I have reached the point where I really need to get serious about work on the children's fraternal line. The name I need I need to start with are: William (Bill) Parker who was a railroad man at various saw mills in Louisiana and East Texas. No idea where in La but generally around Polk and Tyler counties in Tx. He married Lula H. Rougeaux (? sp?) somewhere in La in about 1907. Family lore is that her middle name was Highwater because she was born during a flood and the bed had to be put up on blocks.... who knows... this would have been in the mid 1890s. Supposedly he was 39 at the time and she was 13. He had several children. and I think they were all older than his new bride. One of his sons was named Lewis or Louis and migrated to California while still a young man and never returned to the family except for 2 short late-life visits after being "missing" for 25+ years. Together William and Lula had 2 daughters,,,Mary Victoria (call "Jackie" all her life) and Willie (called "Bill" all her life. Mary Victoria (Jackie/Jack) married W.Clyde Waters in about 1925-27 and they had 3 sons. Bobby Eugene, Jerry Joseph, and James H. ( called "Cooter" until his 30's) If there is anyone out there who has any information - PLEASE! Thanks, Joyce