This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: howells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JaB.2ACE/1114.205 Message Board Post: Hi, My name is Phyllis Goold and I have been tracing the Howells tree. My branch hooks into it somewhere but I have not found out how yet. But I will! I read your message and realized that your McCandish family hooks up to what I have so far. H. Maria Howells b abt 1817 in UK. married Rev william McCandlish b 1810. They had two children: Edwin and Robert Clelland McCandlish. Maria had two brothers;Charlie and Thomas Best Howells three sisters-Mary,Eliza, and Emily Susanah Howells. Emily was the mother of the famous Indian Mohawk Poetress-Paulene Johnson from Ontario. Their father was Henry Charles Howells b 1784 Hay Wales. I believe he was married twice. 1st- Mary Best mother of above children. 2nd unknown- but lots of kids-could be my line. I believe there were 12 children in the family of Henry Charles parents. Parents were Thomas Howells b 1739 in Leintwardine, Hereford Wales. married Susanhah Beesly babt 1744 London England. Thomas was a quaker. His father wa! s either George or John Howells from Hay Hereford Wales. They were clock makers in England and had textile mills in Wales. Well off financially. The famous writer- William Dean Howells also come from this tree, one of Henry Charles' brother'.s, children is his father.(Joseph William Howells.) You have some very famous people in this tree! I have a lot of other info but too great to input at this time.Please send me your e-mail address and I will be happy to share this info with you. Phyllis phyc501@rogers,com