I'm also looking for my mother's biological father. His name was Lester Sweeney and my grandmother's name was Lucille Kay. She later married Clifford Johnson They were never married and the story my mother was told was that he worked in a road crew and was killed. The year would have been 1930-1932. My grandmother lived in Wayne and was born at home in Wakefield

Kay family genealogy.
Fredrich(Fred) John Kay, b September 10, 1855
d. September 25, 1932:nickname Fritz
m. Sophia Deitchler 11/30/1878 in Mills Co Ia
b.1862: d 1893( Parents John and Johanna Deitchler)
Child-Ferdinand Kay b. 1879 Mills County, IA
m. Elizabeth Klein b 9/1/1877 in Germany
child was Lucille Kay 2/28/1906 in Wakefield, NE.
m. Lester Sweeney
Hope this helps
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