This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: scott6672ny Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.jefferson/12759.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This family is unlikely to be the one I am looking for. All available information leads me to believe that Adelbert Cranker & family was in Jefferson County NY or close by in 1900. I have two available birth dates for Dealton. 1. from WWI enlistment records which notes a birth date of 9 Aug 1895 and was born in Orleans, NY. (Town of Orleans is in northern Jefferson County bordering Lake Ontario). This may not be accurate as his brother Everett tried on three separate occasions to enlist but was underage. Discharged for being underweight. My thinking is if Everette gave wrong birth year to enlist then it is possible that Dealton did as well. The 2nd date I have is from social security death records which note a birth date of 10 Oct 1897. There is also two birth dates for Everett. One is a military benefit correspondence from 1930's and the other from Social Security Death records that note a birth in 1902. So the newspaper obit of Adelbert's father-in-law in 1899 as well as Dealton's WWI enlistment records who the family lived in the Town of Lyme/Town of Orleans area 1899-1900. So far there is nothing to suggest that the family was out of the area during the 1900 census. I have looked towards Canada since there were family in Gananaque but did not have any luck. According to Christian Cranker's will, Adelbert was to receive $200 upon reaching the age of 21. That would have been in 1895. 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.