i have an alton phone book 1995. i will send you some phone numbers and names. i hope it helps and you find hm, or them. when you do find dale, tell him that DORIS MULLIGAN SAYS HI BY THE WAY, DO YOU LIVE IN THE ALTON AREA, JERSEYVILLE, OR WHERE? -----Original Message----- From: MADMANSMOM@aol.com <MADMANSMOM@aol.com> To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com <ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Osborn-VanWinkel >In a message dated 98-10-25 01:55:27 EDT, you write: > ><< Hi, I am new to this list and I am hoping someone can help me find some >Aunts > and Uncles that I have never met. > My mother's parents separated when they were first married. They were only > about 16yrs. when she was born. They both remarried in later years. I really > feel cheated, but then there is nothing one can do...I never knew him. Now > through genealogy I find out he has died, but he has children from his second > marriage. My mother was an only child and even when her mother remarried, >she > had no step or half brothers or sisters. I am searching to find these >people, > and if anyone knows them, I would appreciate it if you would let me know or > pass the information along to them. > My grandfather's name was Leroy Osborn and in 1947, he married Mary Van >Winkel > in Arkansas. They had at least 3 children: Linda, Dale and Harvey. They > lived at one time in Alton or East Alton Illinois but may have moved to > Woodriver, I am not sure. Their father had two sisters and a brother: Homer > Osborn of Norwalk, California; May Barton McDaniels of Bunker Hill, Illinois > and Dorothy Schallenberger of East Alton, Illinois. This was 20 years ago or > more so they could be in other places. Thanks to anyone who can give me a > lead. Mary Heuerman Lusk > > > >> > > >==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received >when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, >list administrator with questions concerning this list! >mailto:hen1@idt.net > > >