This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tuttle, Heyward, Tuthill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3RB.2ACIAE/223.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sheilah, I checked Census information, and found an Edward TUTTLE in Hingham in 1900: TUTTLE, EDWARD R (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , PLYMOUTH, HINGHAM Age: 38, Male, Race: BLACK, Born: MA Series: T623 Roll: 674 Page: 85 Unfortunately, that particular sheet won't download onto my screen, so I can't see who was with him in the home.* The 1910 Census shows them still in Hingham, this sheet showing Jane as his wife, and with a daughter, Esther or Ethel, 17. There seems to be TUTTLE families living on either side of them. A possible brother is Walter, 51, with his family, and Henrietta, 70, their possible mother (HoH): 1910 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS Series: T624 Roll: 612 Page: 76 Also, under Edward, the Race designation does not appear to be "B" for Jane and Esther/Ethel. It looks more like "Mu" possibly for Mulatto. The couple might have been still alive in 1920 as I'm finding an Edward and Jane TUTTLE living in Hingham: TUTTLE, EDWARD K (1920 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , PLYMOUTH, HINGHAM Age: 55, Male, Race: MULATTO, Born: MA Series: T625 Roll: 726 Page: 162 Oh, there it is .. I think there was a little bit of mistranscribing from this Census sheet, but here Edward is listed as Mulatto and not Black. (I can only go up to 1920.) And, Henrietta, 80, is still alive in 1920, and there are other TUTTLE families in Hingham then (possibly the relatives again). I would write a letter to the Hingham Town Clerk and ask for the death information / death certificates on these TUTTLE families. They might all be buried in the same cemetery. *Almost every time I try to use HeritageQuest from my home computer (through local library), at least one of the Census sheets won't come through onto the screen. I only get the top 2" of the sheet where the headings are. Does anyone know why this happens. (It's not a question of "waiting" until it does download.) If I have time, I'll look for Martha HEYWARD, but I'll guess if you find the TUTTLE gravesite, you will find Martha.