This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gero/Giroux/Geroux/Pontow/Hooper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/4183 Message Board Post: I am looking for parents and siblings of Frederick Frances or name might be Alfred Frank Gero name originally spelled Geroux or Giroux who were French Canadian's. Fred was born 1881/1882 in Ludlow, Hampden Co. Massachusetts. At some point he married a woman and supposedly lived in New York where he had another family. He left there and married Ida Karoline Pontow 26 Jan 1915 Crown Point, Lake Co Indiana. They had 5 children together: Ida stillborn 1915, Frederick Freeman 2 Jul 1917; Lloyd Henry 6 Nov 1918; Norris 4 Dec 1920 and Melba 25 Jan 1924. They had been in Boy River, Cass Co. Minnesota where Fred was involved in logging as I've been told. They had then moved to Momence, Kankakee Co Illinois by 1930 and lived there until he died in Aug 1947. He is buried in the Momence Cemetery. We have two listings of his name as Frank Alfred Gero and Frederick Frances, but records I've found so far have him listed as Fred F Gero, so I guess his real name could have been Alfred Frank Gero/Giroux/Geroux Ida used to write to a Violet Hooper in New York when she was married to Fred. I think this Violet could possibly be Fred's daughter by his first marriage. I found this information on a Violet Hooper in New York and am hoping someone will know who she might be. According to some information I found online this Peter Hooper married Violet White, but that would be a step father's last name. 1930 Saint Lawrence Co New York Potsdam dist 84 household 111 Peter Hooper 38 NY shipping clerk paper mill Violet M 24 married age 15 NY parents Ny Joseph P son 2 NY Name: Violet Hooper SSN: 129-20-8752 Last Residence: 12953 Malone, Franklin, New York, United States of America Born: 17 Sep 1905 Died: Feb 1976 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 ) Name: Peter Hooper SSN: 126-01-6820 Born: 28 Nov 1893 Died: Jun 1960 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 ) World War I Draft Registration Franklin Co New York Peter Hooper Nov 28 1894 McMillen Mills wool carder single If anyone can help me try to find his parents I would be very greatful. Carolyn Whitaker atsissie@aol.com