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Subject: [IaUnion] Re: IAUNION-D Digest V03 #3
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:34:57 +0000

I have had success searching the 1880 census cd's or indexes for variations of
the surname or for the first name and birthplace. Sometimes the surname is
misspelled-- your ancestor could be there, right under your nose!

Linda
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> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:37:26 -0500
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> Subject: [IaUnion] 1880 Census Mystery
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> 1880 Census Mystery
>
> I am wondering if you have any ideas to help me solve a mystery. I have
> been trying to find my Iowa ancestors in the 1880 census. I have found all
> of them except that I cannot find any from the Jacobson and Cassel branches.
>
> My great-grandfather Axel Jacobson married my great-grandmother Carrie
> Cassel on 6 Jan 1775. I have an article in Swedish about their Golden
> Wedding Anniversary on my website at
> http://www.samsloan.com/golden-w.htm . Unfortunately, it is in Swedish
> which I cannot read so I do not know exactly where they were married except
> that they were married in Iowa.
>
> They had three children, Peter Wesley born 1877, Elmer born 1879 and

> Henrietta born 1884. Wesley was born in Four Corners, Jefferson County,
> Iowa. I do not know where Elmer and Henrietta were born.
>
> The point is that Wesley and Elmer and their parents should appear on the
> 1880 census. The barn house at the Jacobson Family Farm which was two miles
> south and one mile east of Orient had a sign "1880" on it. I believe that
> Axel Jacobson built that barn but I am not sure. I know that the farm
> stayed in family hands for almost exactly 100 years and it was sold in the
> 1970s, so the 1880 census should show them in Orient, Adair County, Iowa.
> It might also show them in Creston, Union County, Iowa, where Axel Jacobson
> owned houses or it might show them in Jefferson County, Iowa where my
> grandfather was born. I have searched all of those places and cannot find
> them anywhere.
>
> I have checked the entire state of Iowa and there is no trace of any of
> them. I also cannot find any of the brothers and sisters of Carrie Cassel.

> She had eight brothers and sisters and all or most of them came to Iowa, so
> they should be in the 1880 census.
>
> I have been able to find some persons named Cassel in Madrid, Boone County,
> Iowa. I have found Charles J. Cassel born 1822 with a wife Wila and
> children named Joanna, Peter, Mary, Amanda and Charles. I am certain that
> these are relatives of Carrie Cassel but not close relatives and I do not
> know what the relationship is.
>
> Wesley Jacobson was my grandfather. He married Mary Elixabeth Graham,
> daughter of Samuel Graham and Elizabeth Grace Thomson. I have found Mary
> Graham on the 1880 census for Iowa plus her parents, grandparents, uncles
> and cousins. I found all of them that were alive in 1880. In some cases I
> had to search in many different ways, but eventually I found them all.
>
> Is it possible that they used a different name. I have searched under the
> names Jacobzon and Castile for example. Can anybody tell me if they were in

> fact living on the family farm in near Orient, Iowa in 1880? Is there any
> way to check the actual census records for that plot of land to find them
> that way?
>
> I have found a C. Jacobson age 45 and an O. Jacobson age 35 working as
> farmhands in Orient, Adair County, Iowa in the 1880 census. They were
> working for J. P. Stephenson and J. B. Hagan. Family History Library Film
> 1254325 . These are not the people I am looking for, although they might be
> relatives.
>
> I have the family history of Axel Jacobson and Carrie Cassel on my website at
> http://www.samsloan.com/pafg01.htm#6
>
> Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan
>

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> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:12:07 -0500
> From: Sam Sloan <>
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> Subject: [IaUnion] 1880 Census Mystery
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> 1880 Census Mystery
>
> I am wondering if you have any ideas to help me solve a mystery. I have
> been trying to find my ancestors in the 1880 census. I have found all of
> them except that I cannot find any from the Jacobson and Cassel branches.
>
> My great-grandfather Axel Jacobson married my great-grandmother Carrie
> Cassel on 6 Jan 1775. I have an article in Swedish about their Golden
> Wedding Anniversary on my website at
> http://www.samsloan.com/golden-w.htm . Unfortunately, it is in Swedish
> which I cannot read so I do not know exactly where they were married except
> that they were married in Iowa.
>
> They had three children, Peter Wesley born 1877, Elmer born 1879 and

> Henrietta born 1884. Wesley was born in Four Corners, Jefferson County,
> Iowa. I do not know where Elmer and Henrietta were born.
>
> The point is that Wesley and Elmer and their parents should appear on the
> 1880 census. The barn house at the Jacobson Family Farm which was two miles
> south and one mile east of Orient had a sign "1880" on it. I believe that
> Axel Jacobson built that barn but I am not sure. I know that the farm
> stayed in family hands for almost exactly 100 years and it was sold in the
> 1970s, so the 1880 census should show them in Orient, Adair County, Iowa.
> It might also show them in Creston, Union County, Iowa, where Axel Jacobson
> owned houses or it might show them in Jefferson County, Iowa where my
> grandfather was born. I have searched all of those places and cannot find
> them anywhere.
>
> I have checked the entire state of Iowa and there is no trace of any of
> them. I also cannot find any of the brothers and sisters of Carrie Cassel.

> She had eight brothers and sisters and all or most of them came to Iowa, so
> they should be in the 1880 census.
>
> I have been able to find some persons named Cassel in Madrid, Boone County,
> Iowa. I have found Charles J. Cassel born 1822 with a wife Wila and
> children named Joanna, Peter, Mary, Amanda and Charles. I am certain that
> these are relatives of Carrie Cassel but not close relatives and I do not
> know what the relationship is.
>
> Wesley Jacobson was my grandfather. He married Mary Elixabeth Graham,
> daughter of Samuel Graham and Elizabeth Grace Thomson. I have found Mary
> Graham on the 1880 census for Iowa plus her parents, grandparents, uncles
> and cousins. I found all of them that were alive in 1880. In some cases I
> had to search in many different ways, but eventually I found them all.
>
> Is it possible that they used a different name. I have searched under the
> names Jacobzon and Castile for example. Can anybody tell me if they were in

> fact living on the family farm in near Orient, Iowa in 1880? Is there any
> way to check the actual census records for that plot of land to find them
> that way?
>
> I have found a C. Jacobson age 45 and an O. Jacobson age 35 working as
> farmhands in Orient, Adair County, Iowa in the 1880 census. They were
> working for J. P. Stephenson and J. B. Hagan. Family History Library Film
> 1254325 . These are not the people I am looking for, although they might be
> relatives.
>
> I have the family history of Axel Jacobson and Carrie Cassel on my website at
> http://www.samsloan.com/pafg01.htm#6
>
> Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan

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