This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AST.2ACEB/427.1 Message Board Post: It appears that your cousin died eleven years ago just short of his 88th birthday. The following was extracted from Social Security Death Records @ Ancestry.com: RAY DOWELL, SSN 401-03-4476, Born 26 Jun 1902 Died 17 Jun 1990. His Social Security card was issued in: KY (Before 1951).