Lloyd; Did some checking and there was an Axel (d. 3/14/1942) and Axen (d.1/4/1940). Checked both and based on your info Axen seems to be the right one. Found an obit for him too so I need you to send your address so I can get it out to you. Here is the DC transcription for him. Source: San Diego 46-19 Name: Axen (Al) Pearson 3646 Georgia Street, San Diego, CA Died: 1/4/1940 at home Male, white, married, age 70 years 9 months 12 days, Contractor - house painting Spouse: Hattie W. Pearson Birth: 3/23/1869, Sweden FA: unknown Pearson MO: unknown Cause: Cancer of stomach, metastatic - liver, cancer of Pylolus. Dr: Clair L. Stealy Mort: Benbough Funeral Parlors Burial: 1/8/1940, Cypress View Mausoleum Informant: Spouse Hope this helps. Don't forget to send your address. Donna At 09:13 AM 10/10/00 -0400, Lloyd H. Thomas Jr. wrote: >Donna, > >Thank you for responding. > >I have been watching with interest the number of San Diego lookups you have >done. I'm trying to locate information on my grandfather, Axel(Alexander) >Pearson, born in Sweden. He lived at 3646 Georgia Street in San Diego, and >I think he died in 1942, though it might have been 1941. Any help you can >give me would be greatly appreciated, and I'd need to know the expense >involved. Just let me know and I'll send you a check. > >My grandmother, Hattie Brown(e) survived him and died in the seventies in >New Hampshire; she is buried beside him, I believe, but I don't know which >graveyard. I know that my mother took her back to be interred with him >after her passing. Sheila Prader sent me an obit several years ago, but in >moving the file was lost. > >Thank you for any help you can give me. > >Lloyd Thomas > > > >