This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YlB.2ACI/2001.1 Message Board Post: 1900 census 6 June 1900 Justice Precinct 6, Lamar, TX Pritchard, Thomas, b. Apr 1841, age 59, married 19 years (20 is crossed out), b. TN, parents b. TN, farmer, owns land - free of mortgage Mattie, Jan 1852, age 48, birth to 3, 2 living, b. KY, parents b. TN Aliga (Elijah?), son, July, 1882, age 17, b.KY Layfette, son, Jan 1888, age 12, b. TX So they were in KY in 1882, TX by 1888. They had another child, that died before 1900. Married about 1881 (1880-1882), subtracting 9 months from July 1882 = probably married before Nov 1881, but probably after June 1880 or they would have been 20 years. Probably close to 20th anniversary though. Probably married in KY? ****** 1910 3-Pct, Parker Co., TX Pritchard, Thomas E., 69, married twice, farmer Mattie, 58, married once, 28 years, birth to 2, 1 living, Layfayette 22, single, farm laborer ****** WWI Draft registration Name: Elijah Henry Pritchard City: Not Stated County: Hale State: Texas Birth Date: 21 Jul 1882 Race: White Roll: 1953521 DraftBoard: 0 occupation: farming Wife: Lucy Pritchard Height: medium has X, short has check mark Build: small checked Gray eyes, brown hair Sept 12, 1918 1920 census has "Eliza H. Pritchard in Hale TX with wife & children you list. 1930 Precinct 6, Weed, Otero, NM Pritchard, EH, 47, age 26 at marriage Wennie, 44, age 24 at marriage, b. TX, father b. MI, mother b. TN lists children you have