This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowles, Farrand Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/427.4 Message Board Post: Hello! I too am hunting down Farrand/Ferrands in Grant Co., WI, and also Bowles. I'm not sure if they are in any way related to the Nathaniel or Ira Farrand groups you folks are researching, but it is possible. John Andrew Bowles m Jane Farrand/Ferrand in 1876 in MI --probably in Belding, Ionia County. They were my GG Grandparents. John is listed with father William in 1860 in Potosi, WI: William BOWLES......43m...Lead Miner..... 60.....Virginia Margaret...................35f....................................Ohio Robert......................17m.........D .......................Illinois William E..................15m..................................Wisconsin Eliza J......................11f ........................................D John A.......................8m........................................D Francis E...................6f .........................................D William H...................3m........................................D After scrolling thru Potosi in the 1870 Census, I found Jane--perhaps 2x? Knapp, Charles......30m....Carpenter...400 200.....Connecticut Imogene................28f......K. House....................New York Arthur...................5m........................................New York .FERRAND, Jane..14f.......Housekeeper..............Michigan FARRAND, Ebenezer...59m...Farmer...850 825.....Canada Chloe A.......................48f.....K. House................New York Jane C........................14f......at home..................Michigan Silas A.......................12m....Wks. on Farm ........Michigan Andrew.......................10m..................................Michigan Nancy.........................8f.....................................Michigan I also found John with his family again--last name misspelled- in the 1870 Census in Potosi. I am assuming that Henry is the William H of 1860 (altho the age is off), but I have no idea where Robert or William E went: BOLLES, William.....51m....Lead Miner.....200........Virginia Margaret..................42f......K. House....................Ohio Eliza........................20f......At Home....................Wisconsin John........................18m....W. on Warehouse.......Wisconsin Francis....................16f.......At Home....................Wisconsin Henry......................18m.....Works on Farm..........Wisconsin Elmer.......................5m......................................Wisconsin I tried to find Ebenezer Farrand in the 1860 census, and found this in Eureka, Montcalm, MI. I dismissed it at first because Jane wasn't on it, but she is probably the Cordelia listed here, and everything else looks right--except that he was born in Vermont and not Canada? Unless his part of Vermont became Canada?. Ebenezer FARRAND....47m..Farmer...1500 250......Vermont Chloe A......................35f.....................................New York Caroline T...................16f.....Domestic...................Michigan Fulton.........................15m........................................do. Ladena A (?)................12f..........................................do. Edwin R.......................9m.........................................do. Cordelia J.....................5f...........................................do. Silas A........................2m..........................................do. Andrew J....................10/12 m....................................do. Any further verification, information or clarification would be wonderful and very appreciated!