Georgiana, thanks for this posting. Here is one possibility, but I don't know enough about him to be sure that it's the same one. 1 BARRINGER Conrad b c1680s Germany m 1710 STAHL Anna Elisabetha; to America 2 BARRINGER Friedrich m SHUFELT Anna Margaretha 3 BARRINGER Zacharias m FELLER Anna 4 BARRINGER Frederick Z. m YAEGER Gertrude 5 BARRINGER Sarah Ann b 1804 Rensselaer Co NY m AINSWORTH Thomas J. b c1804 CT m 21 Nov 1822 at Dutch Reformed Church at Wynantskill, Rensselaer Co NY 6 AINSWORTH John W. P. b July 1833 Rensselaer Co NY m twice m 1stly ___ Olivia who was b c1837 in Washington Co NY m 2ndly ___ Rose who was b Sept 1855 in Germany John's occupation was railway switchman; by 1900 he had moved to Buffalo. ** 7 AINSWORTH George born in July 1888 in NY state resided in Buffalo, Erie Co NY as an 11-year-old schoolboy. If anyone knows any more about this Ainsworth family, I'd love to hear from you. This George Ainsworth's aunt, Rebecca Ainsworth, married my gggg uncle Samuel VAN BUREN in 1850. Someone (not sure who) from this Ainsworth family had founded Ainsworth, Brown Co Nebraska in the 19th century. This George Ainsworth would have been born in about 1888 and would have been about 56 in 1944 when the one in the obituary retired. It's a long shot. Lin Van Buren Saint Leonard's on Sea, England At 00:28 19/06/2001 -0400, NoName2579@aol.com wrote: >"DIES AT 83--George R. Ainsworth, former president of Phillip 'Thomas Sons >Lumber Co., died yesterday at his home after a long illness. He was active >in local civic organizations, retiring from his position as lumber company >president in 1944." > >I found this newspaper clipping in with some family information at my >grandmother's house. I don't know what paper this comes from, as all I have >is the clipping along with a picture of Mr. Ainsworth. There was a Grace >Abbott (daughter of Dr. James K. Abbott) who married an Ainsworth, probably >in New York. I'm trying to find out if there is a connection here. > >As an addendum to this earlier message, on the back of the newpaper clipping >there is an article discussing discussing construction bids for building the >inagural platform on the Capitol steps for the swearing in of either Dwight >Eisenhower or Adlai Stevenson. This is dated Sept. 2, and puts the time >frame somewhere between 1952 and 1956. I thought perhaps these dates would >help someone recognize the George R. Ainsworth in the article. >If anyone has any information, please contact me at noname3579@aol.com >thanks again, >Georgiana