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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 9185, member: 59"]Oh boy. Talk about a sad story. I found a tree made by the descendants of one of her sisters. The parents were from Cornwall England and were living in Mineral Point, Wisconsin (as were Samuel and Rosina) in the 1840's (where their children were all born.) It seems that the mother and an infant died of cholera on the way to California. The "family story" attached to their tree says that Caroline (Carrie) was adopted by a "rich family named Rich" in Sacramento who raised her. I did finally locate the father in another part of the Placerville 1850 Census. Must have left the children in camp and gone off with a mining partner at that time. At least we know why she shows up with the Rich surname.[/QUOTE]