This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MLM44 Surnames: Kelley, Brinck, Bull Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kelley/4998.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It doesn't look like they had any children. Here is the information from the 1920 census. Emily is indexed as Erving C., but the census image shows her as Emily C. Her age is also "off". (She should be about 53). Either she fibbed about her age or the census taker didn't "hear" it correctly. 1920 US FEDERAL CENSUS Name: Frank T Brinck Home in 1920: Brooklyn Assembly District 4, Kings, New York Age: 47 years Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Erving C Father's Birth Place: New York Mother's Birth Place: New York Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent 148 Rodney St. -- rents Frank T. Brinck, Head, 47, married, b. NY, parents b. NY, Occupation: Salesman-Woolen House Emily C. Brinck, Wife, 44, b. IL, father b. RI, mother b. Ireland ********************** The 1900 census shows Frank and his widowed mother living with his brother-in-law who is indexed as Manng Bull, but on the census image, the name looks like Marion J. Bull. 1900 US FEDERAL CENSUS Name: Frank T Brink Home in 1900: Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York Age: 26 Estimated birth year: abt 1874 Birthplace: New York Relationship to head-of-house: Brother-in-law Race: White Living on 72nd St. Marion J. Bull, head, 32, b. Mch 1868, married 3 yrs., b. NOR, father b. NOR, mother b. NY, Immigrated 1888, Occupation: Shipping Clerk Ellen Bull, wife, 28, b. Oct. 1871, mother of 1 child, b. NY, parents b. NY Marens? Bull, son, 1, b. July 1898, NY Mary E. Brinck, mother-in-law, 49, b. Mch 1851, Widow, mother of 3 children, 2 living, b. NY, father b. SCOT., mother b. ENG. Frank T. Brinck, brother-in-law, 26, b. Oct. 1873, b. NY, parents b. NY, Occupation: Carpenter Ellen C. Kelley is living two houses away with her father and stepmother: Joseph Kelley, head, 60, b. Dec. 1839, married 6 yrs., b. RI, father b. RI, mother b. DE, Occupation: Merchant Tailor Sarah C. Kelley, wife, 57, b. Sept. 1843, mother of 0 children, b. NY, parents b. NY Emily C. Kelley, daughter, 33, b. July 1866, b. IL, father b. RI, mother b. IRE, Occupation: Bookkeeper ***************************** I found the marriage license of "Ellen" and "Manng/Marion" Bull. It looks like his name could be Marcus: Name: Ella A. Brinck Spouse Name: Marcus Z. Bull Marriage Date: 1897 Marriage Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York Marriage ID: 2220680191 Certificate Number: 5014 Other Comments: See Family History Library catalog for films 1543971-1562446 (Manhattan) and Film 1653852 (Brooklyn), for actual certificate. Source: Marriage Registers, Extracts from Manhattan (1869-1880) and Brooklyn (1895-1897) Publisher: Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, New York. Publication Place: New York, NY I looked for a marriage license for an unknown Brinck and Mary Unknown, but didn't come up with anything. The closest result was an Edward Brinck marrying an Anna NIDEL in 1871. Maybe the mother Mary had a middle name of Anna. ***************************** This looks like Frank with his mother and sister in the 1880 census. His mother was widowed at a young age. 1880 US FEDERAL CENSUS Name: Frank Brink Home in 1880: Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York Age: 7 Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Birthplace: New York Relation to head-of-household: Son Father's birthplace: New York Mother's name: Mina Mother's birthplace: New York Living on Duquies St. ? Mina Brink, Head, 30, widow, Keeping House, b. NY, parents b. England Ella, daughter, 8, attends school, b. NY, parents b. NY Frank, son, 7, attends school, b. NY, parents b. NY 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.