Hello This is my first time posting to this mail list. I have been watching and reading for a few days and hope there is someone out there who can help with my search with an ancestor. My grandfather's sister, May (Dennis) SUTHERLAND, was born in Mayfield, Illinois, May 10, 1868. In 1885 she married a George SUTHERLAND in Lincoln, Nebraska. They apparently moved to Galveston, Texas, went into the Saloon business that also included a brothel. It is said by family members that George ran the saloon and May ran the brothel. George and May must have divorced, as a genealogy done in 1967 has her marrying a Dr. Charles IRVING in 1904, in Galveston. On January 9, 1906, May, age 38, was murdered, supposedly by George SUTHERLAND for taking more then her share of money from the business. Why would May still be in business with George after she remarried the second time? I have tried to get a death certificate from Galveston, but none was found, seems a death certificate did not have to be filed. I am hoping someone out there is also researching this family, or it would be great if someone could do a lookup in the local 1906 newspaper and find an article on the murder or maybe an obituary. The genealogy also said she was brought back to Nebraska and buried in Wyuka. Wyuka says she isn't there, maybe the name Irving is wrong? Sorry to go on for so long, any help is appreciated. Regards, Carolyn in Iowa