This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cummins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VcQ.2ACEB/617 Message Board Post: I am trying to track family lineage on my grgrandfather Joseph Cummins born in Thebes, IL 7/22/1897 and died in Bollinger Co., MO 1/20/1983. He had several brothers and sisters. I have his mother's married name as Mary Jane Riston. Cecil and William Riston are 1/2 brothers. My grandfather's obit says that he had sisters named Mary Ellen Roberts and Gladys Brown. I'm not sure if their maiden names are Riston or not. Joseph lived with his grandmother and ran away at about 7 or 8 years old and worked as a migrant worker for food and shelter. He married on 12/24/1922 to Emma Caroline Hahn in Bollinger, MO. Any info anyone can give would be appreciated.