Hi Brad,
Thanks for your reply.
It would be great if I could confirm that these are the correct people
although it does seem likely.
I guess that by 1880 William had been away from home for at least 13 years
so it is perhaps not inconceivable that he was living with another woman.
Another thought also occurred to me after I sent my original message
regarding the middle name of John TREGONING. It is possible that he used
his mother's maiden name of HENDY as a middle name and perhaps this is what
the H stands for in the marriage record.
Regards,
Christine
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:45:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brad <aumickb(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [NVEUREKA] TREGONING (TREGONNING)
To: nveureka(a)rootsweb.com
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Searched for Mattie TREGONING at the LDS site:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
And found the following:
1880 United States Census, Mineral Hill, Eureka Co. Nevada, p.217C
[Name, Relation, Marital Status, Gender, Race, Age, Birthplace, Occupation,
Father's Birthplace, Mother's Birthplace]
John TREGONING, Self, Male, W, 27, ENG, Miner, ENG, ENG
Mattie TREGONING, Wife, Female, W, 21, MO, At Home, KY, MO
T. SWINBANK, Other, S, Male, W, 48, ENG, Miner ENG, ENG
Charlie, Other, S, Male, NA 40, NV, Hunter, NV, NV
Shang Cheng, Other, S, Male, A, 35, CHI, Laborer, CHI, CHI
Charlie has no last name; "NA" perhaps stands for "Native American"?
W. TREGONING, 48, listed in 1880 Mineral Hill, Eureka Co. NV is possibly
your William, as p.217C and 217D are close, and you can never really trust
ages in the census.
Brad