Wow! Now I see what a huge gap there is in my knowledge about my husbands grandfather. I will forward your questions to his sisters and see if they respond. I will ask one favor though, If they respond please send a copy of their correspondence to me. Without a long story, I would like to "stay-in-know," I keep them informed of anything I find out of respect for their efforts to find information on their family, but they don't feel the same. Thank you for all your help! Patty In a message dated 5/23/2005 4:00:03 PM Mountain Standard Time, REVJUDITHYOUNG@aol.com writes: > Patty, > > This is probably way off but Was Frank a locomotive fireman or foreman? Do > > you think he was deceased or his wife, or were they just possibly > separated > from Albert in 1900, but living? Do you know when Frank was born could > he > be about 29 (b. 1871) in 1900 making him about 22 when Albert was born? > > I found one Frank Burton fitting this description (race: white?) boarding > in Texas in 1900 and it appeared he was in a neighborhood with people who > were "locomotive workers" from many states and this Frank was reported > to be > born in Iowa, however of all the information on the whole page reported to > > the enumerator (who was very thorough in his recording, filling in every > column for all person he recorded including 0 for no children, S for > singles > etc) only Franks information had missing entries meaning maybe he didn't > report > it himself, but the boarding home owner or someone else! Missing was his, > > birth month, marital status, years married, number of children, ability to > > read, write etc. > Any siblings for Frank to your knowledge? > > Curious and hope to help! > > Judith A Young >