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8M Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993 QUAD-CITY AREA QUAD-CITY TIMES iow focuses on Annawan family For a FREE Catalog, Call TOLL NEW, NATIONAL OAfli fLtan TOLL WE PHONe NUMBER, I OVv U97 Jilipv "hours FOR INFORMATION: (309) 797-7925 "The Complete Equestrian Store At Your Door" Also: Complete line of unique personal accessories from the WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF TACK HORSE SUPPLIES AT DISCOUNT PRICESllli common to the unusual. BELTS BELT BUCKLES WALLETS-BOLO TIES For Men Shop The Then Buy Women (Including Unique Hard to Find Items) seeing family members again. "I'm just looking forward to seeing my brothers and sisters again, just to talk again," said Raymond, who lives in Houston. Marie is hoping to come to Henry County soon to explore court records.

"But I am looking forward to meeting nieces and nephews to let them know they have an aunt who cares about them," she said. Hancock shares her goals. "I don't care what happened in the past. I just want to find my family and tell them I love them," he said. Since the family's search first was reported a few months ago, Hancock has found at least 40 cousins in several states.

One of the cousins is Charlene Pinkerton of Mesa, whose mother, Florence, was a Craun child. When Pinkerton received a call from Hancock's wife, Brenda, the 36-year-old mother danced all around the room, she said. "I've got cousins. I've got an Aunt Jean. I've got an Uncle Raymond.

I've got family," she said. But Hancock and the others said they still have a lot of work to do before all the Craun children are found. Janet Jones, the investigative reporter who will cover the story for "Unsolved Mysteries," said the show will air sometime this summer. She said the show hopes the broadcast generates responses and brings the family together by the end of the year. If that occurs, she said the show has promised to bring the Crauns back together for a family reunion.

Already, the search has produced positive benefits. "Raymond is a totally different person since the search began," said Margaret Null of Sterling, 111., his adopted sister. "He is just very open and has talked a lot about his childhood. He is very happy." Cambridge. A picture of the eight family members huddled in the jail appeared in the Kewanee Star Courier at the time.

Scott Hancock, of Lawrenceville, 111., whose mother, Frances, was one of the Craun children, began his search last year. But the only piece of information was a charred portion of the 1948 photograph. His mother was in the process of tracing her roots when she died in a 1985 house fire, which destroyed all her records and burned half of the photograph. Hancock eventually came to Henry County last month and met his cousin, Kevan Melton of Genese'o. His mother, Marie Melton, one of the Craun children, now resides in Florida.

Family members involved in the search believe some mystery surrounds the story of the family separation. Frances and Marie were adopted by families in Kewanee. In fact, they grew up across the street from one another, but never were allowed to associate. According to court records, the first names of some of the children were changed when they were adopted. Through the search, the family says they believe some of the children may have been adopted illegally, or possibly sold, and taken to western states.

But there is no proof yet, and they say some records have been destroyed or simply disappeared. Raymond and Marie, who recently were united because of the search, have recounted stories of living a strange and secretive life with the Crauns. Even after their adoptions, they said life was not the best. Marie said her adoptive parents kept her in closets at times. But both are more interested now in just 'Unsolved Mysteries' examines search for relatives By Mary Frank KEWANEE STAR COURIER ANNA WAN, 111.

A family's long search for lost relatives from this small, Henry County community will be featured on the NBC television series "Unsolved Mysteries." Family members say representatives of the show have informed them that filming will begin in about two weeks. The search centers around the nine children of Frank and Hilda Craun, who all were evicted from their rural Annawan home in December 1948. The parents, who are believed to be deceased, were forced to give up their children. The reason is unclear. Court records show some of the children were neglected, although that does not explain the eviction.

Some of the children later were adopted. Court records show three children were sent to the old Dixon State Mental Hospital in Dixon, 111. Another boy was sent to a correctional facility in St. Charles, 111. Family members have not seen them since.

Raymond Anderson, one of the children who later was adopted, said they virtually were left on the roadside. He said police took them to the Annawan Township Hall the first night. No one knows what happened to Frank Craun or two of the children. But the next day, Kewanee police took Hilda Craun and seven children to the Henry County jail in From The Best L-J why 1 Longer? 1 II BE A St. Ambrose will host CommUniversity event SUCCESSFUL LOSER IN 1993! Give your New Year's resolution a chance to come true in 1993.

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