This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simpkins, Bowne, Waugaman, Wagaman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2AIBAIB/340.1 Message Board Post: Slowly getting through the "brick wall" in this search : Documented and verified information from copies of Census records for the Simpkins family : 1880 MI and 1900 VA through 1930 in MD. Frances Bertha Simpkins (b.1869 PA) Born to the marriage of John H. Simpkins (b. 1846 NY) and wife, Mary (b. 1852 PA). John's occupation always listed as Hatter. Documented and verified information: From copy of PA Newspaper Article & 1880 + 1900 Census: Floyd Waugaman (b. 1873 PA) is the Grandson of Uriah Waugaman (b. 1816 PA) and the Son of Mattie Waugaman(b. 1849 PA) daughter of Uriah Waugaman and 2nd wife Mariah. Documented and verified information: From copy of their PA Marriage License: Frances Bertha Simpkins and Everett Floyd Waugaman married in Phila. PA Feb 1, 1893. Documented and verified information: From copy of Hazel Waugaman Bowne Social Security App: Hazel Mary Mabel Waugaman born in VA to Frances Bertha Simpkins and E. Floyd Waugaman on May 12, 1894.