In a message dated 4/14/2011 19:45:30 Eastern Standard Time, alissa.booth@comcast.net writes: I did see an Iowa census that lists Mary Moore from Pennsylvania in 1925 with father John Borland and mother Margaret Carnes. Now, I know John and Margaret had a son John Jr. that served in the War of 1812. This could quite possibly be the John and Eliza that you see in the 1850 and 1860 censuses with a daughter Margaret. Could be there was just a mix up by the daughter between the wives of the two Johns? There is a report of Pennsylvanian ex-soldiers living in Iowa that lists a John Borland. I've forwarded this to a descendant of Mary Borland Moore. We wondered if perhaps daughter Susan didn't really understand the form and may have listed "her" mother and then once again "her mother" -- actually Mary's grandmother, Margaret Carns. You know like our mobile society wasn't overly educated and when asked by an enumerator "where you from?" would list the last place they lived, not where they were born. . I wasn't aware of an 1812 veteran John Borland or the report of PA ex-soldiers living in Iowa. We would have two Moores, Cornelius and Alexander in Iowa, both served from Westmoreland Co. We'll have to look into that. Could you direct us to the site? Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA