I found my Catharine REED'S family! After 10 years of futile searching for an Irish gggrandmother I come to find that she was German! I found Catharine's sister's gggranddaughter on a message board and she had census, pictures etc. Oh Happy Day! Catharine REED b. 28 Dec. 1847 in Baden, GER Parents Philip REED b: 1815 in GERMANY d: April 21, 1897 in WINAMAC, PULASKI, IN b: BURIED IN ONARGA CEMETERY, IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS +MARGURETTE "MARGARET" _____ b: October 16, 1820 in GERMANY d: March 2, 1891 in CHICAGO, COOK, IL b: BURIED IN ONARGA CEMETERY, IROQUOIS COUNTY, ILLINOIS Frederic REED b. 1850 MD Elizabeth REED b. 1853 VA John REED b. 1854 VA/OH Mary REED b. 1859 IN Philip REED b. 1861 IN George REED b. 1863 IL Catharine m. 23 Dec. 1867 in Iroquois Co., IL my gggrandfather Joseph MAHER b. 1835 Laghile, Co., Tipperary Ireland moved to his uncle's plantation in Milliken's Bend, LA in 1842 to be raised by his uncles. Catharine REED MAHER & Joseph MAHER eventually moved to St. Louis, MO Children: Albert F. MAHER Philip P. MAHER Mary  MAHER Matthew F. MAHER Joseph MAHER Irene MAHER Frank MAHER Catherine MAHER My ggrandfather Albert F. MAHER, b. 17 March 1869 MO m. (Alice) Bell OGBORN b. 16 May 1871 Du Quoin, Perry Co. IL Ch: Jos. F. Maher, my grandmother: Ruth Elizabeth MAHER b. 23 Aug 1893 St. Louis, MO m. Joseph Pollard STEWART B. 2 Oct., 1893 Poplar Bluff, MO Ch: my father Joseph Grafton STEWART b. 15 Mar 1915 St. Louis, MO, Harry P. STEWART, Eugene STEWART Joseph m. Mary Patricia O'NEIL b. 26 Oct. 1918, NY, NY m. 20 Oct. 1948 Ch: Joseph Grafton STEWART, Jr. b. 27 Aug 1949,  Edward O' Neil STEWART b. 18 May 1951, Mark Maher STEWART b. 19 Aug 1953, Mary Elizabeth STEWART (Me) b. 26 Mar 1956, St. Louis, MO Best, Mary Stewart [email protected]