In a message dated 11/29/2003 9:11:27 AM Central Standard Time, WVWOOD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: They seem to come from out of mid-air; will appear again in the 1914 City Directory with only two of their kids and then vanish. It could be that a large number of the family members died in the huge country-wide flu epidemic of that time which killed thousands. I have a whole family of 10 killed by this flu epidemic in Nebraska in the 1915-1916 time frame. Thank you, Kathie Harrison NEGenWeb Project - Ancestor's Sharing Center http://www.rootsweb.com/~neasc/index.htm