Are you interested in census material? I found the following on Heritage Quest: Series: M653  Roll: 314  Page: 330 & 331 1860 - Inland P.O., Inland Twp., Cedar Co., IA - 8/13/1860 John S. McDonald - 26 - m - farmer - PA Rue...a McDonald- 22 - f - OH Emma McDonald - 2 - f - IA Series: M593  Roll: 413  Page: 216 1870 - 2-WD Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA - 6/25/1870 McDonald, J.S. - 35 - m - w - Grocer - PA ---------- Ruenza - 30 - f - w - keeping house - OH ---------- I.A. - 9 - f - w - IA ---------- Holli... A. - 3 - f - w - IA ---------- Edwin N. - 10 mos. - m - w - IA Frost, T.E. - 12 - m - w - IA Series: T623  Roll: 450  Page: 144 1900 - Second St., 3-WD Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA - 6/5/1900 McDonald, Ruanza* - head - w - f - 10/1838 - 61 - widowed - 5 children/2 living - OH/Maine/VA - N.G. Frazier, Hattie - daughter - w - f - 3/1867 - 33 - widowed - 1 child/1 living - IA/PA/OH - laborer -------- Ross - grandson - w - m - 4/1886 - 14 - single - IA/IA/IA *indexed as Ruama, looks like Ruanza to me Hope there's something useful here. Debra On Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004, at 11:34 US/Eastern, Heidi wrote: > > Looking for information about John S. McDonald born about 1834 in > Pennsylvania.---- Married to Luranza or Ruenza--- Children include > Harriet A. or Hollice A. and Edwin J. or Edwin A. and L.G. or I.A. > born about 1861 (I.A.= Ida Amelia) > > 1880 Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa cencus lists John's occupation as > insurance. John's father was born in Scotland and his mother in > Pennsylvania > > > ==== PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List ==== > If your Pennsylvania ancestor was German or Swiss, check out the > Pennsylvania Dutch Family History website at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ > > ============================== > 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 >