This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jkshere Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/405.4.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I live just North of LA so that's not too much of a trek to make a trip downtown, which is where Hill St is. Much easier than going to Norwalk where they keep the birth, marriage, and death records. Yes, Evelyn Shere is the same person. I did find some other info last night while I was digging. Stumbled upon a WWI draft card from 1917 for Louis with his address and it listes a wife and 2 children as dependents. Also found a directory listing from the same year (last name was spelled way wrong) that had the same address and listed his wife's name as Pauline. Was able to go back through all the directories and find the whole family until 1912 when they disappear. That must be when they moved to Flint. Went back and reread the obit for Stanley and it said they lived in Burwick, PA before Flint so that's where I'm searching today. Also tried looking fwd through the directories, but they all disappeared from Flint in 1918. I was thinking more about the Tidey's. If John and Eleanor were the 2 children listed on Louis' draft card, I'm wondering if something happened to Pauline and Louis had to go off somewhere for work. Maybe the Tidey's were a family friend. I didn't really find much on them while searching, but I did find this blurb which I found interesting. --------- Charles H. Tidey The name of Grand Rapids has been brought before the eyes of the world through the medium of various wood-working machines manufactured solely by the Grand Rapids Machinery Company, the proprietor of which is Charles H. Tidey, whose inventive genius is responsible for the creation of these machines. He was one of thirteen children born to his parents Marcus B. and Elizabeth (Jerolanem) Tidey, both of whom died in Newark, New Jersey, where the former was a manufacturer of wood working machinery, coming to that city from Canada in 1850. Charles Tidey was educated in his native city and learned the machinist's trade there. It was not until 1904 that he came to Grand Rapids, attracted by the number of furniture manufacturing concerns which formed a potential market for the wood working machinery he intended to manufacture. In that year he founded the Grand Rapids Machinery Company, the plant being located at No. 6 Huron street. He continued operations there unti! l 1909. The need of large quarters caused by the expansion of his business became so acute that in 1909 he moved his plant to its present location. The success of the company is not only due to the high quality of the machines manufactured but also to the fact that Mr. Tidey has invented several machines which have been a great aid to the wood working industry. These machines--the Tidey automatic swing saw gauge and the Tidey circular saw setting machine--are used over the entire world and have been a force in establishing the industrial and commercial prestige of both the city of Grand Rapids and the manufacturer. He married Anna Merhood, a native of Pennsylvania, and to them were born five children as follows: Marcus B., who graduated from the medical college of the University of Michigan with the class of 1925; Ruth E.; Irene M.; Beatrice, and Charles H., who is serving his apprenticeship, fitting himself to carry on his father's business. 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.