This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Severson, Rosenthal, Fellerman, Halverson, Simon, Sivertsen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5RB.2ACE/1374.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I haven't been able to find much information on that branch of my family. My great-grandfather, William "Bill" McGovern, passed away in 1916 when my grandmother was only 3 so she didn't know him. From what I was told, and if I remember correctly, William had been in an accident and sustained a head injury. I guess it affected his memory afterwards and the one day, he left home to pick up his paycheck and never returned. Members of my family say that he went to Canada where he had a sister and died there. Apparently, my great-grandmother, Alice, was already angry about him disappearing but his family did not tell her of his death until many months later. After learning of his death, she was angry that she burned all of his belongings. So, when my grandmother was growing up, she didn't even have pictures of her father. I'm not sure if this story is accurate or completely true but I haven't been able to verify any of it. I also haven't been able to really find any information on William and Alice. Jeff T. Severson http://www.rosenthal-severson.com http://www.jtsdesign.com