Ritchie & Marsha, The good news is that Glenn went back to my web page, saw the message I'd left, and emailed me as follows: "I have a book of The Rummey's tree. The Knibbs are tracted to a Charles Knibbs born 15 feb 1819 Devonshire, England died 23 sept 1886 Verona, Ill. My grandfather was his son. My father said that Charles parnets died on Ellis island and friends split up the four boys. I'm just started to do some work on the Knibbs family history. I am 81 and it takes me awhile to do things. Glenn Ellsworth Knibbs" So, from this, it appears that Glen is descended from the elusive Charles Knibbs from Devonshire. I've written back to Glen to say that there are others on the mailing list who know of his ancestors, and who would like to make contact with him. Bearing in mind he's 81 years old, I've asked if he minds me passing his email address on to you - and Alan of course. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:51 AM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Glenn Ellsworth KNIBBS > Marsha. The Grundy Co., Illinois, Knibbs are mine. Charles Knibbs had seven > children. The only male who lived to adult hood was John D. Knibbs, > 1867-1934. My guess is that Truman E. Knibbs and John B. Knibbs were his > sons. The dates are right; John D. would have been 28 when Truman was born. > Gordon Charles Knibbs, who lives in Colorado, is also a son of John D. Knibbs > and should be able to place Truman E. and John B. Alan will no doubt be able > to confirm my guess. Charles Knibbs arrived in the U.S. long before Ellis > Island. I suspect this account of four brothers whose parents died on Ellis > Island may be family lore. Ritchie Thomas > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >