This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pickinguptwigs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.florida.counties.hillsborough/3280.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was following a hunch tonight about the possible identity of Kenneth Fouts' mother. What started this was my discovery of the record of a Hillsborough Co. FL divorce between John Harry Bishop and Joyce Fouts in 1943. I found the FL marriage record in Polk Co. FL of J. Harry Bishop and Joyce Azalene Fouts in 1938. I located a family tree that contained Joyce Azalene Fouts, b. Apr 2, 1917, d. Apr 7, 2003, Lakeland, FL. This is found at Ancestry. com and I'll be happy to send you the submittor info if you don't have access to this info. They are showing Joyce's husband as Charles Arthur Ward and their marriage date of Jan 29, 1946 (no location). They show the parents of Joyce as Aaron Gieger Fouts (1891-1977) and Ethel Lanier (1895-1951). I did locate Aaron with his dau. Joyce in the Florida census (1920 Hillsborough Co., Plant City) and in Lakeland, Polk Co. FL in the 1930 census. I could not locate a FL marriage record between Joyce and Charles. I then located John Harry Bishop in the FL. state 1945 census in Tampa, Hillsborough Co. and he is in the Army. He is age 37, born SC, and with him is Hilda Peed, age 31, GA. Now here is where it gets interesting. I found TWO Florida marriages between John Harry Bishop and Hilda Henrietta Peed - the first is in 1943 in Duval Co. and the second is in 1945 in Pinellas Co. This is what I wondering --- John Harry Bishop married Joyce Fouts in 1938. Then he and Joyce divorced in 1943. Then John married Hilda - either in 1943 or 1945 or both? Was Joyce pregnant with Kenneth or had she recently given birth to Kenneth when she and John split? When Joyce married Charles Arthur Ward in 1946 -- perhaps there was no mention of a son Kenneth in the family tree submitted to Ancestry or her former marriage because it was Joyce's secret? Is this because Kenneth was given up for adoption before her marriage to Charles? 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.