Hi again, I'm getting back to my computer, and checking in with www.familysearch.org and I'm finding an Edward P. WILKINS, b1871 as one of 7 children (6 sons) of Joseph and Anna WILKINS. The family is in the 1880 census living in Whitefield, Coos Co., NH. Joseph was born in MA, but his father was born in VT. And, his wife was born in England. Some of the children were born in MA, but the 2 youngest were born in NH. In 1900, Joseph and Anna are still in Whitefield, and some of their adult children are still living with them. But, son, Edward, is not there. And, so far, I'm not finding Edward in 1900, 1910, or 1920. In fact, I'm not finding Edward in the U.S. in those years. I wonder if he went to England for a few years, or to Canada. This 1900 census says that Joseph and Anna had been married for 38 years, and she had had 13 children, but only 7 live. Anna had come over from England in 1860. But, their oldest son was born in England in ~1857, so it looks like Anna and her young son came over, and then she married Joseph a couple years later. (There is a J. Fred WILKINS in the same town, and he could be the son, Joseph F. WILKINS.) In the 1870 census, Joseph and Anna are living in Lawrence, MA, with some of their children. It's possible Anna's mother is with them, Margaret PARNELL (sp?), 72. (There seems to be another couple living in the home with them.) Do these names sound familiar to anyone? Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hi again, This morning I did a search for "Edward P. Wilkins" on-line, and found him mentioned at Ancestry.com They "have" him in the 1910 census still living in Whitefield, NH, probably with a wife. And they have him in the 1920 census living in Presque Isle, Maine, with his wife and children. (They did not have him in the 1900 census, but he was probably still in NH.) So, that helps to solve part of the mystery. He probably moved his family from northern NH to northern Maine ~1911, and opened the "Wilkins Store" in Presque Isle in 1913. (I do not subscribe to "Ancestry" so I don't have the rest of the information from the 1910 and 1920 censuses. But, I'd like to comment that in the Index for "HeritageQuest," I did not find E. P. WILKINS in 1900, 1910, or 1920.) :o( Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com>; <wilkins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Edward P. WILKINS, b~1871 MA to NH to ME > Hi again, > > I'm getting back to my computer, and checking in with > www.familysearch.org and I'm finding an Edward P. WILKINS, b1871 as one of > 7 children (6 sons) of Joseph and Anna WILKINS. The family is in the > 1880 census living in Whitefield, Coos Co., NH.