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/1015.4 Message Board Post: Diana, I just took a look at the 1910 census you mentioned. I see that both Aaron and Mary indicate this is their second marriage. Note that Mary has borne 3 children and all 3 are living as of the census enumeration. Because Leroy and Clarence are referred to as "sons" (rather than stepsons) in the census, it appears that is that they are Aaron's children from his marriage to Emeline PAFFORD. However, Aaron may have adopted them, and they may in fact have been Mary's children from her first marriage, so Aaron might not be their biological father. One thing that is bugging me is that I can't find either Clarence or Leroy in the WWI draft cards database. I see Leroy and Bertha in Muscatine in 1920. Do you know where Clarence was? One other idea: you say that Leroy's mother's name is illegible on the marriage license; I assume this is the legal document issued by the county or state. Does the record indicate who married them? If it was a clergyman, there may be a church record of the marriage; that document might be more legible than the civil document.