----- Original Message ----- From: Don Raiskup To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:29 PM HI, I AM JUST STARTING TO RESEARCH OUR FAMILY ROOTS, POYTRESS. I CAME ACROSS THIS WEB SITE WITH A DIFFERENT SPELLING AND READ SOME OF THE E MAILS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE RESEARCHED THE POYTRESS NAME. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN A POYTRESS FROM BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND HIS WIFE WAS MARY POYTRESS. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED NELLIE WHICH WAS MY GRANDMOTHER. MARY DIED AND JOHN WENT BACK TO ENGLAND AND REMARRIED AN ELLEN ANNIE HOPKINS FROM GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND. THEY ALL CAME OVER TO THE US IN THE 1900'S . THEY SETTLED IN FRESNO, CA. THE HOME PLACE WAS THE TOWN OF EASTON WHICH IT IS NOW CALLED, WHICH IS AROUND 7 MILES OUT OF FRESNO. JOHN AND ELLEN ENDED UP HAVING CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN, ANNIE JANE, ETHEL, KATHLEEN, RODRICK, JOHN, WILSON, DOROTHY, AND PHYLLIS. ELLEN DIED AND JOHN REMARRIED AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE COME ACROSS ANY FAMILY BY THIS SPELLING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I DID READ AN EMAIL ABOUT A HOPKINS. DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE RELATED! . ! THERE ARE THE FAMILIES IN FRESNO THAT A! RE RELATED, POYTRESS, HOPKINS, RANSOMS. AS FAR AS I KNOW OUR FAMILIES CAME OVER TO ELLIS ISLAND AND THEN CAME TO FRESNO, CA. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FAMILY ROOTS IN ENGLAND PLEASE E MAIL ME. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. MARTY RAISKUP [email protected] --- Don Raiskup --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.