This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TRACE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GdSBAIB/69 Message Board Post: Below is an 1880 census image of Abram J. TRACE. I have an Abram J. TRACE in my line that not much is known about: Initially found by me in Census records! Household: 1880 Federal Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Charles H. GERARD Self M Male W 28 N.Y. Dentist N.Y. N.Y. Ella GERARD Wife M Female W 25 ILL. Keeping House KY. VA Iva Lee GERARD Dau S Female W 4 ILL NY ILL Charles GERARD Son S Male W 1 IOWA NY ILL Jacob HALL Other Male W 22 GERM Apprentice To Plasterer GERM. GERM. Mahlon GRIM Other W Male W 47 MD Sewing Machine Agent MD MD Abram J. TRACE Other S Male W 26 PA Laborer PA PA. <-- "OUR" ABRAHAM? Emma SMITH Other M Female W 19 PA Servant PA PA. William HARSHAW Other S Male W 19 IA Clerk In Dry Goods Store IRE PA. Lee BOOZ Other S Male W 21 PA. Clerk In Dry Goods Store PA. PA. Peter SCHWEISQUTH Other S Male W 21 ILL Harness Maker HESSE. D. HESSE. D. Source Information: Census Place Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254178 NA Film Number T9-0178 Page Number 530A His age coincides with mine exactly! Any info would be greatly apreciated! Sincerely, Doug