Recently discovered clues to my grandmother's SCOTT cousins have triggered....more questions! I found the names of Michael COHAN's parents as Cornelius COHAN and Hanora COHAN, and his wife Jane SCOTT's as William SCOTT and Jane CARROLL, in MA vital records. Did all or only some of these 3 couples live in North Brookfield, MA after 1878? I'm asking this because I turned up this quote on the North Brookfield official website, but don't know which year[s] it referred to: "George M. Cohan, a frequent visitor to his grandparents' home here, directed "Ah, Wilderness" at the local theater." It could have referred to George M's Costigan grandparents too of course, if they ever moved from Providence RI to North Brookfield... George M was born in Providence RI on 3 July 1878, and Jane Scott Cohan died in Springfield in 1897, where her gravestone says she was b. 1817. Michael COHAN died in 1859 in Springfield MA. Bartholomew HOWARD and Johanna COHAN [born SCOTT], both age 45 and residing in Springfield, married on 13 Oct. 1869, Springfield MA, clergyman M.E. BERRY, not sure which church. So far we think this is Michael Cohan's widow Jane Scott, despite age listed. [Remote possibility that Jane had a sister named Johanna, who married a different COHAN and also had a son named Dennis, also born the same year, ca. 1856 in RI? That would be a lot of coincidences...] Six months after the wedding, in July 1870, Bartholomew HOWARD age 36 was living in North Brookfield with his sons Merty 18 and Michael 10, but Jane COHAN age 46 was living in Ward 1, Springfield, with her sons Michael 15 and Dennis 13. Maybe a house hadn't been sold yet, etc. In 1880 census, in North Brookfield, we find Bartholomew HOWARD 67 b Ire. laborer; Jane HOWARD 58 wife b Ire. keeping house; Michael HOWARD 20 son b. Mass. works in shoe factory; Dennis COHAN 24 step-son b RI works in shoe factory. Also in household, Timothy HOWARD 28 and wife Mary 24, both b Ire. and their daus. Nellie 3 and Marg or Mary 1, both b MA; and Mary COLLINS 18 cousin at home b Ire. Does anyone know anything about this Mary COLLINS? Was she a Howard, Cohan, or Scott cousin, or was she related to Timothy Howard's wife Mary? Would a Springfield directory from around 1869 list M. E. Berry's church next to his name? Was Bartholomew Howard buried in North Brookfield because his first wife Catherine had been buried there, and Jane buried in Springfield because her first husband was buried there, or did Bartholomew and Jane divorce or separate after 1880? Any suggestions or ideas welcome. Sorry for the duplication for any of you on both Hampden and Worcester lists. Thanks, Barb Glassel WI