He Everyone, My gg grandfather, William BOWE, came to Rhode Island probably in the early 1850s. In the 1860 RI census he was living (along with, what appears to be, his sisters, Catherine, and Johanna and a brother, Michael) in No. Smithfield RI in the same house as the John SULLIVAN family and next door to the Stephen OWENS family in No. Smithfield, RI. The SULLIVAN and OWENS families were from Ireland and arrived in the US in the 1850s. I found a death certificate for one of the Owens boys (James) that indicated he was born in Dublin about 1852. So it might be possible the Sullivan, Owens, and Bowe families knew each other in Ireland (maybe Dublin) and therefore lived together to Rhode Island. Questions: Does anyone have any information on Stephen Owens born about 1823 in Ireland and married to Elizabeth ___ about 1840 possibly in Dublin? or John Sullivan born about 1837 in Ireland (possibly Dublin) and married to Julia ___ about 1854 ? Note: I have a collection of Bowe family data from County Kilkenny if someone needs a lookup on the Bowe families of this county. thanks for the help, Charlie King gg grandson of William Bowe of No. Smithfield RI and Ireland ________________________________________________________________________ Interested in getting caught up on today's news? Click here to checkout USA TODAY Headlines. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=198954&u=http://www.usatoday.com/news/front.htm?csp=24