Mike, glad to be of help. Good to see that you understand the chaning of the names and your suggestion of the reasons sounds plausable.
continue looking. If you run out on James, so "sideways" as I call it... the children, their spouses. Often times the person is found hidden with children in records.
good to know you are not giving up or arguing about the findings. Often times I have had people fight me and tell me I am crazy of the findings. Then, later on often times, months later, they come back and realize I was right all along. If you get stuck, shoot me off an email with your questions at
Joyce1812va@yahoo.com