#52ancestors- In the Census

 I have come to my senses or rather census on who to write about this week. Her name is Maranda. Maranda is my mysterious ancestor. I know next to nothing about her. I wish that was not the case. 

Maranda married Miles Hodges. You can see the couple, twice on my tree. Two of their children Benjamin and Delilah are also also shown circled in red and if you follow to the left you will end at Earl Utter, he is my grandfather. You can see that Maranda and Miles are doubly important to my research.

I have not been able to find out a whole lot about Miles but Maranda is worse. I do not know when or where she was born, married or died. I don't have one single family clue, and do not no her last name. She was either born in New York or Vermont. I cannot make any connections through their children's first and middle names. I do not have any bible information and stories. As far as I can tell she is only listed 3 times in her whole life. The 1850, 1860 and 1870 census. So sad really. I thought because she is important to me, I would dedicate this week to her.

1830 Census  Butler, Wayne, New York. Miles (bottom line) is listed but only a tic mark for Maranda.

1850 Census Dallas, Clinton, Michigan. Maranda is listed as being born in New York here.

 1860 Census, Bloomer, Montcalm Michigan. She is listed as being born in Vermont on this census.

1870 Census Bloomer, Montcalm, Michigan. They list Vermont as birth place again.

I will keep working on her from time to time. Maybe someday i'll have a breakthrough.