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/JRB.2ACE/1467.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jackie, In the 1850 Census I did find Samuel Ryer living with Mary and several children in West Farms, Westchester. In another household I found a Richerd Ryer with wife Jessie and another handful of children. Also living with Richard was a 76 year old Ellen Ryer. It leads me to believe that Ellen is Samuel's mother, father deceased, and she is living with her other son Richard. So...I would say he has at least one brother. There were other possibilities in Westchester but not in West Farms. Tony