Re: Looking for Houck history in Missouri
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In reply to:
Looking for Houck history in Missouri
8/18/01
hi darren - i am a missouri houck.
my father's name is - William Ross Houck
my only brother's name is - William Ross Houck, Jr.
my name is - Darlene E. Houck
my father had one sister - Olive - deceased
my father's mother was - Nancy Houck - deceased.she is
the mother of Olive.she was married 3 or 4 times.
dad has many half brothers & sisters.i don't know
them all.
my father's father - unsure of his name
dad and i did some sleuthing many years ago.his grandfather (also a william houck) had a plantation in cape geradeu (sp?) missouri. a railroad is named houck and there is a stadium in cape g. also named houck.when greatgrandfather houck died they couldn't find my dad's dad and my father had been shuffled from orphanage to family to orphanage they had lost track of him.the wife's family, Judd's, were big time lawyers, and moved into the plantation.if you want, i could give you my dad's phone number in st. louis and he could give you much more information.he has spent a lot of time researching the family.