I hope you can give me some direction to go in finding my husband's great grandfather after 1880 and before 1864. This is possibly his immigration record: Name: Val Schneider Arrival Date: 26 Oct 1864 Estimated Birth Year: 1844 Age: 20 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Louisiana Port of Arrival: New York Line: 1 Microfilm Roll: 246 List Number: 1062 This is taken from his Declaration and Naturalization record which we have a copy of: Declaration of Intention, 30 Oct, 1869 in Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, NJ before Clerk of Common Pleas, William Ross, Jr.. Valentine Kesselring Attested he had been in the country for at least 5 years. Naturalization -Valentine Schneider signed "Valentin Snyder" and gave up allegiance and fidelity to the King of Bavaria, November 1, 1871. His marriage from Ancestry.Com New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 Name: VALENTINE SCHNIDER Spouse: CATHERINE SCHMIDT Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1870 County: Somerset State: NJ Here he is in 1870: CENSUS - U. S. 1870 Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, Post Office Raritan Enumeration day 22 June 1870, page 390 Valentine Snyder, age 28, male, white, factory hand, no value of real estate, no value of personal estate, born Germany, Father and mother of foreign birth, no other marks; Catharine Snyder, age 23, female, white, born Germany, father and mother of foreign birth. Here he is in 1880: 1880 U.S. Federal Census > New York > New York > New York > District 84 Madison 194 household 177 enumeration date June 5 1880 Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Wallentine SNYDER Self M Male W 35 BAVARIA Shoemaker BAV BAV Catharine SNYDER Wife M Female W 33 PRUSSIA House Keeper PRU PRU John SNYDER Son S Male W 5 NJ BAV PRU Maggie SNYDER Dau S Female W 2 NJ BAV PRU Kate SNYDER Dau S Female W 1 NY BAV PRU Source Information: Census Place New York, New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York Family History Library Film 1254870 NA Film Number T9-0870 Page Number 296A Here is his son in 1900 and 1910: 1900 U.S. Census . New Jersey . Hudson . Other Townships . ED# 102 Enumerated 8 June 1900, New Jersey, Hudson, Jersey City, First Precinct, Fourth Ward, York Street, #274 Snyder, John, head, white, male, Apr 1873, age 27, married one year, born New Jersey, father and mother born Germany, clothing salesman, can read, write, speak English, rents home Snyder, Dorothy, wife, white, female, June 1880, age 19, married one year, mother of one living child, born New Jersey, both parents born Germany, can read, write, speak English Snyder, Dorothy, daughter, born February 1900, born NJ ********************************************* 1910 United States Federal Census > Rhode Island > Providence > 7-wd providence > District 229--enumerated 27 April 1910 - 143 Roger Williams Ave. Schneider, John, head, age 37, married 11 yrs, born NJ, parents born Ger, Salesman clothing store Schneider, Dorothy, wife, age 30, married 11 years, born NJ, parents born Ger Schneider, Dorothy C, dau, age 10, born NJ Schneider, Edna E, dau, age 8, born NJ Schneider, Marie F, dau, age 6, born NJ Schneider, John Jr, son, age 3, born RI He seems to have fallen off the face of the earth after 1880. Dotty Sprague Cole Lake Mary, FL