This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1048.2 Message Board Post: LaVon, here is a very good match for the family you described. It didn't occur to me earlier to search for Margaret under her middle name, which is how she is listed here. It *does* indicate that she was born in Wisconsin. Note that the older children's surname is SMITH, suggesting that SMITH was not Ann's maiden nam, but her surname from a previous marriage. Wm. PATTERSON Self M Male W 37 OH Stone Mason IRE IRE Anna PATTERSON Wife M Female W 46 NEW BRUNSWICK Keeping House ENG NEW BRUNSWICK Susan SMITH Dau S Female W 19 MI CAN NEW BRUNSWICK John SMITH Son S Male W 17 MI Common Laborer CAN NEW BRUNSWICK Jane PATTERSON Dau S Female W 13 WI At School CAN NEW BRUNSWICK Hope PATTERSON Dau S Female W 10 IA At School CAN NEW BRUNSWICK George PATTERSON Son S Male W 5 IA CAN NEW BRUNSWICK Fred BECKET Other S Male W 21 IA R.R. Laborer ENG ENG Willie LONG Other S Male W 26 NORWAY R.R. Laborer NOR NOR Joseph GRUBER Other S Male W 28 IA R.R. Laborer --- --- Source: 1880 US Census, Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa Family History Library Film 1254325 ; NA Film Number T9-0325 ; Page Number 401B