Have you checked census records from 1920 and 1930 to see where and with whom he resided? Also, have you contacted prison officials to see if they would release any info? I was searching for info on a relative in Sacramento who was involved in a murder-suicide, so I posted on the Rootsweb Sacramento list and received the information from SKS; maybe you could post to the list of whatever town the prison is in with an approximate date of his death to see if there was any newspaper coverage on the prison fight. If you have or can get a date of death, you could apply for a death certificate which should have his mother's name. Good luck in your search; hope this helps. Michele Gibson Pierson >>My father's name was Robert Philate Gibson and also known as Robert Davis. He was born about 1910. Although they were not married, my mother had my brother and I by him. I was born in 1941. My father robbed banks in Modesto CA and was sent to Folsom prison. He was killed there in a prison fight. >>His mother's name was Ruth. She was born in Oakland, CA in 1885, Dec. 5. She had a brother named Charles. I know the address of the house she was born in but not her last name. I contacted the city of Oakland, Ca. and found no help there. I have searched for years to find info on my father and grandmother to no avail. I also know my father had another son around my age named Robert Verlin or Philate. I sure would welcome suggestions. HELP!! ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com