This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: swarthout Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/319.2 Message Board Post: Ruth, we might have spoken/e-mailed before. But I ran across your message about Swarthouts from Cattaraugus county NY, and I have confirmation that is where my ancestors can from. My g-grandfather John, wife Emma, and my grandfather William H., Rosa and Julia came from Mansfield in Cattaraugus Co. to Jackson, Michigan around 1890. John died in Horton, Michigan in 1902 at his sisters house, a Mrs. Aldrich. John's parents were James S. and Katherine (Waller), born in NY state. There was a 4th child, unknown, most likely the oldest from a previous marriage. John was 17 years older than Emma and I have no trace of Emma, Rosa or Julia. William, my grandfather, and his wife Emma, had 5 children. William, Jr., Viola, Florence, Margaret and my dad Bernard, all from Michigan except Florence who lived and died in Baltimore. If any of this matches what you have I would be extremely interested in your response.