This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blakely Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1061 Message Board Post: Abram R and John M Blakely were born in NY, ca 1843 and 1845, and lived most of their lives in Alpena, MI. I suspect they were brothers. Abram R died 14 Nov 1898, according to the Alpena City Directory of that year. John M died in the Fall of 1920 in Detroit. Would someone look up an obituary or other info on the two of them? I am trying to find out their parents, or at least where in NY they came from. Thanks, Walt