Joyce, Many thanks. I hadn't seen it. I've now found the following deaths in Massachusetts. DEATH - 1887 ------------------ (Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915) ------------------------------------------------------ Name: Charles Hughes Gender: Male Age at Death: 81 Birth Date: abt 1806 Birth Place: Scotland Death Date: 24 Sep 1887 Death Place: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA Father: Charles Mother: Margaret DEATH 1895 ----------------- Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 ---------------------------------------------------- Name: Mary Mackie Hughes Gender: Female Age at Death: 89 Birth Date: abt 1806 Birth Place: Scotland Death Date: 25 May 1895 Death Place: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA Father: David (???) Mother: Mary Stewart (???) Mary's parents David McKie and Mary Stewart differ from the suggestion of Charles Mackie and Ann Boal. So both will need to be fully checked. There's a lot of reading in the thread. I might be up late. Peter