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**Indiana immigrant is listed as a blacksmith age 56 (birth 1824) in 1880 census. His age in the 1870 census is 45 (birth1825). Both list the occupation of blacksmith. Basil christian was listed as a blacksmith in 1850 census, as 24 (birth 1826).
**The 1900 census records place of father's birth, giving Germany.
*Tentative conclusion: Based on the 1900 Census, [[Christian Messerly (c1832) ]] is the better choice, since he is the foreign birth father. There is some doubt though since [[Christian Messerly (1824)]] has the closer age and same occupation.
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