Diana, Do you have any birth and death dates or approximate ages at a given time for any of these folks? It is difficult to check w/out estimated ages. I did find a William F. McManus in the 1930 Census for Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, not Attleboro. He was age 41 in 1930 so he was b. abt 1889-1890. He was born in Canada (English) and so were both parents. Looks like he immigrated to the US in 1905 or 1908. He was the owner of a garage. His wife was Catherine and children were Ralph, John and Mary. He owned his home and had a radio! Same guy is there in 1920, age 31, w/ Catherine, Ralph and John. Mcmanus, William F Age: 31 Year: 1920 Birthplace: Canada Roll: T625_706 Race: White Page: 17B State: Massachusetts ED: 5 County: Middlesex Image: 280 Township: Arlington If this is your grandfather, William F, then his father was probably born abt. 1850-1870. Suggest you try and find a death certificate or record from Bristol County. He doesn't show up in the 1920 census in Mass so he may have died between 1905/08 when the family appears to have immigrated and 1920. I don't have an index for 1910 so can't check that. If the above William F is yours, then you may be able to find him and his father in the 1881 Canadian Census online at LDS: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/searc h_census.asp There were 10 males named William McManus (or variations thereon) in the 1850-70 birth range. To narrow, check families for similar naming patterns, also the Canadian census seems to have ethic origin and religion so if you know they were Catholic, or whatever, that might help you narrow the search, too. I you get his father's name from a death certificate, you could search for that, too. Good Luck and Happy Hunting! Jan -----Original Message----- From: Snoeman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MABRISTO] McManus Family looking for any information on the MCMANUS FAMILY in attleboro or the outskirts of attleboro. William Mcmanus is my mystery ggrandfather, no one seems to know about him. he married MARY LOUISE , and she came from canada. she is buried at a place called st. john's cemetery. they had 5 children. WILLIAM F MCMANUS which is my grandfather, other shildren's names. EARL MCMANUS, CHARLIE MCMANUS, MARY MCMANUS MARTIN, AND HAZEL MCMANUS ROLLINS. / now those are some of them. i know those children had children, so there must be someone out there that knows something about my family.i'm lost and confused about them. any help would be so appreciated ..... thank you diana e ============================== 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