Hello, Just one more question, and that will be all for a few days. :o) The Edward P. WILKINS who arrived in Presque Isle, Maine, ~1911 and opened a store there in 1913 seems to be the son of Joseph A. WILKINS. When Edward was 9, the family was living in Whitefield, Coos Co., NH. Joseph and Anna had 6 sons and one daughter. A little on-line checking and that family is there in 1880, but in 1870 they are in Lawrence, MA. I don't think I found him in the 1860 census. Further checking shows Joseph was born in MA in 1831. The 1900 census has the family still living in Whitefield, NH. That census shows that Joseph and Anna were probably married ~1862, probably in MA. This Joseph was born in MA, but his father was born in VT and his mother was born in NY. I checked the 1790 and 1800 census for WILKINS and there were several families in VT during those years. So, I need to find which family Joseph's father belonged to. If Joseph's father (unknown name) was in VT, but had a son in MA ~1830, he might have come down to MA to live. I don't know how long Joseph was in MA, but, if he was an adult during the 1850's, he might have had a first marriage. Thank you for your time. April showers bring May flowers. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Looking at my notes, Edward WILKINS, might have married in Whitefield, NH, ~1903, and he had his daughter, Phyllis, there ~1905. The couple was still in Whitefield in 1910, but was in Presque Isle, ME, before 1913. And, Edward seems to have had his 2 youngest daughters there in ~1918 amd ~1922. And then he was a widower by 1930.)