This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HNR.2ACEB/1420.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kathryn I do not think that 'my' Charles Davies ever went to America - if he did, he was back by 1879 when he married Elizabeth Green and they lived on the borders of Wales. he worked on the railways there. There is no 'family memory' of him making a trip like that - however I could be wrong! ] Good luck with your family tree hunting! Rachel