Response to LIGHTCAP Query below

Steve,
Bertha's family shows up in the 1870 and 1880 census, they were NOT in the 1860 census:

1870 in Sterling, Second Ward:
LIghtcap, William 31 M PA Teamster
Lizzie 25 F PA
Nettie (Feb) 5m F IL
McKee, Frank 19 F PA /$100 Seamstress
Nelson, Maggie 20 F PA /$100 Seamstress

1880 in Sterling, First District, on Main Street:
Light-capp, Wm. M 43 M Brickmoulder PA PA PA
Elizabeth F 33 M Wf PA PA PA
Nettie F 9 S Da IL PA PA
Laura F 7 S Da IL PA PA
Bertha F 6 S Da IL PA PA
McKee, Robert J. M 62 W Laborer PA PA PA

In 1870, it really says F for female on Frank McKee...and being a seamstress I suspect it is correct, Frank was probably a nickname for Frances. In case you are not familiar with the census abbreviations, in 1880, this means Nettie was Female, 9 yrs old, Single and a Daughter. She was born in ILlinois and her parents were both born in PA.

Interesting that Frank McKee is no longer in the household, but a Robert McKee (Widower) is...this may indicate a relationship, but since they did not record FL for Father in Law...it may not!

Reply to BOWEN-COLEMAN Query

William,
This family sounds familiar...I may have worked on an earlier query on the same family. Do you have the 1870 and 1880 census entries for the families? Will post them just in case...this looks like the right family!

In 1860, I did NOT find the BOWEN Family, there is a COLEMAN family, but will hold off on them. You did NOT indicate you needed Mary's parents, the family in the census has a daughter Mary, but the age doesn't quite match.

In 1870, In Portland Twp. is:

Bowen, Lester 65 M NY Farmer
Silvia 53 F NY
William 23 M NY Farmlaborer
Hellen 17 M NY
Hattie 12 F NY

In Lyndon Twp, was a Randle BOEN in the household of George Coburn.

In 1880, the above were both in Lyndon Twp. as:

Bowen, Wm. H. 34 M NY Farmer
Mary Jane 27 F NY
Porter A. 2 M IL
Coleman, Ella 16 F IL

Bowen, Randall A. M 35 single NY Farmer
Silvia F 63 Widow NY (mother born in MA)
Clifford, Alice F 35 Married (servant) NY
Orlie, Herman M 19 Single Germany Farmlaborer.

Silvia in Randall's household supports the idea that Randall and William were brothers. Not sure about the Coleman families, I do NOT find an Ella in 1870 who would be the Ella with William and Mary in 1880.

From Jayne Kennedy Swegers book, Deaths in Whiteside County:
The 23 Nov 1876 Whiteside Sentinel: Bowen, Sylvester (Lester, birth matches?) 71 yr 2 mo 8 dy; d 16 Nov 1876, Lyndon Twp; b. Oneida Co., NY mvd IL 21 years ago last Sept; lvd LaSalle Co. for 10 yrs, moved here in 1865.

This would account for the family not being in the 1860 census.
Be glad to list the Colemans if you are interested...
Bob

Reply to GEERTS Query below

With dates that recent, I really recommend you call the County Clerk's office in Morrison (phone number is on this site). Death certificates often show parents names and places of birth, IF the person providing the information to the physician knew!

Bob

Replies to COLE query below:

He was in the 1870 census in Union Grove Twp.
COLE, Gilbert 57 M NY
Louisa 37 F Vt
Dudley 18 M Oh

and is buried in Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison, IL
Lot 34, 1 stone, Gilbert Cole died Dec 10, 1873 AE 60yrs.

From Deaths in Whiteside Co. by Sweger:
12 Aug 1873 - Whiteside Sentinel COLE, Deacon Gilbert; 59 yr 11 mo 27 dy; d 10 Dec 1873, Morrison, b. Gorham, NY; movd Colbrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, at age 19; to Whiteside, 1865; mar a dau of O Sholes, 9 Oct 1866.

Looks like Louisa was a second wife!! Yes..here it is! From Marriages in Whiteside Co. by Sweger:
COLE-SHOLES; 11 Oct 1856 Whiteside Sentinel; mar 9 Oct 1866, by Rev. J. W. White; Gilbert Cole and Louisa M. Sholes, at the resi of her father, O. Sholes.

Looked at the cemetery records again, a C. D. Cole purchased lot 34 In Grove Hill on 12/12/1983, two days after Gilbert died. I suspect that would have been Dudley.

An Orrin J. Sholes is mentioned in conjunction with a Masonic Lodge in Prophetstown in 1876, I suspect that would be Louisa's father. He is buried in the Prophetstown cemetery:

Sholes, Orin J. 3/29/32-6/13/1895
Sarah Jan 4., 1836 - Sep. 9, 1920
Everett L. 1868-1957

Can't be the right O. Sholes, Louisa was 37 in 1870, so she was born around 1833, would have been a sister perhaps to this Orin Sholes.

In the 1870 census, was this family in Union Grove, which puts another Orin back as a probably father to Louisa:

Shole, Orin 62 M Vt Farmer
Mary 44 F NY
Loomis 18 M IL

This would make Orin's birth date 1808, nor 1832 so perhaps the Orin in Prophetstown was a son from an earlier marriage. Orin definitely had an earlier family, a C. W. Sholes purchased lot 101 in Grove Hill in 1878 (NOT a typo) and three Sholes are buried there. Joseph Sholes, 1771 - 1864., Rollin C. so of Orin Sholes, died at Alexandria VA Feb 3, 1862, AE 22yrs For His Country; and Clarence? son of Orin Sholes died Jun 1, 1857, AE 9yrs.

There was a Chipman Sholes family in Morrison, possibly another son of Orin...why the lot was purchased in 1878, years after the burials, I have no idea, may be that it was contracted for, and C. W. paid it off at that point? Most of the purchase dates are in the 1870's and most of the burials are earlier in this section.

Did not find any other trace of Louisa, perhaps she remarried and is buried under a different name. Also nothing else on Dudley. If you want to try to track him down, I could have my sister in Morrison check the official index of marriages, etc.