This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1071.1 Message Board Post: I did a quick google and found this website ... http://nelsonherron.tripod.com/family/alpena/placenames.htm Which mentions the following ... "One of the old stops which has survived is Dafoe, though it is now known as Emerson. Dafoe, located on the Hillman branch of the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad, was named in honor of Lemuel G. Dafoe who came to Alpena County from Canada in 1862 as a child of five. He taught school in Wilson Township, then took up the practice of law. Finally, he was elected Circuit Judge. Through the years this spot, now a small village with a growing residential area, has become associated with the name of a well-know farmer, Roy Emerson." I tried looking up Emerson, Michigan on Yahoo Maps but it resulted in a town in the Upper Peninsula. Enjoy.