This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kurtzhalsy Surnames: O'Brien Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12805.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Morning Dick, Thank you for your replies to my posting and your help! My mom is going to try to dig out her copy of her father's obit to see if it makes mention of Delores/Dolores and where she was living at his death. My mom was barely 20 when her dad died and she never met Delores in person as I estimate Delores to be about 15 years or so older than my mom. Yes, George lived in Winnebago county with his uncle Irving and aunt Susan and his first marriage took place there, he married Shirley Ethel Henderson and they had one child there, Marion Ruth O'Brien. It appears that Marion may have died within days of her birth as another researcher found her name in the death index in that county about ten days after her birth. The library in that county has birth records online through the early 50's and I looked through those records and George never had any more children in that county. From what my mom remebers her mother telling her is that George divorced his first wife Shirley and mar! ried Shirley's sister, name unknown, and that she is the mother of Delores. I don't know for sure if that is true, but it is my only potential lead. I did see a couple Delores O'Briens born in Cook county, but with that being such a populated county I don't know where to start because if I requested every birth certificate and marriage certificate for Delores O'Brien I would be spending a lot of money. I do know that she would have been born between 1928-1938 based on that fact I know where George was before that and after those dates. My ultimate hope is that Delores is still alive and she and my mom can connect, but if she has passed perhaps she has children we can connect with. Because George had lived in Winnebago county that is why I was guessing she had likely been born in the top half of the state. Do you have any suggestions or other advice or ideas for me? Yvonne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.