Do you know for a fact that she actually had children? And have you looked around in the households of other family members? I have seen that sometimes children lived with other family members..ie. with grandparents and aunt/uncles.

>>>>>This is all very interesting to me. I've found a female relative in the 1870 Census who at the time is 40. I was very curious why there was no mention of any children.

Is there any way to find out if a female listed in the 1870 census actually had any or not?