Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew of a McINNIS family (any spelling) who might have left Canada and come down to Boston, MA, possibly in the 1870's (or any time). I'm looking for any information on a William McINNIS (sp?) who was in Massachusetts and possibly married near Boston, MA, in the 1880's. His wife was Mary Ann KERR, who probably migrated from Quebec Province to Boston, MA, with her older brother, William KERR, around 1873/74. Mary was found in the home of her brother and his wife in the 1880 Census. FYI: William KERR married an Elizabeth HANNAH whose family had migrated from Glasgow, Scotland, to Boston, MA, in the summer of 1857 when she was 3 months old. (Her parents were William HANNAH and Elizabeth RITCHIE, married in Glasgow, either Dec. 1854 or Jan. 1855.) (I have not yet found out who their parents were. (Both were born in Donegal, Ireland.) (There is a possibility that they had siblings who came to North America.) My aunt believed that William and Mary McINNIS (sp?) remained in the Boston area, as she remembers visiting with them, possibly in the 1920's. However, her two younger brothers, Robert and Joseph KERR, came down to Boston, MA, possibly around 1880's, married in Everett, MA, and then moved to Everett, WA, ~1900. They remained in Washington State. (The KERR parents also came down to Boston around 1880's and died here in 1890's.) (The KERR's were from a family-group of KERR's and HENDERSON's who left County Sligo, Ireland, in 1823 to migrate to Canada, and settled in Argenteuil County, Quebec Province. Some moved to Compton County.) Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr. "What does Jesus want in his "stocking" on Christmas morning? Loving kindness, a warm heart, and the stretched out hand of tolerance!" The Bishop's Wife (1947)