This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MugsJenstad Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.faribault/67.392/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lisa, I have an old book called "Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan, and Jackson, Minnesota", published in 1895. The book is biographical sketches of various residents, most likely written by the subjects themselves, and submitted to the book. There is a bio on a John EVANS of Lura Twp., Faribault County, and a little information on his wife's family: "....On the 10th of October, 1858, Mr. EVANS married Miss Maria OWENS, daughter of William and Elizabeth (EVANS) OWENS. The lady was born in Liverpool, England, August 29, 1834, and is the youngest of nine children, three sons and six daughters, of whom only two survive, --Mrs. EVANS, and Margaret, widow of James BEARD, who came from Manchester, England, and married Miss OWENS in New York in 1838. They had five children, four living: Owen James, a farmer of Prescott Twp; Harrietta, wife of Griffith M. JONES, of Blue Earth city, Minnesota; Mary, wife of Frederick DOLLIVER, who is living in northern Iowa; and Anna, wife of Edward DOLLIVER, who is also living in Iowa. The parents of Mrs. EVANS emigrated to America in 1844, locating first in Syracuse, New York, and then removing to Rochester, that state, whence they went to Green Lake County, Wisconsin, in 1848. Mr. OWENS ereated a frame house in the village of Kingston, and there the father died at the age of seventy-four.! His wife came with the family to Minnesota in 1865. She was a native of Wales, and died in Lura Twp., at the advanced age of eighty-four, her remains being interred in Lura cemetery." It looks like this book has the DOLLIVER brothers and their wives' names flip-flopped. These old books are not always accurate, since they are written from people's memories, etc. I am not sure who you are hoping to connect, and whether this info has anything to help you, but I'm sending it in case it gives you any clues to work on. I'm not related, just checking the Faribault Co message board, since I grew up there. Margaret 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.