This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/947.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Sandy, Thankyou for your reply. Unfortunately we have no names of parents or siblings for my grandfather, John Charles Bamford. After his death, my grandmother and his family severed all contact. My mother does not remember my grandmother ever mentioning a Bamford by their first name! We do know that John Charles was born in 1903, and my mother seems to think it was in Wisconsin. He served in the US Army during WWII, reaching the rank of Chief Warrent Officer at the time of his death (due to illness). He is buried in the Colorado National Cemetery. He had four or five siblings. My mother believes that his mother was still alive at the time of his death, but no one from his family came to the funeral. His family came to the US by way of Canada, but we don't know if it his parents or grandparents. Before that, the ancestors were in England. I know this is sketchy information, but it is all we have. My grandmother was very "closed-mouthed" when it came to his family, for w! hatever reason. Thank you, Nanette