This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mason, Russell, Perry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AC.2ACI/1577 Message Board Post: I am searching for the parentage of my gg gram Orilla M. Mason Russell b. abt.1840 VT or Canada (one census puts her at 1843...death cert. 1839) (Orilla married Henry Russell, 10 November 1857, Franklin, Vermont...both have French Canadian heritage) On her death cert. it lists Joseph Mason and Nancy? as her parents (the ? is literally there) Anyway, I found the following: I have Orilla "M" as her middle initial...there is a Martha age 7 (below), I find in 1850 a Nancy Perry 37 ....Newfane, Windham, VT but the listing is very odd...(advice) Vermont > Windham > Newfane 1850 Perry, Marten age 37 Betsy age 13 Nancy age 37 Stella age 11 ( is Nancy Marten's wife?) Vermont > Windham > Newfane 1850 census... I see this all as born VT, Ancestry has Albert transcribed as Illinois Joseph Mason age 49 Hannah age 52 Ora age 18 Orville age 17 Calesta age 15 Thomas age 12 Albert age 11 Almon age 11 Martha age 7 Vermont > Windham > Newfane 1860 census Joseph Mason age 64 b. VT Nancy age 48 b. NH Albert age 20 b. VT There is a 37 year old Nancy Webb in Rockingham, Windham but shes still there in 1860, and Nancy Perry is missing. The IGI has Martin Perry marrying Nancy Warner: 12 JUN 1834 Dover, Windham, Vermont The IGI has Joseph Mason marrying Hannah Barnes: 14 APR 1830 Townshend, Windham, Vermont This may be the key to a brick wall, the IGI has Martha "C" as Joseph's daughter...however, "C" and "O" look too much alike, and as in a lot of families her daughter went by her first name some times and middle at others.