Hello, I'd like to add more to my posting this week about the 13 LEWIS siblings who grew up in Stoneham, MA ! The oldest was William S. LEWIS who was born in Nova Scotia before his parents moved down to MA and had 12 more children here ! I knew he was born in early 1880, and the family migrated in 1881. Through census information I had found a William and Jennie LEWIS living the Everett area, and William had very similar information to my William so I "thought" he might have been my "William." This couple "retired to" Plymouth, ME, which is near Bangor. This week I put out a query on a Maine List, and someone was able to find the obituary of that William. As it turns out, it was the wrong William ! But, it is quite surprising how many similarities there were between the two William's ! The ME obituary said that that William was born on Feb. 29th, 1880 in New Brunswick. I knew that my William had been born in Nova Scotia around the same time. So, last night I dug through my notes and found his birthdate - Feb. 29th, 1880 ! The obituary said that William H. LEWIS had gone to school in both Saint John, NB, and Stoneham, MA. The parents of my William S. LEWIS came down to Boston and not long after settled in Stoneham, MA ! So, I am now wondering if these two William LEWIS' went to high school together ! :o) So that others can be helped, the William Henry LEWIS had the parents, William H. LEWIS and Annebelle WARNOCK. I checked the 1881 Canadian census for Saint John, and actually found the 2 families living in the same household ! Also, I found out that William LEWIS, b1880, married Jennie LORD who had been born in Maine ! And, in 1920 in MA, they had Mrs. Annie LORD, a widow, living with them. The obituary said they only had one son, William LEWIS, Jr., and he appears to have lived in Maine, also ! (Found out that Plymouth and Pittsfield, ME, are bordering towns, and this couple actually died in Newport, ME.) I found my correct couple, William and Laura (?) LEWIS, living in Lynn, MA, in 1920. They had a daughter, Mona LEWIS, 10, but I think Mona was William's daughter from a first marriage - perhaps to Mary EMERSON of Stoneham (?). Laura (?) was born in Canada, also, and immigrated in 1906. She was a saleslady in a grocery store. And, William was listed as a police officer for the "Steam Railroad" at that time. After all this, I remembered that my mother had told me she had attended "Uncle Will's" funeral. But, I have no idea whether that was in the 1940's or 1950's ! In this family, both of the parents died of cancer while in their early 60's (1923 and 1924). They lost a son when he was 26 of a heart-attack. My grandfather died in his early 60's of a heart-attack. His brother, John (youngest in family), died in his early 60's in CA of lung-cancer. They lost a married daughter in 1923 when she died during childbirth. I have not yet found out when the others died, except for a few who seem to have lived into their late 70's. As I mentioned, the married daughters had the surnames, GREENE, WING, JOYCE, PHELAN, TALMADGE, HUBER, and CHASE ! Thank you for your time! May "each" of us find "our Pot of Gold" today ! :o) Spiritually or physically ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. Most of my family-tree from the 1600's to the 1800's seem to have been "all English" -- but one of my grandfather's was descended from "Scottish surname" people who lived in IRELAND from the late 1700's - and went to Quebec Province in the 1820's ! So, even though my "uncles, aunts, and cousins" very much celebrate their "Scottish heritage" !!! Me, the genealogist, has seen several references to "those IRISH families" living in Quebec Province during the 1800's ! :o)