Hi Bruce, I used to live in the Chicagoland area and am now in Delavan, WI just 90 miles northwest. I would be glad to try to do some research for you. I can start tomorrow afternoon looking at the available records. Catherine MacKenzie Kunkel, Delavan, WI 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