Melissa was my great grandmother. She and her brother John went to live in Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia as children from Gloucester and were brought up in another family. I do not know why. I do not believe that their mother was in an insane asylum because she and John had another child after John Lewis. But for whatever reason Melissa and John were brought up on CSI and perhaps it was a Nickerson family because she did use that last name at times. I have, since these posts, garnered a lot more information on this family should anyone be interested.