Marilyn -- Thanks for this note. Oddly, I do not know who this boy was. My great grandparents, Guy Irving and Lucy Maria (HIGGINS) COLBY, moved to Chicago from Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1887 or 1888. Lucy's father, Joshua Warren HIGGINS, was the brother-in-law of Gustavus SWIFT, and he wangled a job for Guy with Swift & Co. In 1895, the family moved down to Springfield, where Guy became manager of the Swift meat packing plant there. My grandfather, Guy Irving COLBY Jr., was born in Lawrence in 1887, and he lived until 1955. However, he did have two siblings who died in Chicago as small children. Both of them are listed in the pre-1916 Illinois Statewide Death Index: COLBY, FRANK E[ASTMAN] 1893-05-10 CHICAGO 04 DA U 00002971 COOK COLBY, MARIAN H 1894-03-09 CHICAGO 05 YR U 00002511 COOK This was a devastating blow, for my great grandparents to lose two children in less than a year. I have a photo of the latter child, Marion Higgins COLBY, taken just a few months before her death. My father's sister, Marion Dell COLBY (1909-1929) was named for her, and I also have a daughter named Marion Dell. The 14 year old boy who died in Chicago in 1899 was not a part of this family. Regards, Guy I. Colby IV Irving, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Colby" <macolby@videotron.ca> To: "IV IV IV" <guycolbyiv@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:52 AM Subject: Guy > Guy, > > http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/DeathSearchServlet > > pre 1916 deaths > > now on-line > > COLBY, GUY 1899-06-12 CHICAGO 14 YR U 00003251 COOK > > Marilyn