This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holman, Richey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CAC.2ACI/682 Message Board Post: I am looking for the parents of Willis (or Willie) Owen Holman, b. 8 Oct. 1884 in Texas. When he registered for the draft in World War I on 12 Sept. 1918 he was living in Travis County, Texas (RFD #4, Austin, Texas) His occupation at that time was farmer and County Commissioner. He listed as his dependent Mrs. O.H. Holman. I assume this was his mother. He is listed on the 1930 census for Austin, Travis County, Texas with wife, Annie (Annie Maude Richey) and son, Richey, age 6. As far as I know, they had no other children. Annie was a daughter of the prominent educator Robert James Richey. Willis' occupation in 1930 was Real Estate Salesman. His address in 1930 was 571 (or 511) San Gabriel in Austin. The value of his home was $10,000 and he owned a radio. According to the 1930 census, Willis and both of his parents were born in Texas. This Willis Holman was white. The only other Willis Holman born in 1884 that I have been able to find on census records was black.