my grandparents william james & ruby louise splan had a farm in michigan's u.p. near dafter 'but lost it during the great depression and turned to the logging industry where gramma was camp cook & grampa was a lumberjack.they had four children. edith was the oldest ,then,my mom,elda lorraine,then jim, and wayne allard,all deceased now. my mom had three children,william james( born 9-4-45) deceased,larry lee(4-27-48) still here, and leota louise(4-29-55)still here. larry lives in canyon lake texas, lee lives in garden city, michigan. the splans had moved from the sault saint marie,mich. area to the the south rockwood,mich. area south of detroit in the '40's. larry has 2 sons (sean eric of leander'tx. and christopher todd of bryan,tx)