This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jemwalsh Surnames: McCann, Fogle, Bennett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mccann/1794.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please let us know what you learn from the death certificate. I have done a great deal of searching for your James T. One note of caution: Mother's maiden name is a very suspect item on a death certificate. I've seen many that were wrong. The probability of false information increases with estrangement. Also, it is feasible that your Father changed his name. There is an almost two year old Mildred B. McCann in a 1910 household in San Francisco. It appears that this Mildred b. 1908 married a Bennett and died in 1990, Marin, CA. (The CA Death Index says that Mildred's parents were Fred A. McCann & Millie Fogle & Millie is a nickname for Mildred.) Unfortunately, there isn't a Wilson or a James T. in that 1910 household but there is a Frank J. who is five years old and a Maurice F. who is six. In 1920 a Maurice "T." McCann is a lodger in a Taylor household in San Rafael, Marin, CA. Earlier, in the 1900 Census of Amador, CA there is a Fred A. McCann with wife Millie. They have a son named Alvin D. b. Dec 1896. There is an Alvin of the right age with sister Mildred in 1910 San Francisco; their Mother's name in 1910 is listed as "Nellie" which could be an error on the part of the enumerator. Looks as if "Nellie" is divorced. Found a "Frederick" McCann of the right age to be Fred A. in 1920 Oakland, CA, a lodger reported to be a wi! dower, which was a common reporting "error" by those who were divorced. Perhaps James T. was born in Amador, CA and that sounded like a TX name to him. Worth exploring that family further. You should also search the early archives of the McCann RootsWeb list as I believe that there was a CA Bennett researching McCanns. Regards, Jane 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.