Does anyone have a John born into their Van families in Aug. of 1823? The name we have always used is Vanasdal, his was spelled Vanausdal in some records, but it had to have been changed at sometime or another to drop the "R". Trouble is, I don't know when and I'm absolutely stuck in trying to find his parents. I can't find his death certificate even though I know he died after Jan. of 1901. The censuses say he was born in PA, but it's possible that he was born in what is now WV. He was married to Deborah Jordan by 1859, but she may not have been his first wife. He lived in Licking Co., OH from at least 1860, but probably was there before then. There is a John Vanausdal listed in Licking Co. in 1850 census, but I can't positively identify that man as the same John. His wife, Deborah Jordan, had parents in Guernsey Co., OH in 1859, when her father died, and they could have been in Clermont Co. much earlier. He had children: Corridine (spelled as Cozine? and Consodine) in the censuses; Caroline; Lucinda; John Isaac; and Emily, born in the years 1851 through 1861. I know what happened to the boys, but have no idea what happened to the girls or who they may have married. John and Deborah stayed in Licking Co., OH until after the 1880 census and moved to Vigo Co., IN by the 1900 census. I have been unable to find them anywhere after that time, although they were mentioned as survivors in their son John Isaac's obit in 1901. HELP! Barb Vanasdal Johnson, in MS