This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FKB.2ACE/542.556.558.772.1.1 Message Board Post: Marie, Those are the questions that I need answered most. His death certificate only listed Missouri for his birthplace. The Census records that I have for him list MO as the birthplace for him and both of his parents. Family lore says his mother was Native American. And if it means anything, he named his children Alice, Bertha, Clarence, Robert, and Anna in order of birth. None of these names have shown up so far in his wife's family. I've always thought having Coleman as a middle name had some family significance, so finding an earlier William Coleman Watson has really got me wondering if he descends from that same family somehow. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!!