This is my biggest genealogical problem. WHAT IS THE MAIDEN NAME OF MARY ANN?? Since Mary Ann says on the 1880 census that she was b. in PA about 1813 and her parents in N.J. , I believe she may have been living in Warren Co. when she m. Jamon Beeman in 1831. I checked all families in the 1830 census who lived in Kinzua or Elk Townships (Warren Co.) and traced them to their roots. Then I traced the ones from N.J. and eliminated all but JONATHAN MARSH. (This eliminated Sylvanus Marsh, Stephen Hadley and Jonathan Pound). I believe Jonathan Marsh may be her father. They did not have any info on his family in the Warren Hist. Soc. I believe that I have checked all histories of McKean and Warren, all census, all deeds, but not all wills. I have corresponded with the Warren Co. Historical Society and have bought their publications, but I have not corresponded with the McKean Co. Historical Society and maybe they have something to help. Also corresponded with cousin Donald Beeman of Lewis Run, PA in 1971 when I wrote my Beeman book. The Marshes are a Quaker family and since Sarah Beeman Anderson (dau of Jamon and Mary Ann Beeman) said in the article in THE GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA that she and her brother were born at Quaker Hill Warren Co., I believe that they may be Quakers. QUESTION: WHERE WOULD THE QUAKERS FROM N.J. HAVE LEFT THEIR RECORDS WHEN THEY CAME TO WARREN COUNTY ABOUT 1813 WHEN MARY ANN WAS BORN? I have not found any records of a Meeting in Warren Co. HISTORY OF N.W. PA says p.638 that John and Hugh Marsh were first settlers about 1795 in Warren Co. History of McKean Co. p.280 says that Jonathan Marsh was one of the persons to lay out the road through the center of McKean Co. in 1838. Jonathan Marsh is on the 1850 census in Lafayette twp, McKean Co. close to Rufus Beeman, father of Jamon Beeman. The Andersons were prominent and I do have a copy of Sarah Beeman Anderson's obituary and write-ups from local histories, none of which mention her mother. Since her biographies say that either she or her husband (Sarah or Abraham Anderson) belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Equitable Aid Union, Union Lodge No. 334 and the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Bradford, and all before her death in 1917, I had thought of checking with those organizations to see if anywhere there might be a record of her mother's name with some membership application. QUESTION: WHERE COULD THOSE RECORDS BE FOUND? Hope I have described the problem or let me know if you need any other information. I would love to hear from anyone with some clues that might provide a solution. Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com