My name is Phyllis HOWARTH McKay. My father is John Houghton HOWARTH born February 27, 1913 in Jefferson County NY, he is still living - Anchorage, AK He married Vida Evelyn Stopp of Belvidere, NJ his mother is Luella HOUGHTON,she died 1986 in Anchorage, AK, Luella's father was Albert HOUGHTON was an engineer. JOHN HOUGHTON HOWARTH met him when he was 16 years old, when he was Chief engineer of the Sir Thomas Shaughnessey. The biggest grain & colas shipping the Great Lakes. He was of Alexandria. Luella's wedding was performed by her maternal grandfather, REV. DANIEL T. WHITE in the Methodist Parsonage, Plessis, NY his father James Henry HOWARTH born September 18, 1877 in New York, married to Luella HOUGHTON, July 4, 1883, in Town of Alexandria, Jefferson County, NY, Served in Spanish American War in Philipines and Hawaii in the medical field. Attended to the last Hawaiian Queen, State Militia, Manager International Chemical Company his grandfather James Henry HOWARTH Sr. born 1852 in NY, buried Utica, NY 1881, married to Lena Fraley born in NY 1855. Henry Howarth had a furniture store in Utica, NY where you could buy everything from baby cribs, household , chairs and tables, and I believe he sold coffins. The store I think was on either James or Salina Street, Utica, NY. A trolley ran near both the store and the house. Committeeman from the 12th ward, Utica, NY, Fireman/Utica, NY his great-grandfather Henry Howarth, born in England 1820 according to the 1870 census he was deceased then. He and 3 brothers lived next door to each other in Utica, NY according to the 1850 census. He married Lydia also born in England He was a painter. I am looking for any further information on the Howarth's especially where in England they might have originated. Thank-you in advance Phyllis Howarth McKay test __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com