Hi Paul. Inbetween our correspondence, I found an article in my father's old scrapbook relating to Herbert G. ROTH's father. Actually, his name was Herbert E. ROTH. "With colors flying and bands plaing, line after line of marching soldiers will file past the reviewing stand at Fort Lawton this morning. And up in the stand, trimly erect, will be the reviewing officer, Technical Sergeant Herbert E. ROTH. The review is to be held in honor of his retirement after more than thirty years of distinguished service. Sergeant ROTH, sixty-one, enlisted at the age of eighteen. He has been stationed at Fort Lewis and Fort Lawton with the Sixth Engineers since 1926. In the course of this morning's review, Maj. Lincoln B. Chambers, commanding officer of the Sixth engineers, will present him a gold watch on behalf of the company." Unfortunately, I, too, know nothing more about these folks. Their adopted son and I never got along and, although I've tried the Internet, I haven't been able to locate him. Well, if you do find these characters in your tree, keep me in mind. They were quite a prominent real estate family in Lower Lake, California, for many years. Geri R. Gilbert LadyAnneBolyn@HotMail.com >From: Genzen1@webtv.net (Paul Roth) >Reply-To: ROTH-L@rootsweb.com >To: ROTH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Herbert G. & William H. ROTH >Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:16:12 -0400 (EDT) > >Hi Geri, > >You wrote: > ><<Greetings. My uncle, Herbert G. ROTH, b. 19 Apr 1903 in Illinois, d. >January 1985 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, married Marie Gertrude GILBERT, >b. 13 Feb 1912, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, USA; d. 18 Sep >1992, Lower Lake, Lake County, California, USA. They lived in Lower Lake >for the large part of their lives. >Herbert had a sister named Jean. She married a man by the surname BLANK. >They lived in San Francisco and had 2 girls: _____ and Shelley. Herbert >was in the USA Navy and Shriner's Association. Herbert and Marie adopted >1 son, named Daniel. I believe he was a son of William H. ROTH which you >have listed as living in Oakland, California, USA. Do you happen to know >anything more about this family?>> > >All I have on William H. ROTH is what was in my post to the list. His >wife's name was Leonora PRITCHETT. Two of his brothers married two of >Leonora's sisters. > >I only have children info on three of his 12 sibs : the eldest brother, >Johnathan Griest, his next to youngest brother, Jonas Spatch (my >gr-grandfather) and his youngest brother, Albert Maywood. > >Do you know where in IL. your Herbert was born? My ROTHs had a family >farm in the Brocton/Paris area of Edgar Co. IL. (mid-state on the >eastern border). > >William H. was b. 6-26-1839...1903 minus 1839 = 64 years difference, so >Herbert couldn't have been a son...possibly a grandson...my grandfather, >Richard Edgar b. 1877 (Jonas's son. William's nephew) had children from >1900 to 1919. Herbert would be of Richard's children's generation. > >So Herbet's father would have to have been a son of my William H. > >Sorry I can't help any more than this. > >Regards, >Paul > > >==== ROTH Mailing List ==== >Visit the Roth GenConnect Board >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/rot/Roth >Paul Alan Roth Administrator > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.