Carol, Agree. It may have been such a horror story for the children that the skedaddled as soon as they could! I did a search on Jeff and Jeffrey, but of course if it was his middle name that wouldn't work. It occurred to me that the Jefferson Tyler in Susquehanna Co. was the culprit and just never married Clara but that's pretty farfetched. Incidentally, I also checked the cemetery books yesterday and found Roscoe and his wife, but no sign of Jefferson or Clara. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <CMMEADOWS2@aol.com> To: <PAWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [PAWAYNE] ROSCOE TYLER > HI Ann, > > When I found Robert and noted his aged and birth year, I had the same thought > that Jefferson and Clara should be together somewhere in the 1880 census. > Too bad they didn't have a column to mark that the female was obviously > pregnant. > > I also had the thought that maybe the wrong first name was used for Jefferson > in the obit. I found that happened with one of my mother's grandfathers. > His father had the incorrect first name in the obit. > > It's possible that Jefferson and Clara were middle names and not the names > used on any census report. > > Maybe they never married because he was married to someone else and they just > had this long standing affair. > > Maybe her given name was Clara Sheldon Tyler and she never married anybody. > That would mean her middle name was Sheldon and it wasn't her maiden name. > > Sure wish someone who has been tracking this family would chime in their two > cents about now. > > Carol > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to visit the Wayne County Historical Society > 810 Main Street P.O. box 446 Honesdale, PA 18431 (570)253-3240 > wchspa@ptd.net > > ============================== > 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 > > >