Hi Carol I cant help you withyour research but I can tell you that the census records are sometimes very wrong . For instance in one record my grand father is listed as a female. In another my mother, Zena, was listed as Ruth. You can not take all the information you find as correct. Dennis Rickard ---------- > From: CMMEADOWS2@aol.com > To: PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PAWAYNE] Gaston Family of Damascus Township > Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:48 AM > > Hi All, > > I hope someone can help me unravel this mystery. > > In my database I have an Ezra Gaston, son of John R. Gaston and Sarah T. > Conklin (She married Edward S. Turner after the death of John R. Gaston in the > Civil War.) > > In the 1900 Census for Damascus Township, his mother is shows as Sarah T. > Gaston. I have assumed that the census taker made the assumption that her last > name was Gaston instead of Turner. Or did she marry another Gaston after the > death of Edward Turner? I don't have a death date for Edward Turner. > > In the 1910 Census there is a Jane E. Potter living in the household of Ezra > Gaston. The relationship of Jane E. Potter to Ezra says mother. Now if in > 1900 his mother was Sarah T. How could his mother also be Jane E. in 1910? > > Ezra's wife was Jennie Slater, whose parents from the 1880 census were Samuel > and Mary (not Jane E., so the 1910 Census entry can't have been meant to be > mother-in-law either). > > I hope there is a Gaston researcher or another Potter researcher who can help > me unravel this mystery. > > Thanks in advance. > > Carol Potter Meadows > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > If you can't visit the area you are researching, check with your local > Family History Center. They may be able to get the records you require > on microfilm. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >