This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beer, Beers, McMillan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GaB.2ACE/650 Message Board Post: Assistance needed to identify the William Beer found in Paint, Venango County, Pennsylvania in 1840 with the following particulars: 1 male between ages 5 and 10, 1 male between ages 15 and 20, 1 male between ages 40 and 50, 2 females under the age of 5, 1 female between ages 5 and 10, 1 female between ages 10 and 15, 1 female between ages 15 and 20, and 1 female between ages 30 and 40. Would this area of Venango County in 1840 become part of Clarion County at its formation? I have a Sarah A Beers (born 1800 or 1801, birth surname unknown) who is found in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from the 1850 census until her death in 1879. She is listed in the city directories as the widow of William. She has known daughters Maria (who married Alexander McMillan), Margaret, Eliza V, Matilda, and Lavina (the latter two were born in the 1840s). The death records for Eliza and Matilda (Tillie) state that they were born in Clarion County. Would like to know if anyone can ID the above William Beer and whether or not my Sarah A Beers is connected to him.