This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FIELDS, DELAWDER, WHITMAN, CLAVE, MUNHOLLON, HEMPHILL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0RB.2ACI/460 Message Board Post: According to the SSDI (Soc. Security death index) there was a William FIELDS b 15 Sep 1898 in Missouri who died Feb 1975 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo co, NM. I think this is the William Russell FIELDS, Jr. for whom I am searching. He was named after his grandfather, William Russell FIELDS. He had siblings born in Missouri named Nannie FIELDS b May 1896; Ollie L. b Mar 1899 and Etta (Marietta) born 1903 and a half-sister Nellie Esther FIELDS born 30 Jan 1908 who married Benjamin F. WHITMAN and lived in Half Way, MO. I think William's mother, Malinda, and his siblings, Nannie and Ollie died before 1906. His father Issac M. FIELDS who died in a mine explosion 23 Apr 1908 is buried in Carterville cemetery, Jasper co, MO in the plot with Wm. Jr's grandmother, Mary DELAWDER - FIELDS and with Wm Jr's baby half-sister, Jesse FIELDS. Before Wm Jr's father, Isaac died he had married abt 1906 a 2nd wife -Nellie Grant CLAVE who became Wm. Jr's stepmother. By the time William R. FIELDS, Jr. was 11 yrs old in 1910 he was living in Galloway twp, Christian Co, MO with his 65 yr old widowed grandfather and his widowed step-mother, Nellie FIELDS along with his 7 yr old sister, Etta FIELDS and his 2 yr old half-sister, Nellie Esther FIELDS. But when Wm. Jr was about 16 yrs old, his grandfather was trampled by runaway horses and died in 1915 at age 70 in Springfield, MO. And Wm Jr's step-mother, Nellie FIELDS died 2 yrs later of TB at age 31 in Feb 1917 in Polk Co, MO. What happened to William R. FI! ELDS, Jr. and his younger sister, Etta FIELDS? His mother's maiden name was either HEMPHILL or MUNHOLLON. Please contact: Mary K. Ward, 1432 Yeardley Drive, Richmond, VA 23225; ph 804-232-9338. Thanks!