Charting Out the Children

This is a bare-bones chart I have made in my attempt to learn as much as I can about my Benjamin Butler who was born about 1819 in New York State and who lived in Michigan in 1860, Iowa in 1870, and Missouri in 1880. It lists his "children" from the 1850, 1870, and 1880 census records. Sources are not included (other than census years) to make the chart less cluttered. I do have sources.

Name	Approximate year of birth (source)	Location (source)	1850	1870	1880	Know death location?
Alfred	1842 (1850)	Canada (1850)	yes-with Benjamin			St. Joseph Co. Michigan
Landen	1844 (1850)	Canada (1850)	yes-with Benjamin
Mary	1846 (1850)	Michigan (1850)	yes-with Benjamin
George	1848 (1850)	Michigan (1850)	yes-with Benjamin			Wapello County, Iowa
Ellen	1854 (1870)	Iowa (1870) Missouri (1880)	Na	Yes-with Benjamin	Yes (with her own family)
Harriet	1856 (1870)	Michigan (1870)	Na	Yes-with Benjamin
Charles	1861 (1870)	Kansas (1870)	Na	Yes-with Benjamin
Benjamin F.	1865 (1870) 1864 (1880)	Illinois (1870, 1880)	Na	Yes-with Benjamin	Yes-with Benjamin
Alice	1868 (1870)	Michigan (1880)	Na	Yes-with Benjamin
Sarah	1872 (1880)	Iowa (1880)	Na	Na	Yes-with Benjamin
Lecta	1875 (1880)	Iowa (1880)	Na	Na	Yes-with Benjamin	Kansas
Lila	1879 (1880)	Nebraska (1880)	Na	Na	Yes-with Benjamin
Rebecca	1882 (1900)	Missouri	Na	Na	Na	Nodaway County, Missouri

Here's my suggestions to myself:

• Add columns for census after 1880
• Add a column for death date and place
• Try and locate children in as many census records as possible
• Try and locate death information for as many children as possible