Sunday, March 2, 2014

New Finding of an Ancestral Grandfather

The family lines of wives of family are often difficult to find.  Unless you really know something about the family, it takes a lot of research and help from other researchers, often.  I knew that Isaac Anglin's son William had married an Elizabeth Austin. I had searched often and found only her brothers, Samuel and Thomas. I found a grave of Elizabeth Anglin, but couldn't say for sure it was hers, because it didn't have much info. I found records from the 1800 census which had several Austons, as they spelled the name then, and one family had 3 men in the home, all of whom were the right age to be her father.  Another researcher listed a Robert Austin as her brother's father, but the one Robert I found was too young, but since naming patterns indicate unknown names of uncles, it still was possible that one of the 3 men was a Robert. So, accepting another researcher's info that their father was named Robert, there had to be one.
After a lot of searching though 1800 to 1820 Censuses, I was unable to find Robert Austin, who may have been living with one of Elizabeth's brother's families. But since she was born in 1798 in Buncomb Co, NC, I knew he was present there. But I finally found him near Henry Roland in the 1830 Census listed in the same age category as Henry Roland, which makes him the correct age. He is listed however as Rob or Bob Austin. The writing is difficult to read. Also on the page are James McMahan and Thomas Gardner also of similar ages. Under magnification it appears more like Rob than Bob, which only adds to the greater possibility that he is our ancestral grandfather - Robert Austin.
The schedule number on the page is 281 (handwritten) for the 1830 Buncomb Co. NC Census. It would be 3 more years before this part of the county would become Yancey Co. NC. It seems that I have found him. Now I need to find more about him.
Woo Hoo! Another Grandfather 6 generations back, and the father of a 5th generation back Grandmother! That's a plus.

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