My father, Allyn Parks Evans, was born in Springfield, Il., in 1917 to William ? Evans and Edith Parks Evans. My father lived in Verdon for 4 years (in Macoupin county) he lived in the street behind his grandfather and grandmother he does not know his grandparents names, my grandfather was born 1894?/ in Verdon ? he left for california when my father was 14, Williams' father also left until he got older, my grandmother Edith divorced him. He also ran a speakeasy in Springfield, and I believed was arrested for this. Descent Welch, I hope some knows.