This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/28270 Message Board Post: I am searching for the children of Leon Byron Smith, Jr. b. 1922, in Orange County California. He and his first wife were highschool sweethearts in Orange County California. Leon was in WWII and when he returned, the marriage had trouble. One day Rose took the kids and never returned. We have tried for years to locate these children. We aren't even sure if they continue to use the Smith surname. We think Rose may have remarried and had the children use the name of a stepfather. If anyone knows the whereabouts of these Smith children they have a large loving family who misses them. Please contact me. 1. LEON BYRON3 SMITH, JR. was born 22 May 1922 in California, and died 12 Jul 1993 in Las Vegas, NV. His first wife was ROSE DYKES. She was born Abt. 1922 in California. The lost Children of LEON SMITH and ROSE DYKES are: i. GARY LEE4 SMITH, b. 13 Sep 1941, Orange County, California. ii. LARRY CLINTON SMITH, b. 24 May 1943, Kern County, California. iii. FRANK JAMES "RICKY" SMITH, b. 04 Dec 1944, Kern County, California. iv. SHIRLEY JO SMITH, b. 30 Mar 1946, Los Angeles County, California.