This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bishop, Odom, Harp, Crump, Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/739.1 Message Board Post: Hi! I just saw your note & I have Ancestry.com, so I looked up your ancester Ervie Akins (the father), & found him--Ervie & his son Jesse J. Akin as each being "roomer"s on the 1930 census, In Brimingham (city), Jefferson County, AL living just the 2 of them in a house hold without the mother & Ervie in 1930 is listed as Widowed, so Edna has passed away by 1930. The child, Jesse J is listed as 13 in 1930 (so born 1917). The father Ervie is listed as 37 in 1930, so birth year abt. 1893. If you know all this, sorry! They are living in the house with a 37 yr. old female named Jewel Pindle/Pendle, also a boarder (could Ervie have had a second wife? This may not be your part of the line to follow!) & the Head of that household with these boarders is a man named, Jefferson P Swift, aged 62. If I have a chance I look again to see if you go back to the 1920 census maybe you can find the mother Edna with them & still living. If Jesse J is born in 1917 then I'd think you'd need to look for their marrige around 1915 (unless there are children older than Jesse J). Maybe this little bit will help you be able to search something better; good luck in your search & all Gods Blessings. PS--All my mother's people are from St Clair Cty AL so the surnames are mine incase some else sees it & can help me! Sincerely--Rise" Vandiver