Good Morning Lady Patricia! The name was listed on the form the National Archives sent me. It gave the number of the pension application with his birth name and written next to it was the alias. (Roger Cashman alias Wahen J. Tombrell) No wonder I have had such a difficult time finding him. Liz lizngeo@meganet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Lady Patricia <paron@bendnet.com> To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 8:57 PM Subject: Re: Roger Cashman > VERY interesting-- how did you get this name change info???? > > Lady Patricia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lizngeo" <lizngeo@meganet.net> > To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 3:35 PM > Subject: Roger Cashman > > > > Dear Listers, > > > > I am finally coming into the home stretch in my search for Roger Cashman. > To refresh your memories, Roger Cashman was born in County Cork, Ireland in > 1877. He emigrated here in 1882. Eventually the family settled in the > Florence section of Northampton, Massachusetts. > > > > Roger wandered around the US for years. On his last trip home,he told my > Aunt who was just a little girl, he would see her in three years. Then he > left Northampton and headed West on a train. He wrote to my g-grandmother > for a while and then the letters stopped. > > > > The last time I updated you I had written a letter to a J. Roger Cashman > in South Dakota. That did not yeild any results. However, today I received a > response from the National Archives regarding my request for a pension > record for our Roger. Though the National Archives does not have possession > of the record, they gave me the number of the file and noted the fact that > Uncle Roger used an alias! Has anyone ever heard of Wahan J. Tombrell? > Anyhow, now I must contact the VA to get the records. This may take some > time. I will keep you updated! > > > > Thank you so much for your expertise, ideas and support. > > > > The moment I receive the record I will e-mail the list. > > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > Liz Banas lizngeo@meganet.net > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >