This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CCrosthwaite54 Surnames: Crosthwaite, Salsman, Messier, Ross, Rychling, Claing Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.lex.general/952.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The 1910 census states they were married less than one year. I had believed that they married in Boston. Only because they were actually living there at the time. I don't have the time to go to Mass right now to research, so have been using familysearch. Unfortunately, they have no marriages from Feb. thru April of 1910 for the city of Boston. When I asked them about it, they explained that marriages happened in other towns and are reported that way. Well then what happened to the marriages that occurred in the city of Boston itself. It's possible that Emma was carrying Ethan Jr. at the time of their marriage. Please don't be surprised, it happened more times than people think. I checked the marriage records for Saugus and Everett, but didn't find them. I thought that Ethan Sr. might have died in New Jersey. He was still listed as a typewriter salesman in the 1920 census in New Jersey. By the 1930 census Emma is already listed as being Frank Elton Giles' wife. Eth! an either died between 1920-1930, or they divorced. Emma's marriage record should tell us whichever it was. Actually the name Crosthwaite is English. There is actually a town in England that carries the Crosthwaite name in Keswick, England. The name stands for the cross in the field. When the family branched off, part stayed in England, part went to Scotland and part went to Ireland. Our lines so far are traced back to Queen's County Ireland. I have photo's of John Crosthwaite's headstone from the St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. I also have one (poor) photo of Samuel Crosthwaite and we have at least one maybe two of Catherine Fawcett. Your mother is right about the Salsman name. Some spellings are still done with the 'Z', some are not. If you look at the records for Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, you'll see that some have two "nn". These were written this way because many people didn't know how to write and those that kept records (church or state), spelled it the way it sounded. Charlene Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.