This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Walser, Weisenmiller, Custer, Romine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4250 Message Board Post: Maybe I missed it, but does anybody have an answer as to why this connection exists for so many families? The reason I ask is I'm still trying to get info on how my mothers parents fit into this. I know my grandmother Eva Lenora Custer was born in Ripley in 1902 and my grandfather John Ernest Walser was born in 1897 in PA, but don't know in what area. They were married in 1922, again, location unknown, but had my mother a year later in Akron Ohio. So I'm trying to figure out how & where the two of them came together. I'm assuming they wound up in Akron because of Goodyear, which is where he worked. Ironically, I think the reason my dad's family wound up in Akron was Goodyear also, as my dad's dad was a tire builder for them. But why was there such a large migration to the Beaver/New Brighton area? Also, I know that my great g-ma Nancy Eliz. Ann Romine (Eva's mom) was born in Ravenswood, then died & was buried in Beaver, and my great g-pa Clarence Richmond Custer was born in Jackson, WV, but the location of his death and buial is unknown. And finally, I know my g-ma's sister, Isabel Gohering, lived and died in the New Brighton/Beaver Falls area, and I believe there is still family there to this day, but I have no contact with them. So if your a Gohering, drop me a line. Or even if not but have any info, I'd love to hear from you too! Finally, and this is just cuz I'm wondering, (no, I won't use "curious") does anyone know who Grace EBNETER from GA or Vernon WILSON from MO is? Both these names keep showing up on a lot of the records I find for both sides of my family. Thanks, George L. Wilson Coral Springs, FL [email protected]