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<P>Tina;<BR><BR>Okay you can ignore the last half of this letter as by the time
I typed it Sue came up with the info I needed to actually help; I just left it
in incase the info is of use to someone else.<BR><BR>Looking for Stevens born in
Indiana in Or 1910 Census I came up blank, but in Iowa;<BR><BR>Series:
T624 Roll: 399 Page: 261 <BR> Surname
GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State
County Location Year<BR> STEVENS THOMAS
37 M W
IN IA
DALLAS WASHINGTON TWP 1910<BR><BR>Dwelling 50 household
51<BR>Stevens Thomas age 37 m. 13
Indiana, Ohio
Mass Farm
Steward<BR> Minnie(sp?) 36
13 1ch 1 living Iowa
Ohio Ohio<BR> Bessie
M 12
Iowa
Ind Iowa<BR><BR>Going back to 1900 then I find them in;<BR><BR>Series:
T623 Roll: 427 Page: 109 <BR> Surname
GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State
County Location Year<BR>STEVENS THOMAS 28 M
W IN IA DALLAS LINCOLN TWP 1900<BR><BR>Thomas
lists birthdate of June 1872 m. 3<BR>Minnie
april 1874(?)<BR>Bessie
Jan 1898<BR><BR>oddly enough he lists
parent's birthplaces as Michigan and Indiana?? every thing else checks out too
well for this not to be them. for what that's worth, it makes these folks look
very good for his family;<BR><BR>
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<TR>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Name </FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Relation</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT color=#dbdbc8>Marital
Status</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Gender</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Race</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Age</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Birthplace</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Occupation</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Father's Birthplace</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle bgColor=#336699><FONT
color=#dbdbc8>Mother's Birthplace</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#ffffff>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_0&frompage=5">William
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Self </TD>
<TD align=left> M </TD>
<TD align=left> Male </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 39 </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> Farming </TD>
<TD align=left> ENG </TD>
<TD align=left> ENG </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#efefe7>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_1&frompage=5">Louise
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Wife </TD>
<TD align=left> M </TD>
<TD align=left> Female </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 36 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> Keeping House </TD>
<TD align=left> --- </TD>
<TD align=left> --- </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#ffffff>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_2&frompage=5">Florence
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Dau </TD>
<TD align=left> </TD>
<TD align=left> Female </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 17 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> At Home </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#efefe7>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_3&frompage=5">Cora
B. STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Dau </TD>
<TD align=left> </TD>
<TD align=left> Female </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 15 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> At Home </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#ffffff>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_4&frompage=5">Blanche
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Dau </TD>
<TD align=left> S </TD>
<TD align=left> Female </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 12 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> At Home </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#efefe7>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_5&frompage=5">Finette
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Dau </TD>
<TD align=left> S </TD>
<TD align=left> Female </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 10 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> At Home </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#ffffff>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_6&frompage=5">Thomas
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Son </TD>
<TD align=left> S </TD>
<TD align=left> Male </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 8 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD></TR>
<TR bgColor=#efefe7>
<TD> <A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_7749877_7&frompage=5">Stella
STEPHENS</A> </TD>
<TD align=left> Dau </TD>
<TD align=left> S </TD>
<TD align=left> Female </TD>
<TD align=left> W </TD>
<TD align=middle> 5 </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD>
<TD align=left> </TD>
<TD align=left> MI </TD>
<TD align=left> IN </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN
class=individualLabel><FONT size=+1>Source Information:</FONT></SPAN><BR>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD 10??> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top><B>Census Place</B></TD>
<TD vAlign=top>Colfax, Dallas, Iowa</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width=10> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top><B>Family History Library Film</B> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top><A
href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C180%2C0&filmno=1254335"
target=_parent>1254335</A></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width=10> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top><B>NA Film Number</B> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top>T9-0335</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width=10> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top><B>Page Number</B> </TD>
<TD vAlign=top><A
href="javascript:imageWindow=open('1880USCensusCost.asp','imageRecord','menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=440');imageWindow=open('http://www.ancestry.com/FamilySearch/?nara=T9-0335&pgno=227A&irecid=1880US_7749877_0','imageRecord','menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=440');imageWindow.focus();">227A</A>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR>Of the seven Thomas Stevens's b. bet 1870 and
1874 listed in this 1880 LDS index that is the only likely looking
pair.<BR><BR><BR>I was going to pass on this one because it is very hard to pin
someone down with just a name, but checking against the death index stuffpat
came up with andlooking in Marion county in 1900 I came up with some interesting
names, they probably "aren't" your folks and it is just
coincidence;<BR><BR>Series: T623 Roll: 1349 Page:
41 <BR><BR><BR>Surname GivenName Age Sex
Race Birthplace State County Location
Year<BR>STEVENS BENJAMIN P 74 M W MA
OR MARION GERVAIS PCT 1900<BR><BR> Dwelling 144
household 145<BR>Stevens, Benjamin (J?) b. July 1826 age 73 m.
27
Mass. Mass.
Mass. no occup
listed<BR> Tabitha (sp?)
Jan(?) 1847 53 m.
27 8 ch 6living Iowa Ohio Ohio
"<BR> Sumner
(sp?) Feb 1875 25 s
Oregon
Ia MA
Barber<BR>
Bessie
Jan(?) 1882
18 s
Oregon "
"<BR> Anna
E
April 1890 10
s
Oregon "
" at
school<BR><BR>Now you ask yourself why with the age discrepencies I bother to
post this, well it is just because of the over powereing coincidence of the next
dwelling up the page;<BR><BR>Godfrey Frank b. Aug 1862 age 37 m. 12
Ill Kt Kt
Carpenter<BR>
Rose Dec 1863 36 m
12 2 ch 2 living Ill Ill
Ill<BR> Ralph
Aug 1888 11 s
" "
"<BR> Ruth Nov
1892 7 s
" " " <BR><BR>As I say,
these can't be your folks, but I have had folks turn up looking a lot like this
that down the road I discovered were really who I was looking for becaue the
wife lied about her age on a lot of things to look younger than hubby and
somewhere down the road Ralph wanted to become Homer.<BR><BR>If you had some
more info such as where they might have been in 1900 - 1920 or where Bessie or
Homer were born I might be able to back track them to their parents for
you.<BR><BR>Les C <BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us [<A
href="mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>]On
Behalf Of Jacobson Family<BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:00 AM<BR>To:
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Searching for
Godfrey/Stevens family<BR><BR><BR>Hi everyone! <BR><BR>I am searching for
information on Bessie Mae Stevens and Homer Godfrey. They both died in
Oregon.<BR><BR>Thank you!<BR><BR>Tina Jacobson </P></BODY></HTML>