A Mystery!! :-) TANK CORP wrote: > I am trying to find any information on Julia A. Smith b. 1860 in Cocke County, > TN. Her father was Thomas Smith and mother was Mary (Margaret) Cluck. She > had a brother by the name of Franklin Pearson Smith b. 1857. > > On the 1900 Cocke County, TN census - Julia's daughter, Bonnie, is in the > household with Franklin and his second wife, Alice Correll and his children, > Noah, Belle and Hester. I don't know if Julia died by this time - or why her > daughter was living with her brother's family. I don't know who Julia > married. How do you know that Bonnie is Julia's daughter? Do you know when Bonnie died? Can you get a copy of Bonnie's death certificate? It may list her parents' names. In the 1900 census, is Bonnie's surname Smith? If so, perhaps Julia never married. OTOH just because the census says Smith doesn't mean Bonnie's surname *was* Smith. I've found that repetitious info such as state of birth and surnames of people in a single household are often assumed to be the same when in fact they're not. How old was Bonnie in 1900 when the census was taken? If she's between 11-20 then perhaps you can find Julia and her husband with a young Bonnie in the household in the 1880 census. You'd have to know Bonnie's surname to get this info, though. Also, take Bonnie's approximate age from the 1900 census and see if any marriage records exist for that year and 2-3 years prior. Again, you need the surname (and marriage records may not be available from this long ago). I'd go on a search for Bonnie's death certificate and obituary if you know when/where she died. If this is very important to you (if Julia is in your direct line) then perhaps you can trace Frank's children and contact one of his grandchildren. They may remember "Aunt Bonnie" and where/when she died, perhaps some other stories that would include Julia and whether she was married, divorced, or when and where she died. Leslie