Elberta, I'm not sure if you had this before, but the Ristons listed in the 1870 Baltimore Census Index are: Riston, Alice M, 21, b MD, Ward 18, Baltimore, page 112 Riston, Edward, 32, b VA, Ward 15, page 39 Riston, Jas G., 37, b MD, Ward 19, page 248 John ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAMOSCLANN@aol.com> To: <MDGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [MDGEN] Riston/Baltimore City/Prior to 1871 > > In a message dated 2/22/03 3:40:39 PM, AntiqueDish@jps.net writes: > > << Do you have any first names? > > There was an Edward Riston in Baltimore Co., in 1722. >> > > Samuel N. Riston was born in 1871 in Baltimore. I've been unable to find him > in the 1880 census, which might give direction as to who his parents were. As > a child growing up, I was told that my grandfather had been left an orphan. I > did find a Samuel, foundling, 6 enumerated in a Catholic orphanage in > Baltimore. I wrote them requesting information, but only heard back that they > would look into it. I don't think the family knew the name of his father, > because I have a picture just labeled S. N. Riston's father. The picture of > the mother says Mary Sinclair, S. N. Riston's mother. According to all the > census Mary Sinclair was born in MD. I've been unable to find a marriage > between a Mary Sinclair and an unknown Riston in a reasonable timeframe prior > to 1871. Until I'm able to find a marriage between Mary Sinclair and Unknown > Riston I'm up against the Wall. Most of my searching has been around > Baltimore, but this marriage could have taken place in any county, so if > anyone has indexes to marriages in other counties for this time period and > would be willing to check it out, I would really appreciate it. I sent for my > grandfather's death certificate, luckily it was in Oct before the MD Archives > shut down on such certificates, but I don't hold out much luck on obtaining > new information. > > Edward Riston of Baltimore in 1722 could be an ancestor, but I have a big gap > to close before 1722. > > Thanks, > Elberta > > Elberta > > > ==== MDGEN Mailing List ==== > Census project needs transcribers for any state . There web page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/index.htm > >