This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Twilcox54 Surnames: Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7524.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert, For the past few hours I have been plowing through the 1850 and 1860 US Census for John C. Smith, John Smith and Albert Smith but I haven't had any luck. None of the Albert Smiths I looked at had a John C. or John Smith. I have a kind of older theory that the John Smith I found (years ago) in the 1860 US Census at Ward 11 Boston, Suffolk co., might be my John C. Smith. Everything seems to fit except the head of household is a John Smith 35 and it lists his place of birth as Scotland. My mother said our family had Scotch blood. That must have been the Smiths. The senior John was a bricklayer by trade and could still have the name of Albert. And my John C. was a stone mason.The mother was Margaret Smith 37, b. Scotland. The children were John 12, Mary 10, James 6, Daniel 5,Charles H. 3, and the 10 month old baby, Robert, who was born in Canada. All the children were born in MA except Robert. The family moved to Chicago were in 1870 John 1848 was working as a carpenter! . He went to Machias in 1874. I could be wrong but thats my old theory. Terry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.