Sorry I didn't reply earlier, Julia. Hotmail has begun to bunch all messages together, and I only now saw your reply My belief is that Elizabeth Denton was living with the "Dauphin" (Daffron) family, because the household number for William Denton is *after* Elizabeth's name. Since Nancy is not with Jonathan and Elizabeth Denton in 1850, she either isn't their daughter, was living elsewhere, or wasn't even a Denton. > From: FamRSearch@aol.com > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 08:21:18 -0500 > To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Inderminate mother > > Did you notice that in 1850 Census, just above your Joel Daffron (age 20) > and Mary (age 18), is the family of Jonathan Denton (age 58? and Elizabeth > (age 58) Jonas (age 32) and Isaac (age 14). > > This matches the Elizabeth Denton (age 67) living with Joel Dauphin (age > 35) in 1860 census. However, notice next person listed after Elizabeth is > William Denton (age 37) with Martha (age 47). So was she living with Joel > Dauphin or William Denton? > > Julia > > > In a message dated 12/6/2010 7:27:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > singhals@erols.com writes: > > Lila Garner wrote: > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > Someone has helped me find my William Dafford after a 25-year search. He > knew his name was "not exactly right" but there is enough evidence to > connect him to Joel Daffron. Joel "Dauphin" is found on the 1850 census of > Hamilton county, Tennessee; Joel "Doffin" in 1860 (I've added the variations on > the indexes at Ancestry.) > > > > Joel had a wife Mary 18, born Tennessee, literate, in 1850. > > > > William was 8 in 1860, and Joel now had a non-literate wife Nancy, 25, > born Tennessee. > > > > 1860, Hamilton County, Tennessee > > Joel 35 born Tennessee > > Nancy 25 born Tennessee > > William 8 born Illinois (mine--we knew he was born in Illinois) > > Isaac 5 born Georgia > > Elizabeth 4 born Tennessee > > Amanda 6/12 born Tennessee > > Elizabeth Denton 67 born Tennessee > > > > The Hamilton county courthouse burned and there are no marriage records > available, nor probate etc. There are deeds and I'm going to order them > tomorrow. > > > > How will I decide which children belong to Mary and which to Nancy? > Nothing in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index works. Naturally I'd like > Nancy to be William's mother because, with the Denton lady in the house, it's a > clue that Nancy *may* have been a Denton. > > > > I'd really like to enter William's siblings (and/or half-siblings) into > PAF, but I don't know which wife to give them to. > > > > Lila > > So, like what you are going to DO with the data once it's in > PAF? That affects whether what I'm about to say will work > for you or not. > > IF the only thing you're putting into the database is what > you intend to take to Temple (if you're LDS) or what you've > proven with an affadavit from St. Peter (if you're not LDS), > just click NEXT or DELE now. > > > > > > > If you're using your database as I do for a filing system > (g), this will at least get everyone in there: > > Attach all children to the first wife (because she's the one > who will appear first all the time in PAF), then the ones > you have some serious questions about, mark the parent link > as CHALLENGED. On Daddy, each wife, and each child, put > into the NOTES the following statement : "Until it can be > determined which wife bore which child, for the convenience > of the genealogist, all children are listed with the first > marriage. As the parents are proven, the correction will be > made." > > Then, for giggles, check the 1870 and 1880 census for > everyone. I gotta tell you Tennessee to Illinois to Georgia > to Tennessee is a bit peculiar. Ms. Denton could as easily > be Dad's maiden aunt or a 3rd cousin twice removed as his > mother-in-law. > > FWIW > > Cheryl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message