In a message dated 2/8/2002 10:33:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, lstcrb73@aol.com writes: << I dont know if we had a connection but maybe they where brothers. My gr grandfather Elliot was born in Brooklyn N.Y. but lived in bayonne, N.J.I dont know if this will help you Bev >> When was this? My ggg-grandfather was James Russell, brother of Mary Ann, Elijah, Louisa, and William, son of Thomas Russell (of Ireland) and Louisa Marshall (of England). He was born in England around 1848, emigrated with his family before 1850 (they appeared in the 1850 Brooklyn, NY census), and then moved to Bayonne, NJ, where he and his brothers and sisters appear in the 1870 census of Bayonne. I look forward to hearing from you. Good luck and good hunting. Susan Huff