This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: townsend and bangay Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YOC.2ACE/714.3.1.1 Message Board Post: i did get a little mix up when i posted my message because i assumed my fathers fater had the last name townsend but i was wrong.his mother was hattie jane townsend when he was born and his father was kenneth bangay.he was raised by his grandmother eliza.his mother married kenneth bangay i beleive when he was 3 years old.they did have a few more children and elisha was one of them and besides there was a delbert,estella,annie and i beleive one more son.i do have a book of the townsends which i received from a david townsend from lockport.if you would like me to email it to you i would love to.it is a very interesting book and it goes far back to our ancestry.