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All the Colours of the Me ([personal profile] rainbow) wrote in [community profile] genealogy 2015-02-06 10:04 pm (UTC)

first a couple questions: is the bio from muscatine the correct gad? (http://iagenweb.org/muscatine/biographies1911/jamesg.htm)

i tend to poke and tug at all the strings i can find as i move backwards, hence these questions.

if the bio is correct on mary's husband's name, is the william james here a match?
Name: William James
Age in 1870: 75
Birth Year: abt 1795
Birthplace: Wales
Home in 1870: Yellow Springs, Des Moines, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Dodgeville
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm L Roberts 41
Mary Roberts 44
Mary Ann Roberts 10
Jane Ann Roberts 8
William P Roberts 6
Lucelin Roberts 2
William James 75

because i think the same family minus william james IS in macon in 1880:
Name: William Roberts
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Wales
Home in 1880: Russell, Macon, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Roberts
Father's Birthplace: Wales
Mother's Birthplace: Wales
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer

Household Members:
Name Age
William Roberts 53
Mary Roberts 53
Mary E. Roberts 20
Jane Roberts 17
William Roberts 16
Gwesyn Roberts 12

If that's the right william, it gives me a tentative age to be looking for in wales)

and anotehr question: is there no question at all that it was william and the kids who used james who changed their name vs john evans who changed his surname when he left wales?

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