This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WALKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1789.1 Message Board Post: There are no births in Suffolk County for Edward Walker in that time frame. There are two marriages for two different Edward Walkers in Suffolk County, one in 1875 and one in 1876. Expanding the search for all counties, births between 1872 and 1878, only one Edward Walker appears: 1872; Vol: 243; Page: 232; No. 3; Edward Joseph Walker, b. Aug 23d, Male, b. Boylston, parents Lyman S. and Harriet E. Walker, father was a farmer, father born in Barre, and mother born in Randolph, Ohio. Now there are some male Walkers born whose middle names were Edwin and Edgar. It is possible the child was nickname Ed, which was later interpreted to mean Edward. (Happened to my grandfather!) And there is one (Male) Walker born in Suffolk county in 1873. Vol: 252 ; Page: 135; No. 6038; June 21; b. 265 Athens; parents George & Jane; res. Boston; occ. of father Steampipe fitter, father b. Maine, mother b. Randolph. I would look at the 1880 census and see if you can find George and Jane, and see if they have a son Ed. In 1900, depending on the circumstances of his childhood, he may not be aware of the place his parents were born. Sorry there are no clear-cut answers here. Have you gone through the 1880 census looking for him? Have you sent away for his obituary or his death certificate? Have you obtained his marriage certificate? Those are all possible sources of parents' names. Good luck, Susan Daily