At 10:01 AM 8/10/2006, Mary Thiele Fobian wrote: > >In Washington and Elizabeth ELLIS's household in the 1850 census, >13-year-old Yerelda J. is enumerated; the initial J might be for >Jane. (Note, however, that there is a marriage record for Zerelda Jane >ELLIS, to LLOYD L. CARTER on 24 Apr 1859 in Grant Co.) The Zerelda listed in the 1850 census is, in fact, the Zerelda Jane who married Lloyd Carter and who was Washington and Elizabeth Blankenship's daughter. > Also, consider this: Agnes appears to be Washington ELLIS's third (or > later) wife, as he is listed with Elizabeth in 1850, with Nancy in 1860, > and with Agnes in 1870. It may be that Jane is Agnes's daughter by a > previous marriage. Agnes is Washington's 2nd wife. They were married in 1855 in Dubuque IA. Why she is not listed in the household in 1860 and a Nancy is, is a mystery. Agnes IS enumerated in the census over in Harrison. Nancy was NOT married to Washington. None of the family came from Tennessee, where she is listed as being born. The children in the 1860 household were listed as Harvey (James Harvey), Samuel, Ballam (Ballard), Eliza, Nancy & Martha. These were all Washington's children with his first wife. John, age 4, is Washington and Agnes' eldest son, and Louiza and James Cox are Agnes's children by her first husband, John Cox. >Note, too, that in 1850 and 1860 Washington has "extra" children with >other surnames in his household; if no other explanation emerges, consider >the possibility that Jane was fostered or adopted into the ELLIS household >and considered Washington and Agnes her parents for the purpose of listing >parents on a marriage record. What do you have listed in 1850? I transcribed this census decades ago and only have a listing of Washington, Elizabeth and 9 of their children, all with the last name of Ellis. See above for the explanation of the Cox children listed with Washington in 1860. Susan, Washington and Agnes's g.g.granddaughter