Hi, David: The Harvy noted next on the census page seems to be the right age for his child, Harvey. As far as the Susan shown, maybe the census taker noted the name incorrectly or maybe it's a 2nd marriage or maybe a sister or maybe a housekeeper that they assumed was his wife... Have you looked for descendent info on Gov. Bradford? Maybe tracking from the other end of the trail will help you to make the connection...maybe. Good luck with your search! Debra On Dec 2, 2006, at 11:26 AM, David E. Cann wrote: > Debra, > > I had found this census entry some time ago, but I somehow cannot > convince > myself it is the same person based on information in the census. > The wife > is different, but I have reason to believe Sarah died and he may > well have > remarried. A lot of similarities exist though, and you have me > rethinking > the situation with your information below. > > This individual has been a stumbling block to me for quite some > time now, > but if I live long enough maybe someday I will find his parents so > I can > take it back another generation or two. We were always told by my > g-grandmother (his g-g'daughter) that he descends from Gov. > Bradford of the > Mayflower, which may or may not be true, but wherever the trail > leads me I'd > sure like to find his parents. > > In any event, I thank you for your reply. I will give this some more > thought, as this John Bradford could be him. > > > David E. Cann > [email protected] > [email protected] (alternate) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D. Kohler > Sent: Friday, 1 December 2006 10:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PA] John Bradford (1798- ) > > I made a mistake on this last post. It should have read: > >> Year: 1870; Census Place: Geneva, Jennings, Indiana; Roll: M593_329; >> Page: 93; Image: 186. Scipio P.O. 6/30/1870 Bradford, John - 71 - m >> - w - wheel wright - $---/200 - TN >> --- Susan - 64 - f - w - keeping house - keeping house - NY next >> household: >> Bradford, Harvy - 41 - m - w - farming - $3,000/439 - IN >> --- Marium - 37 - f - w - keeping house - IN >> --- John W. - 18 - m - w - at home - IN - attended school within >> year >> --- Emily - 16 - f - w - at home - IN - attended school within year >> --- Sidney - 14 - f - w - at home - IN - attended school within year >> --- Sarah C. - 11 - f - w - at home - IN - attended school within >> year >> --- Harvy - 6 - m - w - IN >> --- Mary E. - 2 - f - w - IN > > Sorry! > > Debra > <snip> > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http:// > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PENNSYLVANIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Debra, We're beginning to stray a bit off the topic of this list here now, but the questions you raise are similar to what I keep running into in trying to trace this line. In many way, it raises more questions than it answers, but I do not give up easily. As for the Bradford line, yes I am currently working on an ongoing project of tracing it out "from the other end" as well. Oddly enough, with the John Bradford in question being in my mother's ancestry, tracing the line from Gov. Bradford forward has disclosed no less than for confirmed connections with my FATHER's line, although not direct ancestors to me. I also have a copy of the Society of Mayflower Descendants "Silver Book" for the Bradford line, which contains confirmed and documented lineage, but it only goes for five generations, which is another reason I want to find John's parents. The Silver Book stops what I believe to be one generation too soon, so I cannot connect anything with any certainty. Anyway, we really are straying here, but I thank you for your help. I will go through your information in detail and see what I can find, and I do thank you for your help and suggestions. Somehow, someday I will find it. .hopefully. David E. Cann [email protected] [email protected] (alternate) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D. Kohler Sent: Saturday, 2 December 2006 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PA] John Bradford (1798- ) Hi, David: The Harvy noted next on the census page seems to be the right age for his child, Harvey. As far as the Susan shown, maybe the census taker noted the name incorrectly or maybe it's a 2nd marriage or maybe a sister or maybe a housekeeper that they assumed was his wife... Have you looked for descendent info on Gov. Bradford? Maybe tracking from the other end of the trail will help you to make the connection...maybe. Good luck with your search! Debra <snip>