Joanie, I see him as the son of Muron Tombaugh in the 1910 census in Reading Twp, then in 1920 his dad had moved to Farm Ridge Twp in LaSalle Cty: TOMBAUGH MURON 39 M W IL IL LASALLE FARM RIDGE 1920 Mother is Adella (35), Clyde is 13, with sister Esther (11) and brothers Roy (7) and Charles (5). I always heard that Clyde grew up mainly on a farm near Cornell, but maybe he attended school in Streator. Tim -----Original Message----- From: bluejay201@mchsi.com [mailto:bluejay201@mchsi.com] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:42 PM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILLASALLE] Why can't I find CLYDE TOMBAUGH? Hi, I can't find Clyde Tombaugh in the 1920 Census, he should be in Eagle or Bruce Twp... The 75th Anniversary is coming up and I just thought it would be nice to have the census. Really "bugs" me about the town in Kansas that lists its self as the "boyhood" home of Mr. Tombaugh. Mr. Tombaugh was born in 1906. Thanks, Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.

just found this on a link from the link I just sent ... thought it interesting ... Clyde Tombaugh was being interviewed http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/tom0int-1 What teachers inspired you? I had one teacher in grade school named Susie Szabo when I lived in Illinois. She encouraged me to study science and so on, and she appreciated my interest in geography because she loved geography also. How did she encourage you? She talked to me about what I had seen in the telescope the night before, and she was just a marvelous person, a real teacher