[email protected] wrote: > > Thank you Clay Glenn. I think part of my problem may be her name is Olivia > Norton Hoffman. I'm not sure if Norton is her maiden name or a family > middle name, or Hoffman a previous marriage before her marriage to Fletcher > Young in 1903, or her maiden name. > But I will check out Meigs co. > Pat in Indiana Pat, It's possible that NORTON was her maiden name; I show a Harry J. NORTON and Olivia A. REDMAN marrying in Mason County, 03 Nov 1886. If your Olivia were their first child, that would make her about 16-17 years old, at her marriage in 1903. The only Olivia HOFFMAN (as a bride in Mason County) married a John MARTIN in 1832. There is a MARTIN female named Olivia, who married, 1838, one John M. WALLACE. This given name, "Olivia," may be a persistent naming thread, which can help you to ascertain who was named for whom. Have you sent a request to the Mason County Clerk's office, requesting a birth verification on your Olivia? That would give both of her parents' names. Good luck! Julie, endlessly sorting out dead relatives.....