This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jackfamilypa Surnames: Simon Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.unknown/13585/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I know very little about my Grandfather. My mother knows very little also. His name was Robert Lestly (sp?) Simon and he was born August 6 1915, possibly in Ohio, and died Feb 10 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was my Grandmothers second husband. Her name was Louise Catherine (Strater) Clapperton Simon, and she was born Aug 26 1917 and died June 19 2004. She was born, raised and died in the City of Pittsburgh, Pa. My Grandfather, Robert, was a police officer for the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I got his Social Security number from the SSI Death Index, and it says that his number was issued before 1951 in Michigan. I talked with my Aunt, who was his step daughter, and she said that she believes that he had a sister that lived in Alaska, but did not know her name. My mother said that he was adopted, but my Aunt had never heard if he was or not. I believe my mother has a older half brother that was Robert's son, but she wouldn't tell me anything about him because of ! a family incident that happened when she was young. There is alot of secrecy in my mom's family, and other than when he was born, died, and his occupation, I'm not 100% on any of the other information I included here. I'm a seasoned pro when it comes to working on the family tree (7,000 in my Dad's side alone), but I am just completely stumped on where to go with this. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.