Hi Bob, I am embarrassed to say that I did have Renee's death as well as her birth information. The person I am really interested in is Elston George Lowrie's father, George Elston Lowrie. (I see he drpped the first name of George.) I think he is the same person that was in Plainfield, NJ in the 1900 census as a newspaper advertising agent. There is a George Elston Lowrie in Muncie, IN in 1917; in Jacksonville, FL in 1922 and in Shreveport, LA in 1924, all of them in sales or newspaper work. Shreveport is where Elston George Lowrie was born in 1924. George Elston Lowrie was born in 1862 and I think he was divorced from his first wife Bertha Rosina Close. He also had a son George Elston Lowrie, Jr. in 1894. I would love to be able to tie these two men together. George Lowrie is a very common name, but George Elston Lowrie is not. Nancy Lowrie Wright in south Louisiana ----- Original Message ----- Nancy, Since Victoria does not appear in CABI and if the father was unavailable due to being in the military, I would suggest the mother went home to be with her mother in Memphis for the birth. The second daughter's birth was announced in the Galveston Daily News, 5/21/1950, page 18. (Ancestry.com) § Renee June Lowrie Mr. and Mrs. Elston Lowrie of Memphis, Tenn., announce the birth of a daughter, Renee June, on May 15 or 18 (I can't tell if the last digit is a 5 or 8) in Memphis. Grandmothers are Mrs. G. E. Lowrie of Galveston and Mrs. Irene R. Patton of Memphis. Mrs. G. E. Lowrie is visiting in Memphis. § Sadly, I see that the Tennessee, Death and Burials Index, 1874-1955 on Ancestry shows that she died on June 13, 1950 It is possible the Victoria's birth was also announced in the Galveston Daily News, but I couldn't find it. I did see several articles covering the travels of Mrs. G. E. Lowrie to Memphis and to California and one announcing that family came out from California for a visit. Bob