You are correct, Linda, I did find Clara in 1880. Thanks for catching that. I still need to identify her presumed Kepler husband. Dick ---------------------------- Richard M. Straw Talent, OR 97540 <[email protected]> ----- Original Message ----- From: LINDA GRAHAM To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Clara B. (Straw) Kepler Dick, there IS a family in the 1880 census, Vanango Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania consisting of: Michal [sic] J. Straw, age 32 Sarah Straw, age 22 Clara Straw, age 2. This little family would probably be where the story came that Michael J. Straw and Sarah were Clara's parents. There was, obviously, a Clara Straw born to Michael and Sarah. She would be 22 in 1900, and if she were the child the family you found in 1900, she would be away from home already. We never know how a person "hears" what the census taker says. If she "heard" the census taker say "How many children do you have and how many are still living AT HOME, her answer would have been accurate, and Clara might be hers. But, I feel I have probably just added to the confusion. At least you know that Michael, Sarah, and Clara were a family in 1880. Linda in Utah