Lynn Crowder wrote: > Hi Joe, I don't think they are the same, My Rose was born in 1850 Yes, that would rule out my Edward Hartley Knapp, born 1856, of Homer, NY as the father. I was interested though to see on a web page that "In 1834 when a post office was registered, [Barneyville, MI] was renamed Homer after the city in Courtland [sic] County, New York, at the request of many of the residents who had moved from there." (http://www.multimag.com/city/mi/homer/index.html) So I'd say given that your photograph of Rose's father was taken in Homer, MI, it's a fair chance the family came from Homer, NY. I personally don't have any other E.H. Knapps in my records though. Joe Knapp