This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ginetteone Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.kings/16374.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This family is in Canadian Census 1871 Blenheim, Oxford North, ontario william 47, b. Ireland Elizabeth 33, b. Ontario Children: Thomas 9, Stanley 12, william 14, Henry 7, John 5, Mary 3, Charles 1,Jane 8. Also Find Margaret birth name: Margret Mcalaster birth date: 12 Jun 1879 birthplace: Dwight, Huron, Michigan gender: Female race: father's name: William Mcalaster father's birthplace: Canada father's age: mother's name: Elizabeth Mcalaster mother's birthplace: Canada mother's age: christening date: christening place: additional relatives: death date: death age: film number: 2320569 digital folder number: 4206545 image number: 371 frame number: reference number: item 1 p 366 rn 53 Also Jane's (Jennie) marriage groom's name: William J. Myers groom's race: groom's age: 33 years groom's birth date: 1860 groom's birthplace: Michigan bride's name: Jennie Mcallister bride's race: bride's age: 28 years bride's birth date: 1865 bride's birthplace: Canada marriage type: marriage date: 06 Nov 1893 marriage place: Garfield, Bay, Michigan groom's father: Elisha Myers groom's mother: Christina Wetherspoon bride's father: Wm Mcallister bride's mother: Elizabeth Mcdowell groom's marital status: groom's previous wife: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband: film number: 2342495 so the mother's name seems to be McDowell but on the registration it looks like McDonell. I looked at the U.S. census for 1880 in Dwight Michigan, and it looks like if people were from Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, it would say so, and the others said CANADA; this is just an observation. How I'm I doing so far. Let us know. Ginette 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.