Welcome:
 
 To George Houk.
 Must have been a very
 adventurous person to
 risk it all to come to
 Missouri less than 9 years
 after it became a state.
  
 Below I have the 1830 and
 the 1840 census records.
 They show George in Cooper
 County in 1830. He is
 listed with ten other
 persons in the home.
 With his wife that
 leaves up to 9 children. 
 4 boys and 5 girls.
 Then in willow Fork
 Township (Moniteau Co).
 in 1840 it shows 6 boys
 and 3 girls.
 In 1850 George is back in 
 Cooper Co. This is where
 we get our first details.
 George is 70. This is
 consistent with ages in
 1830 and 1840. The 1850
 census Shows a Catherine
 as 50 born in Missouri.
 Puts her at 20 in 1830.
 Too young to be wife and
 mother of all the
 children in the 1830
 census. Is this a second
 wife or is there a
 daughter named Catherine?
 I welcome any input.
 Send me a note with
 your thoughts...
 
 My best wishes to all those
 in the hunt for our past.
 For 25 years I have been at
 this and I've added Houks 
 both related and not. I pick
 an area in the country and
 start. The hunt is whats fun.
 I come back often to see if 
 there is a brake though.

 Steve.