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