From: Jen I'm looking to connect wth descendents of my family and learn more about my ancestors. I'm looking for the following George Lake born in 1810 England Charlotte Matthews or Mathins Lake 1814 England George Jr born 1842 England James born 1848 Thomas Allen born 1853 Mary Lake born 1840 Maria born 1857 Martha born 1846 Harriet Grace born 1850 Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:37 -0700 From: "Kith-n-Kin" I found a George (40), with wife Charlotte (36) and children Mary (10), George (8), Martha (4), and James (2) in DuPage Co., Ill. in the 1850 census. Mary is deaf-dumb, James was born in Illinois, the rest in England, George is a farmer. Is this your gang? If so, they immigrated between 1846 and 1848. Mary was born in 1840, thus should be on the 1841 England census. Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Bloomingdale, DuPage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 96A; Image: 199. I found a similar family in St Giles in the Heath, Devon in 1841: George, 25, laborer (ag lab) Charlotte, 25 Mary, 11 months Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 257; Book: 3; Civil Parish: St Giles in The Heath; County: Devon; Enumeration District: 7; Folio: 6; Page: 6; Line: 2; GSU roll: 241326. Note, however, that the ages are not quite the same as the Illinois in 1850, nor the same family in 1860. Pat In Tucson