This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BarbaraWolford Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6718/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My great-grandfather Benjamin Lawson married in 1886 in Norwich, CT, sired 3 daughters and disappeared into the sunset! He is listed in Woonsocket RI as of January 1893..registering a daughter's birth..he was then a mill operator, and had been listed in Norwich, CT as a loom fitter. His wife/widow began listing herself as widow in CT around 1905, but there is no record of him from 1893 on. Either he was secretly interred in a backyard in RI, or he lit out and changed his name! There has been no record of his birth that I have been able to find either..and precious few "Lawsons" in censuses in NY or CT or anywhere thereabout! Anyone with a connection to this elusive ancestor?? 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.