Matilda Chaney Madden est.1855 Abbeville, need parents names,Please

Question

I got one posibly sister Alice Chaney b. 1853 and got b. In Abbeville County,  I need something more , Thanks

Comments

I quite sure this is not the parents but however this is who she and her sister where living with at a young age. You believe they was adopted? 

Matilda Chaney

 in the 1860 United States Federal Census

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Name:	Matilda Chaney
Age:	5
Birth Year:	abt 1855
Gender:	Female
Birth Place:	South Carolina
Home in 1860:	Abbeville, South Carolina
Post Office:	Cokesbury
Family Number:	1243
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Wm Strawhorn 55 Matilda Strawhorn 51 Frances Strawhorn 22 Robt Strawhorn 21 Alice Chaney 7 Matilda Chaney 5

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The information on Find A Grave only has DOB and DOD info with Initials for a Husband which I view as a Breadcrumb

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65411537

Answer 1

Donnie::  Thing to keep in mind,When children lost there parents,neighbors

would take them in.Sometimes local authority,would award to a family as

a ward of the court.

Comments

Yes I guess it's possible maybe one day someone will make a connection,  I guess I will move on to something else, Thanks