This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eckrode Eckroth Eckroade Burton Wilson Kirkendall Hess Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QdB.2ACI/2150.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I think I have found your Ellen. She was a sister to my husband's great grandfather. I did not know her birthdate but knew it was around 1883. Ellen's father was Solomon Eckroth / Eckrode / Eckroade; he was born in 1842 or 1843, I forget just now. The spelling of the surname changed over time. I have Ellen's mother and all of Ellen's siblings (plus with the help of others I have the family history back to the 1700s).