This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/CV4.2ACEB/294 Message Board Post: I know this is a long shot as it is a very common name. Is there anybody out there who has a relation called Richard Owings born around 1861 in New Jersey, moved to Liverpool, Lancashire sometime before 1885 and married a Elizabeth Kevitt in 1885. His father was also called Richard Owings could of been a Grocer. May of had a brother called George born about 1863 New Jersey but stayed in New Jersey.