In a message dated 03/07/2001 5:45:09 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > I'm looking for my great-grandfather, Edward Borin Bowers. He was born > in Brooklyn, NY on 13 Mar 1884 as Edward Borin. After his father died his > mother had to give the youngest two children Edward and Will up for adoption. > > They were sent west on the Orphan Trains in 1888. Will was only 2 years > old when he was adopted by the Clifton family in Independence, MO. My Edward > was adopted by Daniel and Marie Bowers of Lamar, MO. I found Daniel and > Marie Bowers in the 1880 MO census. They then moved to Salt Lake City, > UT, where I found them with Edward in the 1900 UT census. > (This query was posted to Benton Co instead of Barton Co by mistake, and has been deleted) Homer Ficken, Benton GenWeb