Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Excitement!

So, I was doing a routine search on my great-grandparents from my father's side, the elusive Sarah and Peter. Found some interesting things on them! Well, they pop up in a census in 1900 as the Marrows, according to someones handwriting interpretation. Looking at it, it looks like an "n" at the end to me. Has all the same names and approximate birth dates for the boys too.
Anyhow, back on subject here, found a birth record for one of their sons in New York! The birth date was right, too! Also, found another listing for a girl child, Ann. I know that only the boys survived to adulthood, but I wonder if maybe this Ann is a child that died when she was young. Possible for that day and age. It's kind of exciting!
As for the 1900 census, I looked closely and noticed that they also list how long they've been married and how many years they've been in the United States. Very very exciting!
I just wish I could look up the actual census record for the Johnsons on Bubba's side. All I have to see is the typed up version. So I don't have any more info than what the people that were inputting the data deemed necessary. Oh well, maybe I'll eventually get to see it, if they post it online.

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