I am trying to find my long lost grandfather, Clifford D. or David C. HERDMAN. He left Clearfield County sometime around the first decade of the last century, probably with his brothers Frank and Ernest, for the State of Washington. I think that they settled in Tacoma, but it was Pierce County. He married my grandmother Hazel LEONARD and they had a child, Julia Mary, born in 1916 in Pierce County. By the 1920 census they had split up, and possibly a divorce had occurred. He registered for the World War I draft at the age of 29, giving his address as 410 3rd Street, NE, Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington St. He owned a cleaners and dyers in Puyallup at that time. Here is where we have some trouble. It appears that there were two Herdman families in Clearfield County, and they both had Clifford's around the same age. We have recovered draft cards for both boys, and the other Clifford was Clifford B. Could they be cousins, because the data we have do not discriminate between the two families. Apparently, the grandfather we have lost was the son of Jesse and Mary C. HERDMAN. That does track with the naming of the daughter, named Mary for one mother and Julia for her grandmother on the mother's side. (But to complicate matters, Julia Mary was also listed as a HERTMAN.) Any help filling out this picture would be greatly appreciated. Oh yes, this grandfather was located in the 1960's living in Redlands, CA. But there are no death notices in California, nor have I been able to locate social security information. He was probably employed by the Southern Pacific Rail Road. The census information that we have early on shows that a David was back in Pennsylvania - but that is all we have to go on. Regards, Jim Carroll