This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ainsworth Gilbert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HO.2ADEB/342.1 Message Board Post: I've been trying to find something to help you but there are quite a few Mary's born around 1840 in MS. Mary was an extremely popular name in the Ainsworth families. None of the ones that I have in my database are married to a Gilbert but there are several Mary's for whom I do not have a spouse listed. One possiblity that I have found is that some members of Joab Ainsworth's family were in the Comanche Co., TX area. Joab has one daughter identified in the records only as M.J. born abt. 1833. Do you have any other clues about your Mary? Did she have other children besides Susan? If so, what were their names? Have you found any Ainsworths living near your Gilberts in the TX records? Barbara