Someone on another list has given me the following from the 1910 census as being the only Robert JONES born 1856 in Wales shown as residing at that time anywhere in the USA: "Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index Name: Robert Jones State: PA (Pennsylvania) Age: 54 County: Lackawana, (City:) Scranton Apparently, he's living with the "Morgans" family: Edward, 45 Rachael, 43 Evan T., 12 Christina, 11" If this is really the only person of that name of that age and birthplace he could well be my missing great grandfather who I have been searching for, for many years. Can anyone tell me anything more about him or tell me of any likely sources of inforamtion? I don't have access to the US census. David Railton Cheshire England

Well...depends on how you look at things. How positive are you that whoever talked to the census taker knew his age? Or that he remembered it right? Or that you're right about it? This guy immigrated 1884; was a miner; Born March 1857, pe 1900 census; married 28 yrs per 1910 census; Did he have an uncle William? 1880 census, possibly in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania. Any of that sound familiar? Ancestry.com has the US census online as well as some of the English ones. (A month's subscription is probably pretty cheap now that the dollar is in the toilet.) They way they calculate ages, you should check at least 1 year on either side, and maybe more. There were actually 8 Robert Jones born within one year either side of 1856 in the whole US in 1910: Robert E Jones Sarah E Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, CA abt 1855 Wales Head Robert W Jones Jane Brookside, Fremont, CO abt 1855 Wales Head Robert W Jones Kathrine Van Buren, Clay, IN abt 1856 Wales Head Robert E Jones Lizzie Paddock, Gage, NE abt 1857 Wales Head Robert Jones Jennie Rome Ward 6, Oneida, NY abt 1856 Wales Head Robert T Jones Deerfield, Portage, OH abt 1856 Wales Head Robert Jones Scranton Ward 2, Lackawanna, PA abt 1856 Wales Boarder Robert H Jones Catherine Peach Bottom, York, PA abt 1857 Wales Head Susan in Santa Cruz, Ca -----Original Message----- From: David Railton <railton.david@btinternet.com> To: LACKAWANNA <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 3:20 am Subject: [PALACKAW] Robert JONES - Lackawanna - 1910 Someone on another list has given me the following from the 1910 census as being the only Robert JONES born 1856 in Wales shown as residing at that time anywhere in the USA: "Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index Name: Robert Jones State: PA (Pennsylvania) Age: 54 County: Lackawana, (City:) Scranton Apparently, he's living with the "Morgans" family: Edward, 45 Rachael, 43 Evan T., 12 Christina, 11" If this is really the only person of that name of that age and birthplace he could well be my missing great grandfather who I have been searching for, for many years. Can anyone tell me anything more about him or tell me of any likely sources of inforamtion? I don't have access to the US census. David Railton Cheshire England ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com