That is certainly good to know! I was a bit confused when I read Louisa had been a widow...I had planned on looking deeper into that, but I'm glad it was cleared up. I will be going to Lincoln Co later this week to the courthouse to do more research on the Thompson/Rorex connection. Catharine Thompson, daughter of Louisa and William Thompson was my ggggrandmother. Another thing, I believe Louisa was married to William Thompson, not David Thompson. They married in 1845 in Lincoln Co....just a guess here, but David may have been William's brother, as Louisa's children Catherarine, age 13, is living with David Thompson and his family in 1860. Anna was his mother, and another Catharine was in his household, maybe a sister. There is a Patrick Thompson living close by who may also be a brother. He married Mary Pulley(Pully) of Lincoln Co. The William Rorex living with Louisa in 1850, was her half brother. Nancy Holman living with W.P. was William's sister. They were children of David Rorex, Sr. and Jane__? David, Sr. had been married twice. Not much is known of his first wife Jane and their children. Their son, William D. Thompson, may have changed his name to William D. Rorex after 1850 and Louisa's death. He is living as William Rorex, age 16, with Enos and Mary Wilson in Lincoln Co. On 14 Feb 1867 William D. (Thompson)Rorex married Lucy Johnson. They had a son Richard, who later married Lou Forester in 1891 in Lincoln Co. The ages of Catharine and William in 1850 and 60 makes sense. They were 3 and 6 in 1850, 13 and 16 in 1860. Not sure how the Wilson family connects, if at all. The changing of names has been a real headache for the Rorex researching....just digging deeper into the census and a little detective work turned this up for me. Still needing info on the Thompsons, though. Judy Sanders ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia L Ginny Keefer in LasVegas" <ginnykeefer@cox.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:19 AM Subject: [LCT] Fw: John Street > Lincoln Co Rorox researchers. Diane Casey is absolutely correct. The two > lines were written one close under the other. I did not notice * on one and > ** on the other,indicating the notes were about two different people. I > wondered when I typed the Ancestry.com post that it did not mention John > Street as the first spouse of Louise Rorex. I made a big error and I am > sorry. Please forget Louise being a widow. That is not true. Thank you > Diane. When anyone of a family I post about sees a mistake, PLEASE contact > me or POST the error on LCT site. I never want to mislead anyone and do not > know the families so I would not be able to notice an error. Ginny Keefer > ************************************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Casey" <ILuvAZ@cox.net> > To: <ginnykeefer@cox.net> > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:02 PM > Subject: John Street > > > >I have copy of 1850 LCT census book with Mrs. Lewter's notes in it. She has > >the following info added; > > > > HH 292 > > Louise Thompson age 28 b TN > > Catherine age 3 TN > > WILLIAM D. age 6 TN > > WILLIAM ROROX /Rorex age 45 laborer > > > > August 7, 1845 William Thompson married Louise Rorax/Rorex in Lin Co TN. > > Louise was a widow of John Street who died in 1845 and was a son of Asa > > Street. > > > > ************* > > > > Ginny- > > I disagree with your statement that Louise Rorex was the widow of John > > Street. > > I think there are different editions of the 1850 annotated census. > > > > Here is what mine says: > > > > HH292 > > *Louise Thompson > > > > .... > > ... > > HH295 > > **Mary Street > > > > * Aug 7 1845 Wm Thompson m. Louisa Rorex LCT > > ** Widow of John Street who dies 1845, son of Asa Street. > > > > > > I think the notation of "Widow of John Street who dies 1845, son of Asa > > Street." is referring to Mary Street who in my book has the two asterisks > > next to her name. > > > > Do you agree? > > Thanks, > > Diane > > > > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Register yourself with other LCT researchers: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnlincol/volun.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >