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yelowdog , from Cherry Grove, Alberta, has been a Family Tree Circles member since Aug 2010. is researching the following names: BUCK, .

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Last month I found my grandfather, Alva H. Buck, after 67 years. To my family he was always known as Alvin. He was a character to say the least but still a curiousity to me.

Third child of Eli S. Buck, b. 1845; Alva was born in Paris Michigan in 1879; Had both an older brother Fred S. & sister Nellie M.;married to Grace sometime at or before 1903;Grace lived at 420 Henry St., Grand Rapids, MI; occupation fireman; conviced of arson; sent to Jackson State Pen March 1903; served 15 months; serial number 7828; went to Calgary where he married my grandmother 1908; Had three sons; Fred A., b. 1909; Reginald Clarence, b. 11 October, 1911 (my father);third son died as an infant; swindled money from his mother in-law and left town with his girlfriend in 1914, never to heard from again.

Things I'd like to know: what happened to him after Calgary?; did he have any children other than Fred & Reg?; Did he divorce Grace? When?;
When and where did he die?; Is there an obituary?

For every answer, there are a dozen questions.