Jane, This may be Ruth's family in 1880 Grayson County. At any rate, it's the only Ruth Houser indexed in 1880 Texas: From the 1880 LDS census transcription: 1880 - Census Place: Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas Source: FHL Film 1255307 National Archives Film T9-1307 Page 277C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace J. H. HOWSER Self M M W 51 KY Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: KY M. E. HOWSER Wife F M W 30 VA Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA Emma HOWSER Dau F S W 14 IL Fa: KY Mo: VA Eddie HOWSER Son M S W 11 TX Fa: KY Mo: VA Paul HOWSER Son M S W 3 TX Fa: KY Mo: VA Ruth HOWSER Dau F S W 1 TX Fa: KY Mo: VA I went back to the 1900 Texas census, and checked every Houser and Howser family indexed in both Grayson and Fannin Counties, and did not find them. I also checked all "J" names, all "H" names and all female names beginning with M or E with no luck. I did find the brother Paul Howser in 1900 Travis County, boarding and attending school, at age 23. None of the other family members were found there, however. I also checked all the Ed and Edward Housers indexed and none of those fit either. Sorry I wasn't able to find them. Linda in Georgia Census/Cemetery Lookup Volunteer Genealogy is my ONLY business. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JTift@aol.com> To: <TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 5:48 AM Subject: [TX-CEN] 1900 Fannin County, Texas > I would sincerely appreciate a lookup for Ruth M. Houser. She would have > been about age 22 and still living with her parents. I am just guessing that > they were living somewhere around Fannin County. > > Jane Lindsey Tift, > <A HREF="http://www.familyorigins.com/users/t/i/f/Jane-L-Tift/">Family Origins Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: Searching for the Descendants > o</A>f My Ancestors > > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >