Funny how in running out of places to check, you go b ack and look at some things again. I was looking at the 1820 census yesterday, it's one of those censuses that have numbers of males and females, and their age groups. How many of you have printed out the census forms and read all the little extra boxes? I just learned something new, and I wanted to share it. This is also for anyone having an interest in Samuel A. Gibson. There has been a little controversy, discussion, or differences of opinions on who the parents of Samuel A. Gibson may be. I won't get into that here, but it may simply come down to where he was born. In some of the censuses, a couple of Samuel's children state that he was born in Ireland, while a couple others just say PA. I wonder why would there be a discrepancy. Now in the 1820 census for Samuel A.Gibson, the box "foreigners not naturalized" there is a "1" . This means that there was one person in his household who was of foreign birth. It wasn't any of his children. It wasn't his wife, Mary Stewart Gibson, she was born in Maryland. So, it must have been Samuel Gibson! Now the history of Indiana County says that "Samuel Gibson and his sister, Margaret, were of the Manor Settlement". Margaret Gibson married Mary Stewart's brother, James Stewart. In the 1820 census for James Stewart, there is also a "1" in the "foreigners not naturalized" box. It's not any of the children. It wasn't him, because he was born in Maryland. James' mother, Elizabeth St. Clair, was living with them at the time, but she was born in York Co. ( in fact Elizabeth's father was born in York Co.) So, the "1" must be for Margaret Gibson, meaning that she, like her brother, Samuel, is a foreigner. To me this is a great little discovery. -Gary T. Gibson