This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RICHARDSON/MCCARVER/CAMERON/BLACK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1079.2.1 Message Board Post: Alma, Gosh, you folks in Merced County are just swell; I cannot believe the response that I have received from my query; and on the same day that it was posted, too! Thank you sooooo much for the info on my maternal GG-grandfather, Lorenzo Dow RICHARDSON. You guys have finally cleared up the question of his correct date of birth & death; you see, I had found a second birth date listed -- March 10th (perhaps that was the date of his christening); I also had 2 different years listed for his death -- 1931 & 32. It's great to finally get that staightened out. But, as I am sure you know, it seems like there will always be a few discrepancies; for instance, the place of birth listed for the parents of Lorenzo Dow RICHARDSON are at odds with what I have collected; the 1880 US Census for Callahan Co., TX, Precinct 7, shows that his father, WILLIAM. D. RICHARDSON was born in Kentucky -- not Virginia; it also shows that his mother, ANGELINA, was born in Virginia -- not Misouri; of cour! se, it is easy to see how "Virginia" was reversed, but as for the "Misouri" reference, I can only speculate. That same census does list the place of birth for their oldest son (the older brother of Lorenzo Dow), ARMANIAS?, as Misouri; perhaps that is where the mix-up came from. Isn't it fun playing detective! Well, it's back to my never ending search for truth, justice & my ancestor's origins. I've heard that Grandpa Lorenzo's wife -- my GG-Grandmother, LOLA A. MCCARVER RICHARDSON (b. 1875 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX; d. 1945?) is buried in the Sacramento, CA area, and that one of their sons -- LeRoy, was also a Minister there. Alma, I really appreciate your help, as well as Tom Hilk's; you Merced Folks are ALL RIGHT! Thanks again, Ben Andrews, TX I