Hector and Jane Move South!

Years ago, as I was exploring Hector's homestead land application in Nebraska, I found his Naturalization application completed in Cedar Co. Iowa attached to his file.  I tucked that bit of information away and hadn't really thought much about it until last Spring.

I was taking a look at this very challenging project.  Piece by piece.  I put together a timeline for the family and realized that I didn't have a listing for them in the 1870/71 census.  I searched and searched.  Finally, there it was.  The family was shown living in Cedar Co. Iowa in the 1870 census record. 

I really didn't understand the significance of the location at that time.  More on that later!  What I did notice was that my great great grandmother wasn't living in the home at that time.  She would have been 13 years of age, so I found that curious for her not to be at home with her parents.

So the search was on!