This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carolchristine27 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3400.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There are some remarkable parallels here. My grandfather, Frank, died at about that time in Novato, CA. But, as far as I know he was born in San Francisco, to Lillian Post and Frank B. Blair who were both actors (stage /vaudeville). I have been told Lillian was French. She and her father came to San Francisco, around the horn from either France or New York???. Frank Jr. married Miriam Offenbach (Jewish, whose Father, Nathan, began as a tailor), they had 7 children. Beatrice, Leland, Gerald, Lillian, Ramona, Ray, and Paul(my own father). Miriam had 5 or 6 siblings who lived in the Bay Area (some near San Jose)... She was young when her parents were killed in a car accident, and could have been adopted into another Jewish family. Like I said , parallels, but only if you combine Frank SR., Frank Jr. and Miriam's life histories together. I do know Frank Jr. traveled the world with his mother, Lillian when she went on tour. Also, Gerald, their first (I, think) Child was born in 1906 a short while after the the 1906 earthquake. if any of this sounds familiar go to the Message Board for "Nathan and Ester Offenbach" http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.offenbach/6/mb.ashx Very interesting, Carol Blair mangohead27@gmail.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.