Thank you so much for that suggestion but that doesn't seem to be the case for my family. Hadley was a shoemaker Wyatt was a Grocer Streeter was a chair maker Unless I'm mistaken, the above professions don't see in keeping with railroad work. Thanks again, I'll take any and all ideas !! Maybe they were just looking for something new and better and the decided to get off the train in Norwalk??!! Pat << Hi Pat, The one thing that seems to keep pulling people in my ancestry is the Railroad. Especially that time period. The RR provided jobs, and so many of my people that moved to the area [Huron, Galion, Ashland, etc] moved here following RR jobs. > >>