This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunphy,Smith,Young Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WWC.2ACI/3229.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you again for the reply.We're not denying any information that's given to us.We were always told that Francis and his family came over from Ireland.Birth record says that he was born in NYC while census information says that he was born in NJ.We do know that Francis lived in NYC,he and his wife lived at the home of her father's in Queens County,NY.My grandfather never had a birth certificate and when his family came through Ellis Island that the papers were filled out saying that he was born here in USA.My mom remembers hearing her mother telling her that my grandfather was dressed up like a girl to keep the family together.Accoring to my mom it was just Francis,Mary,Agnes and their mother and if people knew that Francis was actually a boy they would of sent him off some place else.My mom also recalls hearing her mother telling her that my grandfather was so sick that his mother had a hard time bringing him through Ellis Island so they could find a place to live in NYC. We often questioned ourselves why would Francis Dunphy lie about where he was born?? Why would they make up such a story.I find census records to be inaccurate. Thank you for the suggestions.I will persue the idea,if I can.