This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jahard54 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.oliver/2425.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you sooooo much. You have helped me clear things up. The census had an Abiel Deering in it who was 12 yrs. old at the time the census was taken (same age Melvin would have been)....We thought that Might be Melvin but had no proof. We were beginning to think "Melvin" might have been Abiels Middle name, However he always went by the name of Melvin as far as we knew. What further lets us know that this link is correct is that we have some pictures of baby "cousin Billie Blaisdell" at about the age of 2...we do not know if it was a boy or girl -very cute with curly blonde hair. At that time babies did wore dresses whether it was a girl or boy. My father spent vacations up in Vermont, I think, visiting family when he was a little boy. Melvin Deering left the family farm then worked for the rail road in Boston, and then I.R.T. in New York (railroad-now the M.T.A.) and had 32 patents, which we have newspaper articles to back that info up. Melvin and Emma had two children: Daisy Gertrude Deering Smith(my grandmother) and Victor Deering.--If you need their info, please let me know. Mant Thanks to you! Janette 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.