Hi, Kate, Thank you for all of this. I will get my son-in-laws parents to phone Mt Auburn - they live in Minneapolis. Presumably you are suggesting the child would have been buried with its grandmother? Re. the 1920 Not sure about the 'Nicks' interpretation as Higgs ---- 1. My Fred's father is born England, not Illinois. 2. Fred was born Bristol, England, not Illinois 3. In 1930, Irene gives age as 36, so only 26 in 1920, not 34 . and gives Father born Ohio, not Kentucky I would need to see original for transcription error. But still, I am exceedingly grateful for the trouble you have taken to search this one out for me. Best regards Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:59 PM Subject: well, what did you think about the 1920 census I sent to you?? ----- Forwarded by Kate Miller/ILND/07/USCOURTS on 07/15/2010 08:56 AM ----- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:53:37 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Higgs To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]l.uscourts.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Phone Mt. Auburn and ask who else is buried with Eliz Parsons Higgs. She died about the time the child died ... not many rules as to how many in graves in those days. Mount Auburn, 4101 Oak Park AVe., Stickney IL 60402 ( 708 749 2033) 1920 Census Address: 1235 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL - Fred is a painter at a foundry. So must have lost a child between 1917-1920 .... ? Only two candidates in that timeframe in Cook Co: HIGGS MARIA F/N UNK 6015446 1919-05-18 COOK CHICAGO 19-05-20 HIGGS MARY A F/W UNK 6018557 1917-06-05 COOK CHICAGO 17-06-05 Name: Fred Nicks [Fred Hicks] Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 18, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Lodger Spouse's name: Irene Father's Birth Place: Illinois Mother's Birth Place: England Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Name: Irene Nicks [Irene Hicks] Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 18, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1886 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's name: Fred Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky Marital Status: Married Household Members: Name Age Jos Levenson 36 Dorthy Levenson 26 Fred Nicks 30 Irene Nicks 34