Please help clarify. I tend toward believing census records and marriage certificates and so on...so wondering.... (please check for bible records and tombstone records, etc.)
1850 census of Stark County Illinois shows William S Shockley b 1800 in Maryland and wife named Tabitha (or her nickname) born 1821 in Indiana. I know I have a valid connection so I write down the children: John J, Mary J, Sally A, Solomon R, James S, Davis S and George W who is born Feb 1850 and a baby.
Also: I have some pretty good reasons to think the more specific location which is not stated in the census is actually either Toulon or West Jersey, Illinois. These are small little villages in 1850 and close to one another. (so I treat the above as FACT)
Still with me, right?
Allright, now the question is not so easy...who is and (also) why is there a tree outlining a Wiliam N (for Noble) Shockley intertwined with the guy named above ? It changes the middle initial from S to N (for Noble) (there is a VALID Shockley to Noble family connection just not so sure Tabitha is a Noble or not) This guy Also leads back to Maryland.
I suppose I can guess why issues exist....but want to determine the marriage(s) between Rownd and Shockley (some lived adjacent on census report(s), and get the accurate story down VERY correctly.
There is another connection--seemingly family line connecting-- census in Ripley County Indiana which would seem to indicate that the marriage took place and that William Shockley born near the same time, got a wife with a package 'deal' and a few kids thrown in with the mix.
So those members of Shockley who are the experts with the real data please help clarify. I realize there is a pretty good web here....and the census records get sketchy, too.
thank you.