Henry Ashdown has been discovered in Ithaca, NY in the Census of 1880!
He is my great-grandfather and was a blacksmith. Wife's name was Samantha, daughter Minnie, and my grandfather Albert. Any descendents out there? Thanks to Census and Ancestry .com-- I have been looking for him for years with no leads. Census says he was born in US in 1842. WHO WERE HIS PARENTS??? Anybody know? All inquiries answered... I think his parents came from England--but didn't all the Ashdowns at one point???