Jon, I see online that you have done an enormous amount of research on your family.  Have you explored the spelling Van Arsdalen?  There are several of this spelling in the 1700's in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.  Check the LDS site.   Sandra --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Jon Wenzel <jdw22745@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Jon Wenzel <jdw22745@yahoo.com> Subject: [VAFAUQUI] Mary Bishop & Wes(t)ley Van Ausdeln To: VAFAUQUI@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 10:31 PM Hello, Mary Bishop was born December 1815 in Warrenting, Fauquier County, Virginia. She married Wes(t)ley Van Ausdeln on March 16, 1838 in Goshen, Belmont County, Ohio. Mary died in 1853 in Van Buren County, Iowa. It sounds like Mary could have died during child birth. She gave birth to their fifth child, Mary A. in 1853 in Iowa. She is buried at Zion Cemetery, Van Buren County, Iowa. Their third child, John Luke Van Ausdeln born on March 1, 1843 in Goshen, Belmont County, Ohio and died in 1926 was my Gr. Gr. Grandfather on my father's mother's side. Can anyone, please, supply me with information on Mary Bishop's or Wes(t)ley Van Ausdeln's parents. Thank you for your help. Have a good, Jon Wenzel in Mariposa, California       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message