Dear List,
Can someone check census records just prior to 1868 looking for this family? 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 elsewhere, 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.
David Price died in the Minneapolis,Minnesota area. I would guess about the fifties?
I have not been able to locate any information about their immigration into 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