Linda: Glad to see you responded to Pat's query. I think I urged Pat to get in touch with you. We have to think of more ways to get more researchers on this list to contribute leads to GILMOREs in Washington County, NY>IA>MN. Jim ---------------------------------- >Pat, > >Sorry, doesn't sound like a match. My great grandfather, Henry, was born in >NY in 1822. We have nothing more than a name for his father which was Kelsey >- some family members say it was Kelso instead of Kelsey. > >Henry was in Illinois between 1850 and 1860 (he supposedly owned a boot and >shoe factory while in Galena) and then moved to Richfield, MN that time. He >owned a flour mill in Minneapolis until sometime in the 1870s and then moved >to Langdon, Washington County, MN. At some point after 1880, Henry and his >wife moved to St. Paul Park, Washington County, MN. > >Linda > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Researching these genealogy lines: MCDOWELL line 1: (PEIRCE, MANNING, BOOMER, BORDEN et al) ENG>MA>PA MCDOWELL line 2: (NAGEL, KUHL et al) SCH-HOL>IA>CA MCDOWELL line 3: (GILMORE, ARCHER, NAGEL et al) IRL>MA>NY>IA MCDOWELL line 4: (BELL, FLYNN, MANN, LEWIS, SOMERS, CONGER et al) IRL, ENG, WALES>NY>PA>IA>CA ESPARZA line 1: (ESPARZA, AMARO, ALONZO, GOMEZ, AVILA, et al) ESP>MEX>CO