Bruce: I's think that the "surface railway" is the railroad system. I understand that the pension records can be illuminating, if in fact he worked for the RR. SEE: http://www.rrb.gov/mep/genealogy.asp. If you have access to Footnote.com via your local library or FHC, you can find post 1930 City Directories for Chicago ("the windy city"). In case he was in Chicago before 1930, here's an online dir for 1928/9: http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/polk/Menus/PolkA.pdf. Do you have access to ancestry? I'd be happy to look up Robert's son in the WWII military records if you provide a name. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dorward" <[email protected]> To: "Angus List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:51 PM Subject: [ANGUS] Tracing family in Chicago or nearby > My maternal grandmother was Walker in Forfar who came from a fairly large > family. I have a good idea of some of her siblings' history but one hits a > dead end. > > Robert Walker was born before 1900 and, I believe, was married and had > family before WW1 when he served in the UK forces. I have evidence that he > left Scotland about 1930 and eventually reached Chicago where he worked on > the "surface railway". > > As far as I know he had two sons and a daughter. I believe the daughter > died rather young and I have heard, from family in Forfar, that one of the > sons visited while serving with the American forces during WW2. > > Can anyone suggest where I might look on-line for more information about > this family in Chicago? > > Cheers, > Bruce D > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message