Dear List, I am looking for ANY information about the following family, including the living descendants with whom we have sadly now lost touch. The story begins with my great-great-grandmother's eldest sister Mary MORRIS who was born in Breconshire, Wales, UK on February 20th 1858. Her parents were David and Margaret (nee EVANS) MORRIS. Mary emigrated to the USA in 1880 (naturalised 1882) and married William KRAMER (born IL or PA) in about 1884 - either in Illinois or Pennsylvania but possibly in Iowa (Mary's brother Daniel MORRIS emigrated in 1883 and settled in Courtdale, Luzerne Co., IL). William and Mary KRAMER settled in Ladd Village, Hall Township, Bureau Co., IL in 1889. William KRAMER died in 1947, Mary KRAMER in 1951. William and Mary KRAMER's first child was John LeRoy KRAMER, born either in Illinois or Iowa in August 1885. He married "Rae" or "Raymond" in about 1907 and they had 5 children - Mary Alice (c. 1908), John H. (c. 1910), Margaret (c. 1913), Raymond Morris (c. 1915) and Dorothy M. (c. 1918). In 1920 John and family were still in Bureau but by 1930 they were settled in Chicago. William and Mary KRAMER's second child was Margaret A. KRAMER who was born on January 22nd 1888 (just before her parents settled in Ladd) and she died in October 1970. She married William Ernest DEFFLER (1875-1968). Ernest and Margaret both died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida. Their children were Margaret Alberta (born circa 1917) and Alice Gwendolyn (born circa 1923) who were born in Illinois - probably in Cook Co. which is where they all were in 1930. Alice Gwendolyn DEFFLER married a man named Bob Daniel (not sure of his surname, possibly MURPHY) and they had 2 children - Dawn (born in about 1947) and Danny (born in about 1949) who are probably still alive. Margaret Alberta was in the civil service but we do not know if or whom she married. William and Mary KRAMER's third child was Harriet (known as Hetty) who was the first child born to them in Ladd, she was born in February 1890. She married Albert JOHNSON but we do not think they had any children. William and Mary KRAMER's fourth child was William M. KRAMER of whom we know nothing other than that he was born in Ladd in October 1891. William and Mary KRAMER's fifth child was Elsie, born in Ladd in October 1893. We do not know her husband's name but we know that she had a daughter Marie Whitney (known as Tyke) who was married to "Ted" and had a daughter Jeanne who must still be alive. Elsie and Tyke came over to Wales in 1965 to visit my family (Elsie and my great-grandmother were 1st cousins) but we have no contact details for the family, not even old addresses. The final KRAMER child was Marie, born on November 14th 1896 in Ladd. She died in September 1986 in Grosse Ile, Wayne Co., Michigan. Her husband was John HOCKING (known as Jack) who was born in 1897 and died in 1988, also in Michigan. Back in the 1930s he was working in the automobile business in Detroit and they had a son John HOCKING junior (known as Jackie) who was born in about 1925 and may still be alive or have living relatives. We have so many photographs etc. of our long lost American cousins so it would be wonderful to establish contact once again after all these years. If anyone has any information of any kind then please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. James L. Phillips-Evans