This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bones-Colden-Bowens-Kilby-Kelley-Jordan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/591 Message Board Post: We are looking for relatives of James, and Mary Bones, and Thomas Bones that lived in Butte, MT. and came from somewhere in Ireland. Their father's name was Bartholomew, and Mother's name was Margaret Colden, Bones.Gradfather James Bones had a brother, Thomas, and three sisters. He was married to Mary, and had 4 children. James was killed in the Interstate Mine Shaft on April 2,1921. Grandma Mary died of throat cancer in St. James Hospital on Jan. 10, 1922. Our Father was John William Bones, and his name was changed to Bowens later. 3 of the children, Margaret, James, and Michael were placed in an orphanage.Any info. will be greatly appreciated. sherri2me@aol.com