This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mains, Woolston, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DFC.2ACE/2353.3 Message Board Post: Source - Stevens Point Weekly Journal 10 Dec 1887 MAINS - In this city, Dec 4th, 1887, at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs W Woolston, Mary Mains, widow of the late Robert Maine, and mother of the late Mrs J Scott of Plover, after a lingering illness borne with christian fortitude. He husband met with an accidental death on the Wisconsin Central Railroad three months after their arrival from Glosgow, Scotland, seven years ago. Of a family of five children, only one survives her, Mrs W Woolston of this city. +++++ On-line sources to check: Stevens Point Area Obituary Index http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/obits/osearch.htm Cemetery records at: http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/Cemetery/ Census records at: http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/Census/ Portage County Historical Society http://www.pchswi.org/index.htm Portage County Courthouse: http://www.co.portage.wi.us/ UW-St Point Archives http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/gen/genealog.htm#ARCHIVES Where to write http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/links/portadd.htm Recent obits can be obtained from WI Newpapers On-line - http://www.wisinfo.com/ I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. If there is a question of error in this transcription, please consult the original documents. R/S MAK http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag