Hi List: The one thing I know and am sure of is how much our list administrator, Laura, worries about all of us having fun on the list and how much information we gather. THIS Roll CALL BROUGHT ME A GEM OF UNEQUALED BRILLIANCE TODAY. I received the following from a lovely young lady in Kansas: Hi Jim - do you have Katie Byron in your family? She was my grandmother's best friend -- born around 1875 - lived around 415 S. 14th st. in St. Louis - my grandmother's childhood home. I have her picture and what I think is her mother's picture. My reply was: So far my Byrne's are a mystery to me. My great grandmother was Sinie or Sinia Byrne. She had eleven siblings who were all born in Tennessee. Sinie Byrne married George W. McQuillen in 1885 in St Louis. Sinie's father was Robert C. Byrne who was born in SC. Her mother was born in Texas. Her father was shot in the hand during the civil war at the battle for Murfreesboro in 1862. What I can't figure out is how her father got to Texas to find his wife and how Sinie got to St Louis to marry George W. McQuillen. I know there were more Byrne's in St Louis because some of the brothers became policemen and changed the name to Burns. Frank Burns was a rather well known cop in St Louis and gives me the impression, not very well liked. Yes indeed I have a "Katie Myrum Byrne" on the tree. She is Sinnie Byrne's sister. Here is what I have on her: Katie born about 1872 in, Lott, Falls, Texas. There were twelve children born to Robert Carlisle Byrne and Sarah Frances Carter Byrne. They married about 1861. Robert Carlisle born: 28 April 1836, died 9 Mar 1912 Sarah Frances born: 16 Dec 1844, died: 11 Dec 1909 I didn't realize I had this much information on the Byrne's. I even have more. I have a picture of Robert and Sarah and would be able to tell if your picture was of my great-great grandmother. She had round cheeks.----Jim Some of the mystery has been solved. I now know that there were more Byrne's in St Louis. I lived about four blocks south of 415 S Fourteenth St just on the other side of the above address and passed it many times and didn't even have a clue that my McQuillens and Byrne's lived there. I walked in my great grandparents foot steps and was totally unknowing. Long live our beautiful List Administrator, Laura B.----Jim