This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kent, Eckhardt, Keever, Graham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AiB.2ACE/814.1 Message Board Post: My Grandmother (Ivy/Iva May Kent) was adopted out when her mother died. Her Father was Frank Elmer Kent. Her mother was Margrette ( Eckhardt..sp?) born 1868, Maryland died in Muscatine, Iowa, I wish to know more on this line. The children were all adopted out. I don't know what happened to Frank after that. I know my grandmother had one sister called Byrdie, who married a Lyle Jarvis. Grandma had some connection with Texas, but I'm not sure what. My grandma was adopted by Rathz family. She married Charles Frederick Keever. My Mother is Thelme Jean (Keever) Graham