This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durkin/Falkner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hBU.2ACEB/379 Message Board Post: Thomas Durkin (b. Dec 1,1844 in Ireland) married, Maria Falkner (b. Dec. 1844 in New York). Children: William Charles (my grandfather, b. 1876), Mary (b.1879), Frederick (b.1883), Thomas (b.1885) and Elizabeth (b. 1888). All children were born in New York. Cannot find them pre-1900 census. Any other Niagara Durkin reletives out there searching???? I am hitting a brick wall here....any help would be greatly appreciated.