This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gthomas216 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.schnell/33.68/mb.ashx Message Board Post: another Chenell checking in. I am also a descendant of Thomas Wilson Chenell. I was curious of the mention of the northwest as I have been trying to figure out what happened to a child of "Venant" Thomas Chenell (a child of Paul Chenell and his first wife). her name is Julia and she was mentioned by my grandmother, Winifred Ruth (Chenell) Thomas as having gone to that area. Strange, I even have a picture of her as a young woman on her profile on my Thomas tree but don't know a thing about her after she left my area about 1913, Boston's North Shore. maybe the brother that Lynne mentioned as going to the Portland, OR in an earlier post was her father. I wish so much that I had my grandmother's address book as she kept in touch with so many of her cousins. Be sure and check out my grandmother's narrative posted on my profile of her too. I really have to wonder about this possibility of Venant Thomas Chenell ending up in Oregon as no one seems to know what happened to him and is gone from my area about the same time as Julia. One of the problems in this country is the disparity in availability of information between the different states. Where I look up most stuff is here in Mass. which has great access online. Some other states have next to nothing! there are so many of us out there, I found out a woman I have worked with for years is a 3rd cousin. but most amazing is to find that my two step-daughters are descendants of Thomas Wilson Chenell's brother, David Edwin Chenell! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>