This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHANKS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TGB.2ACE/543.1 Message Board Post: I found a Samuel P. SHANKS, age 62, born in PA living in 4th ward, Brainerd, Crow Wing County, MN. Children are Mattie A.(23), George E.(20) and Flossie I (17), all born in WI. Wife's name is hard to read, could be Jennie M. age 57. She reports 9 children born and 8 living, married 37 yrs. Her parents were born in PA. Occupation is Railroad Foreman, lists father as Irish, mother as Scotch-English. Census record: T624, R694, p. 95. No Shanks surname comes up for 1900 in Crow Wing Cty. 1920 lists 3 Shanks: Alfred, 39 b WI, Ami (male) 45 b WI, and Juniette, Mrs. 67 b PA Hope that helps! Becky