This is the same Jim Avans. Have been in touch with his son, Eugene, who still lives in Knoxville. He said his father was up in age when he was born, but after splitting with his (Eugene's) mother, went on to hook up with another woman. Don't know if there were any more children after Eugene. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Vance" <paulvance@msn.com> To: <GADADE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:13 PM Subject: [GADADE] Avans > Delilah, Earleene, Carl, and anyothers interested in Avans. > I had heard from Jim Avans' descendants about his rather wild life after Aunt Sophia died. Also heard that he had two wives after her. Sometimes these are just family legends with little truth. > However, there is a James W. Avans, age 66 in 1930, married to a 22 year old woman in Knoxville. This is the right age and it matches part of the story. > Got any ideas. > Paul > Some of my families: > Morgan, Davis, Nichols, Martin, Vance League, Morris, Strait, Addleman, Armitage Prince, Prindle, Ganoe, > Whitley, Walker, Bailey, Baker, Bullock, Mean, Mead, Landers, Countiss, Gass, Thompson, Ives, Merriman and quite a > > > ==== GADADE Mailing List ==== > Access the GADADE mailing list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=GADADE > >