This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OWEN, OBEN OBIN, OBINE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kRC.2ACE/3785.5 Message Board Post: Dear Ms. Fundichely, I have found an OBINE in New Orleans, born in Cuba. Name: Camille OBINE Age: 39 Estimated birth year: <1841> Birthplace: Cuba Occupation: Farm Laborer Gender: Male Father's birthplace: Cuba Mother's birthplace: Cuba Year: 1880; Census Place: 4th Ward, St. Bernard, Louisiana; Roll: T9_467; Family History Film: 1254467; Page: 289A; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 590. He lived with Raphael LEON and they were both farm laborers. There may be a relation to the OWEN as it was sometimes written as OBEN or as OBIN in some places. I had never come across the OBINE, although recently I read about OUBAIN in Haiti, probably related. How is your search coming along? Cordially, Ines