Dale, Just wanted to know if you were any relation to Peter Updike of Chicago in the middle 1800's. If so would you have any idea which cemetery he and his wife would be buried in, in chicago. It appears Peter was ahead of one of the hook and ladder companies in Chicago. Allene Trowbridge Hintz Dale Updike wrote: > Hello all, > > My father RYBURN R. UPDIKE, born Nov. 6, 1897 was named after a Mr. > RYBURN of an [implement firm?] [real estate business?] in Aurora by the > name of "Ryburn, Wolfe and Parker". Does anyone have any information on > either the firm itself or the Ryburn family? I am also not certain of > the exact spelling of the name of the business, or if the names are in > the correct order. > > The Mr. Ryburn was a friend of my grandfather ABNER G. UPDIKE, who left > his family in 1907. I am hoping that maybe a Ryburn descendant might > have clues as to what eventually became of Abner; they must have been > real close friends for Abner to have named a son after him. > > Thanks! > Dale Updike > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:[email protected]