This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mjdall Surnames: Carson, Kniblock, Lang Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.carson/2738.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for providing the source for the Kniblock surname. My father-in-law is a Carson, and he is my husband's step-father, so research is a little more complicated than researching one's own bloodlines. LOL What I know about Samuel is contained in my first post in this thread. Most of it was given to me by my father-in-law, who in turn was given the info by another family member. The passenger record info I found myself. I found the rest of my info about Samuel and Ruth's descendents in census records, Philadelphia city birth/death records and marriage indices, WW1 draft registrations, newspaper death notices, and a couple of other online sources. I'd be happy to share any documentation, if you're interested. I found Jane M's death return, which provided the following info: name of deceased: Jane M. Carson color: white sex: female age: 22 months married or single: single date of death: July 8 cause of death: meningitis place of birth: Philadelphia name of father: Alexander Carson name of mother: Rachel Carson ward: 19 street and number: 2254 Howard date of burial: July 11th 1881 place of burial: K of P Greenwood Cemetery I also have photocopies of death returns for her siblings, George Washington and William Samuel, as well as (father) Alexander's. I have a copy of a letter dated January 26 1980 written to my father-in-law's father by a woman named Ruth. I'm going on the assumption that it was written by his sister, Ruth Carson Lang. In the letter, she referenced a Blanche Carson and her brother, Alex, whose wife was named Marge. He was compiling a family tree at the time. Their father's name was George, and two other siblings were Donald and Betty. I have no idea who these people are, since the names aren't in my database, and how they connect to the Carson line. I'll be seeing my father-in-law on Saturday and plan to ask him if he knows. As a side note, Ruth wrote: "I remember being told they [Samuel and Ruth] came from Ireland. Had a shoe store at Carson's Corner. I think they came from County Monahagn [sic]." If the shoe store was in Ireland, as the above seems to indicate, it may help locate the village they were from. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. -Marie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.