Hello, everyone. Darius H. WILLIAMS was my g-g'father. Here is what I know about him: b. 3 Oct 1856 in IL (info per death certificate) d. 2 Dec 1931 in Venice, Los Angeles Co., IL (same source) Father's name given as "George", birthplace NY. No name or birthplace given for his mother. (Info also per death certificate.) Found Darius in Clinton Twp., DeKalb Co., Illinois in the 1860 Census as follows: George WILLIAMS 35 MA Farmer Matilda " 25 Canada Housekeeper Darius " 3 IL unnamed boy " 2 mo. IL Later, in 1880, I found Darius (spelled 'Durias') in Winfield Twp., Cowley Co., Kansas. He age was given as 24, birthplace given as IL (but no birthplace indicated for either of his parents), unmarried, a farmer, and living alone. Since he was found living just 12 households away from my future g-g'mother, Annie E. COTTINGHAM, I am pretty doggone certain that this is my guy. An additional search of the 1880 Census for his parents/siblings yields a George WILLIAM [sic] & family listed in Buckingham Twp., Kankakee Co., Illinois: George WILLIAM Self M M W 53 NY/VT/MA Blacksmith Mary WILLIAM Wife F M W 42 Can/Can/Can Chas. H. WILLIAM Son M S W 19 IL Emmily [sic] WILLIAM Dau F S W 12 IL John WILLIAM Son M S W 9 IL May WILLIAM Dau F S W 1 IL Although I can't prove it, I have a gut feeling that this Darius' family. Their son, Chas. H., 'fits' the 2 mo. old "unnamed boy" shown in 1860 for age, gender and birth location. Also, "Mary" was a popular nickname for "Matilda". As for the slight disparity in birth location for George (MA vs. NY) . . . well, we've all seen it. Sometimes I think these folks simply didn't really KNOW where they were born. Is there anyone out there who might be able to validate or disprove this as the family of "my" Darius WILLIAMS? Thank you all in advance. Clarissa