This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sedy83 Surnames: Sederquist Sederquest Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7542/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am Howard Austin Sederquist (b.1946) and my father was Howard Augustus Sederquist (b.1912 d.2003). I have found my name spelled all of these ways and, we come from the John Sederquest/Anne Lorna Henderson line from New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Canada. I have many questions about my relatives. For the entire time I was growing up, there was never any mention of anyone on my father's side of the family. It seemed they didn't exist. After I retired, I got curious and started searching. Many things I have found and many more questions remain. 1) I was told that my grandfather, Howard Byron Sederquist (b.1889 d.1915?), was lost at sea while my father was an infant. Does anyone have any info as to where or when? 2) I was told that my grandmother, Josephine Sophia Benoit (b.1891) abandoned her family, and moved to Canada. What ever happened to her? 3) After Josephine Sophia Benoit left, (was there ever a divorce or did she die?), Howard Byron Sederquist married Annie M Pellerin (b.1891) on 28 Sep 1914. 4) Annie M Pellerin married Harvey Dolan Sederquist (b.1889 d.1970) on 22 Nov 1915. 5) This means Howard Byron Sederquist must have drowned after his marriage to Annie M Pellerin. 6) That's right, Howard Byron Sederquist and Harvey Dolan Sederquist were twins, and Annie M Pellerin married both of them! 7) Annie M Pellerin and Harvey Dolan Sederquist moved to Portland, Maine. 8) After Howard Byron Sederquist died, it seems that Annie M Pellerin, my father's stepmother, didn't want anything to do with him so he was taken in by John William Sederquist (b.1875 d.1940) and his wife, Mattie E Harmon (b.1876 d.1947) and raised as their own son. I don't think anything was done legally because back in those days, if the kid's name was Sederquist and the parents' name was Sederquist, nobody asked any questions. 9) John William Sederquist, Harvey Dolan Sederquist and Howard Byron Sederquist were all sons of Henderson Sederquist (b.1834 d.1899) and Mary Elizabeth McGrath (b.1851 d.1941). If anyone can help me sort out this "soap opera" I would be very appreciative. Many thanks in advance! Howard 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.