This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Masterson, Roark (O'Rork, etc.) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YWC.2ACI/4882.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kathy, That's part of my problem, I don't know anything about my Patrick Masterson excpt that he was born in Ireland in 1813, was married and in Canada by 1843 (birth of 1st child) and died in 1893. His wife was Ann O'Roark (Rork, etc), born 1814 in Leitrim, Cloone Parish, and died 1885. She had sibs, Ellen and Thomas. Both older, both also died in Canada. That would make your Mary's death 27 years after his, and he was 80 when he died. So, possible, but not probable. If you learn more about Mary's brother Patrick, let me know. If I find out more about my Patrick, I will post it, also. Good Luck, Margo