An "Alden PINNEY" was a passenger on the SS Prometheus which sailed Oct 5, 1852, from New York City to San Juan de Nicaragua, enroute to the California gold mines. Was this the same Alden PINNEY who md Elmeda TIMERMAN in Orleans, Jefferson County, NY. in Feb, 1850, and had a dau, Percis E. PINNEY, born in Orleans in Dec., 1850? This Alden's bro, Henry PINNEY, also of Jefferson County, was in Calif. in 1852. Did their Bro, Nelson D. PINNEY also go to Calif? CID [Charles Irwin Davis] <CIDEka@aol.com> HAPPY FACE PUBLISHERS. Eureka, California CID [Charles Irwin Davis] <CIDEka@aol.com> HAPPY FACE PUBLISHERS. Eureka, California