This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dincur Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.unknown/13552.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for taking the time to search and reply. Some has already done a search on them and came up with Mary Ryan. Ryan and Barrett are both Irish surnames, as were her parents. You are spot on with the rest of the info. it is the correct family. It seems that John the son died in his 20's in Ohio. I know that Thomas was the last survivor. He was still alive in 1928. I could not track him down in the 1930 census. I did find the same name, with very little other details, apart from him being a brass polisher if I am correct. He had a major difficulty with his back and would have been pushed to the fringe of society because of it. It had been mentioned in a letter from the time. I would just hope that he didn't have a difficult life as he was the last of the family in Chicago. Thanks again Din. 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.