To the members of the Shewman Families in the U.S.A. About 5 - 6 years ago, a letter was given to me.I don't know where it had been, but it was passed along after the death of a family member who did not know what it was all about. The writer of the letter was a Pearl A. Shewman, who lived in California, about 20 miles from where the Los Angeles Riots took place. Getting interested??? This lady was trying to write a short history of her father's, Albert Powell Shewman, life for his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He had moved to California with his father (mother?) and siblings. They had all been born in Canada. His father was Carleton Miller Shewman, who died in 1913 at Pulmona California. Albert Powell Shewman died in Mesa, Arizona in 1901. This letter of 4 pages, plus 2 pages of drawings of their family tree, was sent originally to Harry Shewman, who had been a Mayor of Morris Manitoba and later an M.P. Pearl Shewman had read of him in a book in the library and wrote to him, wondering if he knew anything about her family. Whether or not Harry ever received this letter before his death we will never know, but it surfaced after the death of another family member. Indeed she was on the right track and would have been a cousin to Harry. If anyone out there is interested, I would be pleased to know as I am also a descendent. Many of the descendents of our William Shewman, returned to live in various sections of the U.S. -- Margaret Ontario, Canada ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com