R W Hughes wrote: > > If anyone has the Lancaster County portion of the 1850 Federal Census, > would you please check for the family of Nathaniel GAY and his wife > Margaret. Hopefully, it will show about 6 or 7 children. I really > appreciate your time and effort in this. > > Bill Hughes > [email protected] > Peoria, Arizona Reply: The Lancaster 1850 census-taker(s?), very unfortunately, rarely wrote out the given name, just used initials but there is only one Gay in the index. Household #1008 Gay, N. 30M $1000 farmer SC M. 30F SC N. 13F SC M. 12F SC J. 11M SC N. 9M SC E. 4F SC B. 3M SC G. 2M SC M. 1 F SC M.