My brother suggests that HB may stand for Hudson's Bay. Janet Taylor On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:04:04 -0500, D.C. wrote > Hi Richard. The initials look like C.B. to me. But, unfortunately, > I can't think of what that would mean for a place in Canada... Line > 23 has New Hampshire, but the H doesn't look the same. When you > compare the first initial to the many Cs written, there is a > beginning tail that is formed similarly. Just my opinion. Let us > know what you find out. > > Regards - Donna > > -----Original Message----- > >>From: Richard Murray <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Nov 2, 2008 11:39 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] 1880 US census > >> > >>In the 1880 Census, for Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts > > >>there are two boys, Samuel A. and Thomas J. Murray, ages 13 & 10 > >>respectively, listed as "at school" with place of birth shown as "HB". > >> > >>Can anyone enlighten me as to what "HB" would stand for. > > >>Richard > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, > I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to > include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please > make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message