I guess I wanted to "brag" a bit for a moment. This coming December 10th, my grandpa, Edward J. HEBERT who lives in Bradley will be 90 years old. :o) He was born 10 December 1915 in Kankakee to Alfred William HÉBERT & Marie-Belzémire Herméline BOUDREAU. Grandpa had an older sister, Eleanor, b. 05 Mar 1914 who m. Earl HUBERT and d. 01 Mar 1994, and Grandpa has a younger sister, Louise Theresa, b. 03 Mar 1919 who m. Delmar Jesse PRAIRIE. On 29 Nov 1934 in Ashkum, Grandpa married Lillian Gertrude MERKLE, daughter of Christian Albert MERKLE & Anna Genevieve WALLACE. Grandma was born 01 Jan 1915 in Danforth, and d. 23 Apr 1997 at home in Bradley. As a young man he ended up leaving school before he was 18 to go to work to help support his mother and sisters. Grandpa and Grandma were blessed with nine children: Chris Edward, Mark Lucien, Terence Dorain, Elaine Rose, Edward Richard (my dad), Joel Maurice, Michelle Marie, Allen Cletus & Alfred Charles. Grandpa worked for years, driving trucks for Rudolf Express Co. and as a school bus driver. Often he'd be called to deliver school buses to Indiana, or further. One of Grandpa & Grandma's favorite activities was to travel. Grandma once wrote about a trip that they made with the younger children to Sonoma, California in 1965 to visit Richie (my dad) and his bride Sharon. When Grandpa, Grandma & the kids conferred about where to visit on their drive home, they had to choose between going to Disneyland or going to the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon won out over Disneyland. On the way to the Grand Canyon they heard about the riots in Watts and were very thankful that they hadn't decided to visit Disneyland. After the kids moved out, Grandpa & Grandma still travelled around, but usually by motorcycle. In 1984 and in 1991 they came to the Seattle area to visit my brother, Blaine and I. They had a Honda Goldwing with a sidecar and a trailer. One of my favorite photos of Grandpa & Grandma was while they were dating, and they were sitting on a motorcycle. Grandpa never really talked about his childhood, but I understand that spoke Québécois as a young boy. Sadly he doesn't still speak it. With nine children, Grandpa currently has: 29 grandchildren (2 have died, so 31 total), 28 great-grandchildren (1 died, so 29 total), and 1 great-great grandchild. Anyways, I hope it's okay, I wanted to brag about my grandpa for a bit. :o) ~~Bren Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all. ~Helen Keller Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.