Dear List,
Can someone check census records just prior to 1868 looking the James Caswell/Casswell as
underlined below? On the 1880 census for the state of Illinois, USA,I find:
Guilford Twp, Winnebago Cty, Illinois
James Price age 40 Wales farmer parents Wales
Mary Price age 38 Wales housekeeper parents Wales
John Price son 13 Wales parents Wales
David Price son age 8 Illinois parents Wales
William Price son age 1 Illinois parents Wales
James Casswell Nephew age 10 Wales parents Wales
Vandenwolker Schlar other age 17 Illinois servant parents NY
The 1900 census record indicates a James W. Caswell livingin Rivoli Twp, Mercer Cty,
Illinois while the Prices are still at this location. I don't know exactly how James
and Mary Price are related as aunt and uncle, but am hoping that someone out there can
shed some light on this family, and how they are related to James W. Caswell, who
emigrated from Wales in 1873, three years old, to live with them because it is said that
the parents were not able to care for all their children. He was sent to the US to live
with this aunt and uncle.
His parents never came over to the US, he never saw them again. In the census they
spelled his name Casswell and I suspect it just became Caswell over time.
I have not been able to locate any information his arrival at Ellis Island, NY. Many
records have been lost to fire and they have captured back to 1892 or approximately that.
I know that in the 1850s when my grandparents came from Germany, they arrived at Castle
Gardens, same location, just a different name. Most of the records were lost in the fire
that consumed most of those buildings.
I so appreciate any help that anyone can offer. Thanks so much, Jeanine