----- Original Message ---- From: Claudia Schuman <schumanc@comcast.net> Do you think possibly an obit --maybe even a photo too---appeared in the Minneapolis paper for Albert Martin when he was killed in the War? Shoot, I forgot to add the note that I went through the Minneapolis Tribune for December 22, 1944 through December 30, 1944 and found no obituary nor headliner about Albert's death. I saw many articles about the Belgian war front but no list of names for casualties. Claudia said: I also tried to find these Fletcher step-children in the 1955 Minneapolis Phone book, but they don't appear. Someone wrote that Albert had a sister? I can't seem to find that one from the mailing list. Jim Sazevich <jassaz@qwest.net> on February 1 identified that Albert had a sister named Frances. However in the obituary for Mac Martin, Frances Margaret (Smith) is identified as his niece. Patricia noted: Looked at the death certificate and obituary for Albert's father, Mac Martin. I found that Mac, at the time of death, was married to a woman named Alice. Other survivors included: step-sons - Clark Fletcher, Kingston Fletcher; step-daughter - Sally Lother; niece Frances Margaret Smith of Los Angeles. Clark and Alice Fletcher with children are found in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Census. The ages in the census of the children are as follows: Clark b. about 1915; Kingston bl about 1926; Sara Lee (Sally?) b. 1929. I did find both the son, Clark, and his son, Clark plus Kingston. It could be that the father, Clark stays summers in MN and winters in TX? U.S. Public Records Index about Clark R Fletcher Name: Clark R Fletcher Birth Date: Jun 1943 Street address: 6004 Rinconcito Way City: El Paso County: El Paso State: Texas Zip Code: 79912 Phone Number: 915-581-1730 Record Number: 430390274 Household Members: function getAge(byr, bmon) { byr=parseInt(byr); if(isNaN(byr)) return ""; var today=new Date(); var yr=today.getFullYear(); var mon=today.getMonth(); var reduce=0; if (null != bmon && bmon.length > 0) { var months = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"); for(i=0;i<12;i++) { if(months[i]==bmon) { bmon=i; break; } if(i==11) bmon=5; } if(mon<bmon) reduce=1; } return (yr-byr-reduce); } Name Est. Age Birth Year Ana B Fletcher document.write(getAge('1963', 'Oct'));44 1963 Clark Fletcher document.write(getAge('', '')); Clark R Fletcher document.write(getAge('1915', 'Mar'));92 1915 Clark R Fletcher document.write(getAge('1943', 'Jun'));64 1943 M B Fletcher document.write(getAge('1916', 'Jan'));92 1916 and Clark and Kingston: U.S. Public Records Index about Clark R Fletcher Name: Clark R Fletcher Birth Date: 1915 Street address: 3845 Northome Rd City: Wayzata County: Hennepin State: Minnesota Zip Code: 55391 Phone Number: 952-476-7333 Record Number: 340805335 Household Members: function getAge(byr, bmon) { byr=parseInt(byr); if(isNaN(byr)) return ""; var today=new Date(); var yr=today.getFullYear(); var mon=today.getMonth(); var reduce=0; if (null != bmon && bmon.length > 0) { var months = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"); for(i=0;i<12;i++) { if(months[i]==bmon) { bmon=i; break; } if(i==11) bmon=5; } if(mon<bmon) reduce=1; } return (yr-byr-reduce); } Name Est. Age Birth Year Alison Fletcher document.write(getAge('1956', 'Jul'));51 1956 Clark R Fletcher document.write(getAge('1915', ''));93 1915 Doris C Fletcher document.write(getAge('1913', 'Jul'));94 1913 Kingsto Fletcher document.write(getAge('', '')); Kingston Fletcher document.write(getAge('', '')); Kingston Fletcher document.write(getAge('', '')); Kingston Fletcher document.write(getAge('1926', 'Aug'));81 1926 Regarding Frances Margaret here is what I found for her. She lived with her grandfather, James M, and Henrietta (Martin) Smith. 1930 United States Federal Census about Frances M Smith Name: Frances M Smith Home in 1930: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Age: AgeWith12ths('9',false);9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921 Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter Mother's Name: Henrietta M Occupation: Education: Military service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age James M Martin 78 Henrietta M Smith 44 Frances M Smith 9 Tillie Hofer 30 Henrietta, according to the 1920 Fed Census was married to a man named Merrill. I looked for Frances M to see if she was still living (and unmarried) but didn't find anybody I could positively identify. Smith and apparently, Frances M, are very common names. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ