This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bickford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AY.2ADE/963.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, I am the niece that's been researching our Bickford line. And actually the uncle's name was Ulmer, not Elmer. It's rather unusual because he was given two family surnames as his first and middle name; Ulmer Merrill Bickford. He was born 8-18-1884 in Stockton to Charles William Bickford and Mae Estelle (Worth) Bickford. Also born to this couple was Earl Worth Bickford 12- 24-1886 and my great grandmother Lila Mae Bickford 10-17-1893 (both also in Stockton). Ulmer and Earl both married but did not have any biological children. Lila married twice and had a daughter in 1918 by her first husband Joseph Ford (Verna Mae), and then my grandmother Lila in 1925 by second husband Dave S. Matthews. Great grandmother Lila died of toxemia during the birth of my grandmother 11-14-1925. To me it does sound like your Bickford line is different from the one I'm working on but I do have information regarding Charles' parents and siblings. E-mail me if you'd like more information. You might als! o want to send a message to Mahlon Bickford. He puts out a great Bickford newsletter and he might have more information about your line. Regards, Kelly deronkellywells@prodigy.net