where. They weren't some place real logical, like in Wilmington, in Maryland, in Lancaster County, in Berks or Dauphin Counties, and probably not in Philadelphia. By June 1880, Thomas's son Charles (not born until 1859) was married to a girl who lived in Dauphin County near Steelton and Highspire. They may also have lived in Reading, Berks Co for a time, as the girl's family lived there, too, and a child was reported to have been born there. In 1900 Charles Moore lived in Wilmington with wife and children, because he had kin of some sort living there at that time. Between 1904 and 1908, the family moved to Philadelphia. And some terrible story the relatives don't want to tell contributed to the wandering. Thomas Moore is reported born on Pennsylvania with absolute consistency. Emaline/ Emeline is sometimes reported as being born in Maryland,other times in Pennsylvania. 1850 census has: Thomas Moore age 35, laborer, no real estate, personal property valued $75, b PA. Emaline, age 29. b Maryland. Unable to read and write. And probably the informant. If Thomas was a laborer he was at work when the enumerator stopped by. Appears she also could not count. Though my literate Weiss 3X ggparents got everyone's ages as wildly off. William age 12 Elizabeth age 7 Francis age 6 Ida age 4 Charles age 11 months (exactly correct). The name Francis should be a clue; more than likely it appears elsewhere in Thomas's or Emaline's/Emeline's family. Not many Moores with that name, but there were some, and a number of them lived in southeastern PA. Thomas the father of Charles was probably born about 1825-1830, Emaline/ Emeline was probably born 1828-1831, and William E. Moore probably really was born early in 1850. Charles Moore was born August 3, 1859. Could someone please look up this family in Passmore's Andrew Moore genealogy for me. This large Quaker family was all over the Wedge, a heritage that is suggested by the way this family and reports of them turn up all over Maryland, northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. A family from the region where noone behaved as if political boundaries near where the three state lines join would behave like this. Now the family has been pinpointed in Chester County and proven to have had roots there - Thomas, who was only 25 to 30 years old in 1850 when we know taht he owned the farm, at one point owned a moderate sized farm worth $800 in 1850. So the chances are real good that he is of the Andrew Moore family - though they could also have easily come from Ireland a generation earlier. It is not unlikely that Emaline/ Emeline really was born in Maryland, in Cecil County. Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/