Thanks for your reply. I did find a Thomas Curtin in the 1850 census 3-WD Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Roll 1003, pg. 317, age 35 with a wife named Ann, and daughters, Margaret and "L", both daughters were born in New York. I believe that Ann and Thomas married about 1850 as they have a child together in Milwaukee about 1851-1852 , another Thomas, (per 1856 Iowa state and 1860 Iowa federal census). They move to Iowa before 1854. According to the Curtin Clan genealogist, another researcher has done the Jeremiah Curtin family and this is the Thomas that links to him. The researcher said that Thomas married a widow. That makes sense since the maiden name of Margaret and Lettica is really McHugh. I don't know where the researcher got her info, since her email bounces now; so this is all second-hand and not sourced. Sure wish I could contact her...... I recently was able to obtain a copy of Jeremiah Curtin's memoirs, but haven't begun to go through it. I did note in the foreword that it was written after his death by his wife. Unfortunately his early years are discussed in about 10 pages or so. I didn't even have a chance to see if it's indexed. Powell's Books are wonderful. I may never be able to prove the lineage to Jeremiah Curtin, but my 80-year old mother says her grandmother told her we were related. When my youngest was in high school, she did a genealogy project about 1980 and my mother wrote it down back then too. Now how many people outside of Milwaukee are aware of Jeremiah Curtin's existence today? So Susan if you're out there, I'd love to talk to you. Pam Oregon