Hi My line goes through Claude F Aiken (DOB about 1885-1896), his parents Wm H. Aiken and Dora Russell. I haven't been able to find direct evidence of his birth in the County records. His Sister Dorothy was born in Black River in 1884 and Wm H. and Dora lived in Amherst in 1885. Claude always listed his birthplace as "Lorain, OH". I haven't found any record of Claude until his 1914 Marriage license when he lived in Chicago (Claude, Dora and Dorothy all ended up in St. Louis). Any information on these folks would be greatly appreciated I would like to prove or disprove a theory based on census data that 1 year old Wm H "Akins" living in Plato/Amherst, Son of Henry and Ann E.(1860 census), moved to Corunna, Shiawassee, MI (1870 census data, Henry's name now listed as Henry E. Aiken). Then in 1880 the family moved back to Lorain County. Wm H. is living separately in N Amherst (age 23), while father Henry and family is now listed as Edward and also living in N Amherst. Again, information on these folks would be greatly appreciated, especially what church they belonged to so I could look at those records. Thank you, Bob Aiken [email protected] . --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo!