Thanks for the comm Candy: I was born in Illinois, Evanston, named after John Evans, after whom Evanston, Wyoming was also named when he was territorial governor of Colorado. He was booted out from the scandal over the Sand Creek massacre. I have very few relatives still there, some perhaps in Morrison, Illinois. If that's near Toulon we might be kin. Would be interesting to see your mother's data. Bent, by the way, is the 8,004th "most popular" name in America I believe I once read, not quite up there with the Smiths and the Jones'.