This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinds-Rudy-Mattix-Beeson-Bond Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EKj.2ACIB/360 Message Board Post: Hi: I'm pasting the obit of William Rudy Hinds below. Thank you Barbara.! He is the nephew of my gr-grandfather, Archibald Yell Hinds. Note that the name of the father is NOT Rudy Hinds as given but his parents are: Edward Hinds, son of David Hinds and Margaret Mattix Catharine Rudy Edward Hinds arrived in Tulare Co. CA from Crawford Co. AR in 1852/53. He returned to AR to marry and took his bride back to CA. Here is his marriage entry: In a VanBuren newspaper on Jan 27, 1860: " Married on the 23rd inst., by Rev. Isaac Talkington, Mr. Edward Hines, of Visalia, Calif., and Miss Catherine Rudy of this city." The obit below mentions that William Rudy HInds's son was Lester HInds. We have found Lester's obit also in the CA Death Index. I have sent a request to the Hemet CA Gen. Soc for Lester's obit. I will send it along if it arrives. Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age Post-ems Order Record HINDS LESTER WILLIAM 06/21/1903 DAVIS M CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE 02/19/1997 558-03-9179 93 yrs I would like to correspond with descendants of William Rudy Hinds and Lester William Hinds. Reminder: Obit of William Rudy Hinds, his father, is below. Regards Nan Wolf 3401 Stanley Ave. Turlock, CA 95382-0537 (209) 634-5477 71532.734 at compuserve.com ========================================== Redwood Journal Mar 7, 1951 pg 6 col 1 Eureka Rites for William R. Hinds William R. Hinds of 725 N Oak Street passed away after a short illness. He was a retired lumber supervisor, 87 years of age. Born in Visalia Dec. 18. 1863 he has been a resident for the past six years. Surviving members of his family are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Hinds of the home address and his son Lester W. Hinds of Eureka. The body was prepared for burial by the Eversole Mortuary and shipped to the Pierce Mortuary at Eureka for final rites and inurnment. The mortuary inf. is as follows: Hinds, William Rudy, Book 18 E pg 65 Residence 725 North Oak Charge to Lucy B. Hinds, wife date of death Mar 6 1951 Place of death 725 North Oak Remains to Pierce, Eureka Date of birth December 18, 1867 Age 87 years Burial at blank space Name of Father Rudy Hinds b. not given Mother's Maiden Name unknown b not given