Hello, Thank you to everyone who responded to my posting within the past week. I have received information that my "missing uncle," Silas Dean LEWIS, b1923, MA, might have lived a long time in Fort Myers, FL. I will not be able to get more information on the wife he had while living in Florida for another several months. And, it seems that my uncle's step-children from his 3rd wife in Arizona have no knowledge of his having any children. But, they say he was probably married for over 30 years, and that means there is a 50/50 chance that he did have children from his 2nd marriage. The question of "color" has come up. LEWIS is one of those surnames which is common for both "people of color" and "people with little color." So, I'd like to mention that my family is under the second category ! (With the exception of one or two Native American wives in the 1700's in New England, "colorful people" did not enter our family until the 1980's !) Since I have found out that "Si" or "Dean" LEWIS's second marriage was for more than 30 years, I am becoming suspicious ! If he left Somerville, MA, around 1950, and he moved to Phoenix, AZ, around 1983, I'm curious if he "left town" - with his future 2nd wife ! Thank you for your time ! Keep cool ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)