Thank you everybody for all of your help and suggestions, I will follow up on all of them. I believe the Lloyd S. Hawkins listed below is my father, at that time he would have been maried to a Mary or Margaret (Masters) who's maried name now is shearer. They had 4 daughters who would be in their 50's to 60's. The only other information I have is that Mildred (Shererd) Hawkins was a school teacher in the Kenmore area and Lloyd S Hawkins graduated Kenmore HS in 1942 and attended the University of Buffalo and Syracuse University before and after WWII. Lloyd S Hawkins moved to Westerville Ohio about 1967 which was after his father Lloyd A Hawkins died in Buffalo . <<<Lloyd Hawkins who died possibly in 1967 which is all I have on him and Mildred (Shererd) Hawkins who died around July 4 1974. They had former addresses of 169 Kenmore Ave in Kenmore and 233 Parkside in Buffalo. These addresses were good around WWII.>>> As of the 1954/5 Buffalo phone book, there were no Hawkins listed at either of those addresses. There was one Lloyd in Buffalo, and dozens of other Hawkins in Buffalo. The only two Hawkins in the Tonawanda area were the following. Hawkins, Lloyd S. - 394 Hoyt St., Buffalo - ELmwood-6784 Hawkins, Albert R. - 344 Ward Rd., N. Tonawanda - LUdlow-2044 Hawkins, Richd - 951 Erie Ave., N. Tonawanda - LUdlow-5522 Hope this helps, Kathy