This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Salter, Polhamus, Frith, Shetenhelm, Friderici, Dean, Hoppensteadt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJIBAEB/27949 Message Board Post: I have an ancestor by the name of James Smith who married an Arvella (one census listed it as Arabell). They lived in Montcalm County, Michigan. He was born in Scotland around 1835 and she was born in Michigan around 1845. They had five girls--Ellen, Kate, Arvilla, Armitte, and Margaret. Margaret is my great-grandmother. I can't locate any more information than that.