Can any body help Helen? "Helen McDiarmid" <helenmcd@globalnet.co.uk> John Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 17:10:44 +0100 From: "Helen McDiarmid" <helenmcd@globalnet.co.uk> To: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <01bda766$4c8aa7a0$LocalHost@default> Subject: FREECE family search in Baltimore Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here goes again - I have made several attempts now to send this request for help or information but first sent it to the wrong address, then in the wrong format and then, apparently to the wrong addess again - so I am hoping that I will be lucky this time. I am looking for information on the family of my father's cousin, he very much wanted me to trce them for him as he lost touch some years ago. I should explain that I live in Sussex, england and my father was Welsh, from Cardiff. His cousins family consisted of Frank FREECE, his wife, Ethel FREECE nee EVANS and their daughter Eileen FREECE. I don't have much info but accroding to my grandmother's diary the family emigrated from Wales in October 1920 and settled in Baltimore, Ohio - I have three photos that give Baltimore as place of residence - the diary also says that Frank FREECE died June 30th 1951 but I have not found anything for him in the Social Security Death Index. There is an entry for an Ethel FREECE which seems to fit: SSN (Social Security No) 290-48-7334: SNDX F620 NAME FREECE, ETHEL BIRTH 03-06-1899; IS (Issuing State OHIO DEATH 01-00-1981; R-ZIP(Zip code of last known Residence) 43105 RC (State of primary residence) OH My father told me that Frank FREECE was a sherrif and was involved in the capture of Public Eneny No 1. I preseume there were several of these but I think he meant Derringer?) and he also said that he was one of the first people in the States to have plastic surgery but I do not know how much truth there is to either of these stories or whether my father knew this from personal contact or got it from other family members. Anyway, I would be really grateful for any help anyone over there can give. My husband and I have visisted the states several times in the past and have been to Colubus, Ohio three times but always on very short visits and have been unable to travel up to the Baltimore area - we both really love the U.S.A. and have met some really lovely, friendly people there. Thanks for your time Yours Helen McDiarmid "Helen McDiarmid" <helenmcd@globalnet.co.uk>