This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell, Tharp Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AST.2ACEB/444 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information about my paternal grandfather, Ivan Tharp Dowell. He was born prior to 1900 (we think possibly 1896). His father, ? Dowell, lived in Arroyo Vista, CA in the 1940s. Ivan's mother was Iola Mae (May?) Tharp. He was last known to be alive in the early 1930s. Thank you for any info you can provide.