Hello Everyone, I am a new researcher to this list and have a query. First let me say that I searched the Archives of this list already and found no leads. I hope somebody here can help. Specifically, I am searching for a Eugene Orton, m. Nettie Rieff (est. 1880-1886) and had a baby delivered at 2223 Franklin Ave. St. Louis on 8 April 1886 named Eugene Drysdale Orton. I have found Nettie Orton listed as "wid. of Eugene" in the 1891 St. Louis City Directory living at the same address as two of her brothers, 2642 Franklin Ave. so it looks as if Eugene Orton (the father) died some time between the birth of his son, Eugene Drysdale, in 1886 and the listing of his wife Nettie as a widow in 1891. Nettie Rieff is listed as 19 years old and still single in the 1880 Census living at home on 1727 Franklin Avenue in St. Louis. I have been unable to find any marriage record for Eugene Orton and Nettie Rieff nor any records of Eugene Orton other than the one where he is named in the 1886 St. Louis Birth Registry as the father of his son. My Orton cousins in Denver and I would be grateful for any leads as to the identity of Eugene Orton in St. Louis in the 1880's. regan