>> >> >> >> I am subcribed to the list as a Thompson descendant. But this >> query is for a gentleman who is in a Care Facility here in >> California. >> >> He believes he was born in Covington Co. Ala in either 1915 or >> 1917. His father, mother and sisters were killed in a tornado >> about 1918-20 or so (he was three years old). he is unsure of his >> father's name, perhaps Charles, William. Mother was Mary Black. >> Sisters were possibly Cora and Lucille ages five and seven- there >> may have been a third sister. >> >> He remembers the towns of Andalucia, River Falls and Red ____. He >> also remembers Houston Co. (Henry Co. before 1903), so may have >> spent some time there. >> He said his father may have worked in a sawmill. >> >> After the tornado, he said he was sent to live with the principal >> of a school with the last name of Ward, initials E. A. or A. E. >> Then, at about five years old he went to live in a boys industrial >> school. >> >> Searches of records and visits to Alabama by him have not found >> any record of his family. The only records were his school records. >> >> I have been going through census records on line and WWI draft >> records attempting to find records of his family. >> >> Any ideas out there? >> >> barb andrews >> redondo beach, ca >> >> >