This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCormick, McCormack, McCormas, Kirkland Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mccormick/1740.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Very interesting. I find the name McCormick is spelled differently in almost every census. (McCormack, McCormas as examples) Not sure if we match up but..we both have an Elizabeth D born about the same time (mine was abt 1846 in Kentucky). I wonder if Robert McCormick, b abt 1820 in Kentucky could be somehow related to your older William S. Very interesting that they all ended up in Ray County Missouri and then Kansas. A lot of the Kirklands (Perry Kirkland married Angeline Frances McCormick) were/are in the Olathe area. What I have is: (mainly from census records) Robert McCormick, b abt 1820 in Kentucky married to a Sarah E ? b abt 1843 in Kentucky. Children were: 1. Rachel A McCormick b abt 1843 in Kentucky 2. Sarah J McCormick b abt 1844 in Kentucky 3. Elizabeth D McCormick b abt 1846 in Kentucky Married to H. W. Clarke b abt 1840 in Each or East Tennessee Child Lilly-Bell Clarke b abt 1873 in Kansas 4. Mary G McCormick b Dec 1848 in Kentucky This child I am unsure about. Just discovered her living with her mother Sarah E in 1900 census in District 88, Henderson, Lewis Cnty, Kentucky. Did not find her with the family in 1850 census. Did someone else raise her or ??? 5. John W. H. McCormick b. March 1850 6. Angeline Frances McCormick b. 10 Dec 1853, Ray County, MO d 23 May, 1919, Junction City, Geary, KS She would be my great-great grandmother. Married Perry Smith Kirkland on 31 March 1870 (I think in Muncie Kansas) Perry Smith - b. 7 Jan 1844 in Fayetteville, AL, d. 28 Mar 1926 in Junction City, Geary, KS I have lots of information from this line 7. George R McCormick b. abt 1856 in Missouri