I have record of same family Bryan spelled? as Browin/Browning/ Brown. so there is a possibility that they may be part of the same family. Run into that on several names, such as my Fairley family/ as Farley/ Fraley/ Farleigh. No rules in spelling names ! ----- Original Message ---- From: Marilyn Burgess <stocker7@fairpoint.net> To: bryant@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 8, 2007 4:32:05 AM Subject: Re: [BRYANT] Bryant-Brown In this area, the Friends Society is called Quaker. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Prieskorn" <dalell@embarqmail.com> To: <Bryant-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 5:18 PM Subject: [BRYANT] Bryant-Brown > Hello List > > > > My William Henry Brown was born Nov 3 1868 in Ohio (some reports) in > others > it say's born in Indiana, in the 1880 census it states in that census he > was > 9 years old and living in the home of Catherine & Thomas Frank Bryant, Jay > County. Now if the census were correct he would have been born in 1871/2 > then in 1900 census he was going by Bryant. > > He married my Grandmother Edith Margaret Clawson in 1897 with the name > Bryant. > > I have found no adoption or papers to state a name change. > > > > I guess if I don't connect to a Brown my family line of Bryant not Brown > starts and ends with him. > > > > In later life he belonged to the Friends church, > > or maybe he belonged all along, I don't know. > > Anyone know another name for the Friends Church. > > Ellie > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message