This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: atkinson, sheldon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/393.3 Message Board Post: Hi: My gg was Mary Ellen Atkinson bd. 20 Jan 1840. She moved to Rhode Island as a young lady. Her father was Joseph Atkinson of Montreal, Canada. Her mother's surname was Sheldon. I guess this is lower or eastern Canada. Brad