This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Saunders Maxson Maxon Sommer Stillman Vars Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WMB.2ACE/4354.12 Message Board Post: Do any of these families appear in your book: Stillman Sommer Maxson Vars Saunders? Elizabeth (Vars) Maxson was born in 1802 in Westerly, RI and died in 1820 in Petersburg, NY, I found a card with Mrs. E. Maxon 2920 Olive St. St. Louis, MO. That would be Joseph Stillman Maxson's mother was Lois Stillman; maiden name Lois Stillman. Lois was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Molly (Maxson) Stillman. Lois had a daughter-in-law named Mrs. Joseph Stillman Maxson whose maiden name was Elizabeth Vars. This is the woman whose card I found with the St. Louis address (2920 Olive Street) on it. Elizabeth and Joseph Stillman (Vars) Maxson had a daughter Abigail Maxon who was a genealogist. Abigail's son Fred Saunders married Fannie Sommer. Fannie was born in 1864 and brought to this country when she was 6 months old from Weinheim, Germany. Any of these families in your book? Ambrose Sommer was head of household for Frannie. Fred Saunders was head of household for Abigail Maxon. Sommers were Catholic. For the Maxson group they came from Westerly, RI to Adams or Petersburg, NY before being in St. Louis. From St. Louis the clan moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sommers moved in about 1875. I don't know date of moving for Maxsons. Sommers originated from Weiheim, Germany and resided in the German area of St. Louis. Fannie's mother did not learn much English.