This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RMB.2ACE/167.172.1.3.1 Message Board Post: I think it's doubtful that Maria and Ada are sisters since Ada was b in 1892. That's a 40 yr. gap. Ada's parents were Gibson Marion Harbur and Martha Ellen Bryant. Maybe you can find them in the census. I'd rather think that Maria and Gibson were bro. & sis. since he was b 1852 making Maria an aunt to Ada. Ken Kothe