This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mogwilover Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6877.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Unfortunately all the 5 older children of this couple were born in the UK, Alice appears to be their last child. Mary Ann Jowett died before 1881 and her husband John was back in England by that year married to a woman called Hannah who was from Ireland. In the 1881 census it says that Alice Maud Mary was born in Worster, Massts, America. Maybe I am wrong presuming the Massts means Massachusetts, although I am at a loss as to where else it could mean, and America is very clearly written on the original document. In 1891 it just says she was born in America In 1901 when she is married to a Fred Boardwell it says she was born in Canada! Sorry I have no further information and we do not even know why the family may have come to the US. There is a possibility a Great Uncle George Berry (1804) woollen merchant lived in the US, he appears back in his home town of Heckmondwike West Yorkshire in 1861. He has a son George W Berry 16 yrs old who it says was born 1845 in America, but it does not say where in America. This family do not appear in any other UK census records so they may only have been back in the UK for a short time. I am not usually this vague as I conduct my investigations carefully, but sections of these 2 families have escaped me, it appears to America! All the best and thanks for trying to help Liz 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.