Hi, Jim: It looks like Johanna was born in New York, according to the 1880 & 1900 census material: Series: T9 Roll: 1141 Page: 49 1880 - W. Hempfield, Lancaster Co., PA - 6/23/1880 Ferguson, Samuel - w - m - 35 - married - laborer - cannot read/ cannot write - PA/PA/PA --- Johanna - w - f - 34 - wife - married - keeps house - NY/PA/Canada --- Franklin J. - w - m - 13 - son - single - laborer - attended school within yr. - PA/PA/NY --- Clayton A. - w - m - 9 - son - single - at home - attended school within yr. - PA/PA/NY --- Fanny A. - w - f - 5 - dau. - single - PA/PA/NY --- Mary Ann - w - f - 1 - dau. - single - PA/PA/NY Series: T623 Roll: 1426 Page: 293 1900 - W. Hempfield, Lancaster Co., PA - 6/8/1900 McKonly, Harvey - head - w - m - 3/1870 - 30 - married 8 yrs. - PA/PA/ PA - plasterer - rent/house --- Fannie A. - wife - w - f - 9/1874 - 25 - married 8 yrs. - 3 children/3 living - PA/PA/NY --- Mahlon - son - w - m - 12/1892 - 7 - single - PA/PA/PA - at school --- Cora A. - dau. - w - f - 4/1896 - 4 - single - PA/PA/PA --- Clayton - son - w - f - 6/1898 - 1 - single - PA/PA/PA Ferguson, Joanna - mother-in-law - w - f - 10/1850 - 49 - widowed - 9 children/4 living - NY/England/Canada Hope there's something useful here. Debra On Oct 26, 2008, at 5:13 PM, WolfordMigration@aol.com wrote: > Frank(lin) Julius was born ca 1867. His mother was Johanna Allen > and his > father was Unknown. He was born out of wedlock. His father was from > York PA. I > know this is a long shot but I am wondering iof any Julius > researchers know > anything about Johanna. She subsequently married Sam Ferguson and > lived in the > Mountville area. Frank returned to York Co to live with his > father's people. > > Family legend says she grew up in an orphanage in York. Any > suggestions on > where this might have been in 1850' early 1860's? Did orphan trains > bring > children to York? Are there any records of this? > > Thanks > > Jim In Dover > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in > just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211625659x1200715650/aol? > redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx? > sc=668072&hmpgID=82&bcd=emailf > ooter) > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http:// > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of > gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to > gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAYORK- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message