This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobboss55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.suffolk/7997/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to make sense out of conflicting information on the line of my paternal great grandfather, William Boss I have found him in Liverpool England from the first sighting of him, on a marriage record, on February 28, 1874 till his death in 1935. The British 1901 census lists him as born in Dublin Ireland. An extensive search of the available records from Ireland fail to find him or his father John Boss (listed on the wedding record). Looking at his children, my grandfather included, finds an interesting bit. On the U.S. 1910 census, both my grandfather, John Boss, and his sister, Ellen Jones, list that their father, William my great grandfather, ws actually born in Massachusetts. John even states on the Washington County New York wedding register that his father, William, was born in Boston Mass. So fasr I have been unable to locate any record of a Wiliam or John Boss in the Boston area about 1850. I know there are several Boss families in Mass in the mid 1800's. I just can not tie either William or John to them. Any ideas? Was it common for s person to leave the states and move to Englang at the time? William and his son John, my grandfather, we both mariners. I suspect the the family were also. So Boston and Liverpool both make sense. I know that William was in Liverpool, when not at sea, from at least 1874 to 1935. He was at sea from about 1874 till 1901. His wife had died in 1900 and then he stayed at home to take care of a daughter. Bob Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.