Hi there Dee, thanks so much for your reply. Thank you for all the info re dates of birth and death etc. The date of birth for Christina is correct as per her birth ceritificate.She was my great aunt sister to Harry WILSON who I knew nothing about until approx 2 years ago and my searching has brought me to Michigan USA. Who is William Wilson that you mention, are you a WILSON also? Do we have a connection here maybe? Yes Harry WILSON, my grandfather, was born 10 Dec 1898 in Aberchirder Banffshire Scotland. Yes he arrived MI Jan 1922 and yes his brother William was in Galt Ontario at the time. By 1930 both brothers lived in Detroit as roomers on Infantry (I have copy of that census. Both unmarried and driving for or working for Ford Motor Co. I have copy obituary for William (Died Oct 24 1973) and copy death certificate for Harry obtained for me by a researcher in Detroit. Harry never married. Re a sister Jessie Cummings - I have not discovered a sister by that name, the only sister I am aware of living in Scotland was Isabella Young nee Wilson as per William's obituary which states a Mrs Isobella Young living in Scotland, no place name given. She married a James Young on Nov 28 Nov 1918 in Aberchider Banffshire Scotland. I am not aware of Christina having a sister called Valerie either, could she have been a sister in law maybe? I would love to be able to make contact with the family of Christina and Andrew Tworck - Twork, assuming of course they did have a family. Someone else gave me a phone number of N C Twork, 719 Oakwood Pinconning MI, 989 879 6979. Is this number still correct for the named person? Would you be able to check it for me, this may be a person I need to speak to. Living in England makes it very difficult for me to see directories etc. I guess I have asked you a lot of questions but any help you can give me will be really appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving. Kind regards Margaret Rose nee WILSON ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MIBAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 5:24 AM Subject: Re: [MIBAY] Christina Jessie TWORK nee Wilson > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: DEE SAGER > Surnames: Wilson, Twork > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.bay/4559.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello Margaret, > > Border Crossing Listing from Canada to USA: arrived in Detroit March > 1923 - alone. > > Michigan Deaths 1971-1996 Listing: died 8 December 1993 in Warren, Macomb > County, Michigan. > > Spouse: Michigan Deaths 1971-1996 Listing: Andrew M. Twork, born 5 April > 1995, died 21 December 1985 in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, residence > Pinconning. > > Please Note: > > Michigan death certificates have an entry giving the name and address of > the person who gives the information for the death certificate - usually a > relative, sometimes a close friend. Therefore I would suggest getting the > death certificate for Christina. > > I found neither Andrew nor Christina on the social security death index > telling me that neither drew SS retirement. A possibility therefore, > would be that he worked where they had their own retirement fund and did > not pay into SS. That could be a government job or a teacher. > Possibility others, but those are what come to mind. I would suggest > getting his death certificate and see what it says about his occupation. > > ALSO - seems like there is another spelling of Twork. I tried Tvork, but > nothing there. I can almost picture it and remember my Dad talking aboout > people with this last name. They are probably on the 1930 census under > another spelling of their name. Try checking the Detroit city directories > and see what you find. Those are a good source of info on who lived > there. If they married in Detroit, chances are they lived there for at > least some time before moving to Bay County. William Wilson (Farmer)lived > not too far from my Wilson family. Dad said they were not related. > > Was Harry born abt 1899? Would he have arrive in MI about 1922? Would > his brother William still have been in Galt, Ontario? Did he have a > sister named Jessie Cummings in Kirton, Scotland? > > Finding another member of the family on the 1930 census will possibly find > Christina. > > Hope this helps. > > Dee > dsager@hughes,net > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIBAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >