This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I must say, this is fascinating... Ok, so there was indeed a Hugh McLaughlin and Mary Quigley having children in the city of Lynn in the 1850's and 1860's, so the Nellie born abt 1867 is likely accurate. (There is a death record for a son Michael born in 1859, died in 1899, which also lists the Quigley maiden name; and Mary herself died in 1910 at abt the age of 73. There were also other birth records for children of Hugh and Mary McLaughlin, but not a specific Quigley reference.) We also know that John William Campbell, son of William and Susan, was born Nov 1892. Nothing yet on a first marriage or his wife's death. Although I have still not found the birth record for Walter or Bernice, the records for the children born in VT are all pretty consistent that Laura McLaughlin is abt 10 years younger than John. And besides, Nellie would have been in her 60's when Laura was still having children. One record I did find interesting was Rose's marriage. Every other record is pretty consistent about Laura being born in Lynn, and John being born in N Reading. Rose's lists Chelmsford for Laura and Groton for John. (I did notice that John's WWI draft card originally listed Chelmsford as the address of his employer, so I suspected they may have lived there about 1918.) John 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.