RIALS (etc.) c1850 in Pike Co
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RIALS (etc.) c1850 in Pike Co
| liffey (View posts) | Posted: 1 Apr 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Rials, Riles, Ryals, Ryles, Grantham
I'm looking for the family of Edmund (aka "J.E.V.") RIALS (and other spellings) who was born in Dallas County AL in 1830.
1848 he was in Pike County, married to Elizabeth GRANTHAM. (Or so she said - no one has found a marriage record and she was with her parents in the 1850 Pike Co census.)
By 1860 Edmund was in Winn Parish, LA. He seems to have traveled with a son (Henry) of Jacob Rials also of Pike Co. His wife's brother, John GRANTHAM, married a daughter (Sarah) of Jacob Riles.
There is some speculation that Edmund was a son of Jacob, but the problem is that in the 1850 Pike Co census Jacob had a ten year old in his household named Edmund (Edmond). Was this an age goof on the censustaker's part? A case of same names in the household? After all, Jacob had a son named Henry and a another son named John Henry. As stated above, my Edmund was actually "J. Edmund V. Rials", and some of the family has always thought the J was for John.
Or maybe Edmund was a relation of Jacob's? It's weird the way there are so many Rials female heads of household for the 1850 Pike Co census. Any info to help sort out these different Rials families in 1850 Pike Co is welcome!
Thanks, Shari
P.S. I know that GC boards are now gatewayed to the corresponding RW mailing list. Please direct reponses to the GC board indicated as I'm not on the Pike Co mailing list at the moment. :)
1848 he was in Pike County, married to Elizabeth GRANTHAM. (Or so she said - no one has found a marriage record and she was with her parents in the 1850 Pike Co census.)
By 1860 Edmund was in Winn Parish, LA. He seems to have traveled with a son (Henry) of Jacob Rials also of Pike Co. His wife's brother, John GRANTHAM, married a daughter (Sarah) of Jacob Riles.
There is some speculation that Edmund was a son of Jacob, but the problem is that in the 1850 Pike Co census Jacob had a ten year old in his household named Edmund (Edmond). Was this an age goof on the censustaker's part? A case of same names in the household? After all, Jacob had a son named Henry and a another son named John Henry. As stated above, my Edmund was actually "J. Edmund V. Rials", and some of the family has always thought the J was for John.
Or maybe Edmund was a relation of Jacob's? It's weird the way there are so many Rials female heads of household for the 1850 Pike Co census. Any info to help sort out these different Rials families in 1850 Pike Co is welcome!
Thanks, Shari
P.S. I know that GC boards are now gatewayed to the corresponding RW mailing list. Please direct reponses to the GC board indicated as I'm not on the Pike Co mailing list at the moment. :)