This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burke, Dawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQB.2ACE/1079 Message Board Post: Harriett Burke Dawson was my grandmother, my fathers mother. She was born in NJ about July 1, 1898 and died on March 28, 1989. She left NJ sometime in the 1920's because of a bad situation. We assume it was a marriage with children that was to difficult. She married James Craven Dawson?? and my father James Earl Dawson was born in 1932 in Washington DC. I would really like to know whar happened. I believe her parents were George Burke and Malhalie Hess??? James Craven Dawsons parents were Warren Dawson and Claire Harbison.If these names sound familiar please contact me.