I have a Sarah Howson, born in 1844 in Fulton Co. New York. She is a daugther of John Howson and his wife Nancy. John Howson was born in England in 1820. Could this be your Sarah? I do not know what happened to her. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <nyfulton-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [NYFULTON] BUTLER, HOWSON > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: grandmasasi > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.fulton/88.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > As you indicated that one of your ancestors was John Howson from NY, I > was wondering if those Howsons may have had a Sarah in their descendancy > who may have been born abt. 1855 in England? If they did, do you have > information on descendancy, etc.? Also does your information indicate that > the family may have immigrated to US. If so, where? > > In a death certificate for my grandfather, his mother is listed as Sarah > (what appears to be HOWSON - the 3rd letter is a bit difficult to read) & > father as Charles CLINE. In checking backward, I located an 1880 census > with Charles & Sarah (both aged 25, which would place her birth year at > about 1855)that indicated she was born in England. In an 1885 census, > there were more children (2 of which are related to me, but my grandfather > was born 2 years later, so he's not on it). Again, it indicates Sarah was > born in England. Charles was born in NY. > > Am having trouble going back beyond 1880 to locate her. Thanks! > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYFULTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message