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/GW.2ADE/70.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Alice. At this point it would be difficult for me to tell but from what you wrote it certainly seems possible. I guess my question would be how the surname Dewey ended up as the given name. I was recently contacted by a lady in the states who ran across my message on GenWeb and provided some info about the Simmons and Beauvais side of the family. These would be my father's uncles and aunts and great uncles and aunts that immigrated down from Canada. Since some came from New England and were escaping religous persecution, it may be possible that there are roots in Scotland. In any case, I'll look forward to hearing from you when you return home. My address is 350 Shady Woods Cove, Memphis, TN 38120. Thanks for getting in touch. David Roberts (Rob)