At 01:46 AM 5/18/2005 -0700, you wrote: >On the 1930 census column 31(What war or expedition) the answer is a >puzzle to me. If anyone can access the census, kindly see what it says. >I'd certainly like to know where Robert E. LESTER was. I kind of put >together a scenario of him serving our country WWI in England and meeting >his future bride (Hattie) there. My nephew's mother Margaret was born >in England according to this census. Robert was born in 1895 in NY. It says W.W. [World War] per the enumerator's instructions: Column 31. What war or expedition.-Where the answer in column 30 is "Yes," give the name of the war or expedition in which the man served. The principal military activities in which service will be reported, together with a convenient abbreviation for each which you may use in this column, are listed below: World War... WW Spanish-American War... SP Civil War... Civ Philippine insurrection... Phil Boxer rebellion... Box Mexican expedition... Mex Holly