This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STOKESBURY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WWC.2ACI/3539.1 Message Board Post: I am looking for a John Stokesbury who went to California around 1850 during the Gold Rush. His three sons (John, Richard and Henry) were left orphaned in Sonoma County. Could this be a connection to your John Stokesbury? Thanks.