Floreda, I will be glad to check for her obituary and should be able to do that this week. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tallygators" <tallygators@earthlink.net> To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 01/02/2006 7:28 AM Subject: [TXTRAVIS] Ida Walker obit >I did not realize how common a name Ida Walker was until I checked the > death records of Texas. > > I have keyed in on one Ida Walker who may well be the one I am looking > for. She died January 18, 1945 in Travis County. > > The Ida Walker I am looking for had been a Patient? Inmate? at Texas > State Hospital for the Insane at Austin. Writing the state of Texas has > been a practice in futility as for as finding out anything about this > lady once she was committed to its care(March 22, 1944). > > She was born October 20, 1885 in Rapides Parish, La and married John > Rodrigo there. They had a daughter born in 1925. The daughter is still > alive but declines my efforts to find out anything about her mother. > Incidentally, Ida Walker is my aunt - older sister to my mother. That > makes the daughter my first cousin. > > Is there a possibility there is an obit for her? Would some Kind Soul > check on this for me so that I can be sure the Ida Walker who died in > 1945 is indeed my aunt before I send for her death certificate? Since I > am not close kin (nieces don't qualify) I will have to send in a copy of > my driver's license along with my $20.00 when requesting her death > certificate. > > I would really appreciate any help or suggestions any of you have to > offer. > > Floreda > > > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >