Matilda/Melinda
Trafford was probably the daughter of Edwin/Edmond P. Trafford and Mary Ann
Moran, who were married in
Posey Co., IN 15 Dec 1844. By the time of the 1850 census, they had the following children: a son, age 9, whose name appears to starts with A (
Antoine,
Ambrose?) ;, Nancy P./F. age 4, and
Turner age 3. By the time of the 1860 census, Mary appears to have had three more
Trafford children (Malinda 10, Amanda 8, and Mary 6). Also, she is now married to William
Duckworth, who at age 28 is 9 years younger than she. There are a number of
Duckworth children in the household, but it is unclear which are William's children and which are his siblings.