Bruce, I am struggling with this. Can you provide any additional information? Do you know Robert's wife name? How about his children, their name, etc.? Were they born in Scotland or the US? If a son visited in Forfar, would anyone know more about him? It might be possible to request some assistance from the staff at the Newberry Library in Chicago. They have a very large research room for family history. http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html You can view what they have and how to contact them. I will still continue to dig. Catherine On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Bruce Dorward wrote: > 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