Funny, there is a Bill Ayres here who is a home builder....good one too! I looked thru the marriages book and the closest I could come was Aycres, Lucinda. Bobbie -----Original Message----- From: cbrevis@intertekk.com <cbrevis@intertekk.com> To: TNSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com <TNSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 11:50 PM Subject: Ayres >Hi- > >I'm fairly new to this list and have joined hoping to find some >information on the family of William Ayres, who was born abt 1853 in >Memphis Tennessee, to Samuel W. Ayres and Elizabeth L. Cook. > >William graduated the University of New Orleans in 1876 and was >practicing medicine in New York City by 1881. He married Anna >Schand/Schaud in NYC in 1881. > >I'm wondering if Memphis city directories exist for the mid 1850's and >also, if anyone else is researching this family from Memphis. > >thanks! >-CJ Brevis >