This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xFh.2ACEB/2836.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kathie, I have a Margaret L. Hamilton in my family research. She eas born around 1855 in Brooklyn and her parents were Hiram J. Hamilton (b. abt. 1828 in St. John's, NB Canada; d. 1904 Brooklyn, NY) and Margaret Hackett (b. 1831, St. Johns. NB, Canada; d. 1906, Brooklyn, NY). Hiram and Margaret were married in Boston in 1850 and Hiram was a shipjoiner/carpenter by trade. The younger Margaret shows up in the 1860 and 1870 censuses as living at home in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn (14th ward) but does not show up in the 1880 census (perhaps because she got married and moved out). My great grandfather, Hiram John Hamilton (b. 1852, d. 1937), was another child of Hiram the edler and Margaret. He would have been the younger Margaret's brother. I have no idea whether this is the same Margaret as yours but I thought I'd pass it on. Bob Sexton (rsexton@salans.com)