Jeff, Thanks for responding to my inquiry! Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about my gg-grandfather. On the marriage application of my great-grandfather, he listed my gg-grandfather as a fireman. I know that he was a farmer before that. I'm confused about the whole thing! My gg-grandfather's name is Israel Myers. His son's name is Emanuel Myers. I have a sneaky suspicion that Emanuel was a fireman on the railroad, but no family stories at all to confirm that. My grandfather and his father did not speak to each other after my great-grandparents divorced, so we know very little about him. I will attempt to search the railroad pensions. Thanks for that reminder. Karen > Im a Fort Wayne Fire Fighter, My name is Jeff Berning. I have seen some > OLD rosters, but I think it only went back to 1915. DId your GGGrandfather > join in 1905? retire then? or was he in between at that time? > > Send his FULL name, if I can find those rosters again I'll check. Do > you have ANY other info about him? > > Ft. Wayne was a BIG railroad town at that time, theres probably a 50 / 50 > shot beween FIRE DEPT fireman and RAILROAD fireman. Have you tried looking > in the RAILROAD pension list for his name? > > Jeff Bening >