This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2615.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Much appreciated. I am also passing all your info on to my brother. What is Bonhill like today? I imagine a run down grey industrial type town - I have no proper information about it and nothing passed down through the family. What is it really like? Would I be pleasantly surprised? My family moved to England several generations back, and as I say my gran (who was a Bell) was a funny woman who wouldn't talk about her family. My gran was also inclined to have "airs and graces" and probably wouldn't have liked her humble background much. It does seem a shame for such young children to have been working in the factories. Gill