I have asked about this before, but maybe we have some new people who might be able to help. My g-g-g'father, William Kelsey, came to Cambridge around 1842 from England. Wife Elizabeth. Several children. Family owned and operated furniture company until well after 1900. I have lots of information that I am more than willing to share. There was another Kelsey family in the area--Thomas Kelsey, and Henry J. Kelsey. On the census, their occupations are sometimes listed as in the furniture business, so I feel quite certain that there is a relationship between the two families. I just can't prove it. Does anyone have any more information on a possible connection? Maud Marie -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:13 AM To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] REEVES and STEVENS buried in Everett (Cont'd.) Hi Betty, I do so enjoy your messages to us! This is a tag-on about my husband's ROOTS family from Lynn, MA. It seems there was a SAMUEL ROOTS -born ca. 1740; married an Elizabeth Honeywell -Roots on 7, July, 1782. I cannot seem to tie Samuel in with any Roots (from Salem, MA), and was wondering if any of your readers might know of this Samuel Roots. He & Elizabeth had a son, James Roots on 9, April, 1783 & he married an Elizabeth Rhoades-Roots. They married 12, July, 1803. I would love to hear anything about this family. Regards, Anne -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:09 AM To: genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com; MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAMiddle] REEVES and STEVENS buried in Everett (Cont'd.) Hello, I go through my genealogy e-mails from 5 am to 8 or 9 am and sometimes it takes me a while to .. get thinking. :o) I just remembered I could look in census records to see which REEVES and STEVENS people were living in Everett around 1900. I just found one family: REEVES, ALEXANDER (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 2-WD EVERETT Age: 55, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MA Series: T623 Roll: 658 Page: 171 His parents were born in Scotland. His wife was born in NY and her parents were born in Ireland. They had 4 mostly adult children with them, and another couple in their 50's boarding with them with the name, PHELAN (born Ireland). This is another family: REEVES, STEVEN E (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 3-WD EVERETT Age: 76, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA Series: T623 Roll: 658 Page: 235 Looks like he and his wife, 66, and their 4 children came down to MA in 1883. Another family: REEVES, WILLIAM (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 1-WD EVERETT Age: 61, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA Series: T623 Roll: 658 Page: 140 He and his wife and one son came down in 1891. They probably had 2 older children. There were other people in either Everett or Malden, one man born in England. -- Oh, they just mentioned the late actor, Christopher REEVE, on TV. STEVENS? I see that was a popular name. Almost 350 people with the name just in Middlesex County; but not a lot in Malden and Everett. They were mostly born in New England, but some born in Canada. As with my other posting over the weekend, I was hoping to find some connection to my KERR ancestors who were buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett in 1902 and 1904. No other person was buried with them. But, the REEVES and STEVENS (old) stones were directly beside them. In regard to their children, the only adult child I don't know about was Hannah Jane KERR, born ~1860 Canada. There is a good possibility she could have joined the rest of her family as a married woman, and I have no idea what that name would be. By the way, I just rechecked and Robert and Eliza KERR are not in the 1900 census - that I can find (born 1827 Canada). And, I'm not seeing their son, William KERR, in 1900; he died in 1905. William and Elizabeth are in 1880 census. By the way, they were all born in the Prov. of Quebec, but the families lived north of the St. Lawrence River. So the census pages only say, born Canada, and not "French-Canada." Betty (near Lowell, MA) To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message