This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mikan garrison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mEY.2ACEB/49.64.117.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: thanks for your replys. i seem to remember by word of mouth that my grandma iones middle name may have been lilly, and she was referred to by that name. its so sad, my mother and father have passed on. i should have wrote down what they told me about grandma! mygreat uncle george mikan is still alive but we cant seem to locate him to talk to him.he is a hall of famour for the l.a. lakers. grandma ione was with his brother, my paternal grandpa, emil charles mikan and it seems they , grandpa and uncle george, wernt speaking for some reason my grandpa emil charles passed on in the 1970,s. my father emil dean mikan in the 1990s. i soo wish i could of asked them more about my grandma ione!!!!!! thanks for your help. by dads birth cert. i know she was born in illinois, so maybe if i search there it will help , thanks again :-)