I'm doing research on my daughter's paternal ancestors, and have come to Dodge County (figuratively, not literally) in my research. My daughter's great-great-grandmother was "Jennie" THORPE (Jennie may have been short for Jeanette), she was born 16 Dec 1871 in Dodge County, Wisconsin. Her parents were Franklin THORPE & Julia BROOKS who were married in Dodge County on 17 Sep 1864. In the 1870 Census they are in Ward 3 of Beaver Dam: Frank THORP (age marked over) Day Laborer b. Canada Julia 24yrs b. New York Cornelia 11yrs. b. WI (apparently from a first Cordelia 11yrs. b. WI marriage by Franklin) Permelia 9yrs. b. WI (ditto) Willie 5yrs. b. WI Phillena 2yrs. b. WI In the 1880 Census they are in Dist. 3, Ward 1 of Beaver Dam: F. THORP 45yrs. Mason b. Canada (parents b: England) Julia 34yrs. b. New York (parents b: Canada/Vermont) Willie 15yrs. b. WI Anna 12yrs. b. WI Jani 7yrs. b. WI Rosi 4yrs. b. WI Charli 1 1/2yrs. b. WI Varny 6/12yrs. b. in Nov b. WI Anna BROOKS 20yrs. b. WI parents b: Canada/New York(sister-in-law) I believe I found Julia in the 1900 Census in Exelsior, WI: James WILSON b. May 1848 m. 4yrs b. MI pa.NY/NY Julia b. Apr 1842 b. NY pa.VT/VT Lee (son) b. Oct 1878 b. WI pa.MI/WI Louis THORP (step-son) b. Nov 1878 b. WI pa.Canada/NY I was unable to find Julia in the 1860 Census, but I did find her in the 1850 Census in Beaver Dam: Levi BROOKS 40yrs. b. VT Nancy 32yrs. b. VT Samuel 10yrs. b. VT Julia 5yrs. b. NY Sumner 2yrs. b. NY (male) I have been unable to find anything on Franklin before the marriage in 1864. I hope this sounds familiar to someone out there in America! ~~Bren I am now on MySpace! You can hear me sing at: www.myspace.com/brendahebert and my personal space is at www.myspace.com/brenhebert. Drop by and say hi! --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.