This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UNF.2ACIB/201.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.bost&m=217 I just saw on another message further down where someone said John left Anna and Ada while they were young and gave their mother's name.