Hi Nancy, Thank you for looking up the info about Thomas Lyman Gray. My problem is in the 1880 and 1900 census, Thomas lists the parents as born in NY. His older brother, my gggrandfather, James lists the parents as born in Ireland. My thinking is and I have asked around about this and it seems to be a fairly common occurrence, is that Thomas was probably not at home of the time of the census (he was working) and a family member gave the info. I'm thinking something must have ocurred, whether the parents died or they had a falling out, but Thomas was gone from NY and living in Worcester at age 15 and maybe Thomas' wife and kids thinking since Thomas was from NY, guess the parents are too. On the other hand James was still in NY at that time. But I digress......Anyway, my reason for wanting to see the 1910 and or 1920 census is that maybe Thomas was the one giving out the info and filled it out differentlyand he lists his parents as born in Ireland. I do know that in 1920 he was retired (he died in 1925) but I don''t know if he was retired in 1920. Thanks, Patti Hi Patti, There is a Thomas Gray in the 1900 Webster, Worcester County, MA census. He was living on Elm St., was born April 1843 in New York and he was listed as working in a Nailing Machine shop. Both parents were listed as having been born in New York. Could this be your Thomas Gray? Nancy

Hi Patti, It definitely sounds like you need to check the other census. Sorry I can't help with that. Good luck! Nancy