Ron, I can't help with your Thomas George PENFOLD I'm afraid, although I can place one of the PENFOLDs you have listed for the Buffalo/Niagara area. This one - S.G. Penfold about 1820 - will be my Standing George PENFOLD, chr 18 May 1820 in Petworth, Sussex, England who married Mary A. Carson 1846 in Lockport City. None of the other names look familiar to me, but at least you can rule one of them out and narrow your search down a little. Linda North Somerset, England linda@lindanet.co.uk Family tree at: http://www.lindanet.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Penfold [mailto:rlpenfold@hotmail.com] > Sent: 13 February 2003 01:27 > To: PENFOLD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Penfold] Thomas and William > > > > Dear Members, > My name is Ron Penfold and I live in Minot North Dakota. I am a > descendant > of Thomas George Penfold. He was my GGGramdfather and was born > on Dec 22, > 1817 in London or Sussex, and died May 27, 1888 in Massilon Iowa. > He lived > in Buffalo NY for several years and married my GGGrandmother > Elizabeth Parry > in 1844. I am stuck at trying to go back beyond Thomas. > I was given a tip by Ken, one of the list members, to approach > the problem > at a different angle and maybe someone might be able to connect with this > approach. > There is an 1844 Buffalo City Directory of a Thomas and William, both > Sailors living at 48 Indiana Street. There is also a record of William > Penfold and Maria Chapman being married on Sep 22 1847. The 1850 > census has > William and Maria living in Buffalo NY. His occupation was listed > as a Ships > Carpenter. They had two small children named Frank and John. > There were other Penfold's living in the Buffalo/Niagra area in > the 1850's > and they might be related. > Philip Penfold,born about 1821 > S.G. Penfold about 1820 > William Penfold about 1826 > Peter Unkown > Does anyone have any information that might shed a light on these > New York > Penfolds? I am particularly interested in William and Maria. I think they > might be the key in me going back further. Any help will be greatly > appreciated. > Thanks and Sincerely-Ron Penfold