Breaking through walls on a rainy day...
Jan. 17th, 2011 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dee_burrisI found Mary Emily Conner's parents and siblings.
This was a seven year brick wall. And as so often happens, I had to go back and look at records I already had.
The 1900 census...in Russellville, Pope Co., AR.
Mary was a 62 year old widow. Her son and daughter were married and lived with their families in Pope Co. In that census, her 22 year old nephew, Curtis Conner, lived with her.
Only the enumerator had listed him as Conner Curtis, and for seven years, I just blew by that.
So it was on to discover who Curtis' father was, because he had to be Mary's brother.
And he was.
I found a lone family tree at Ancestry that was heavily sourced with lots of details about James Alfred Conner, Mary's older brother. Mary was in the tree, but the tree's owner didn't know anything about her, or many of the other siblings.
There's a photograph of their mother on that tree, in addition to lots of information about James Conner. James served in the Civil War, and I just spent about an hour on Footnote, reviewing muster roll and other military records on him. When he enlisted at Sardis, MS, he was enrolled by Capt. Jefferson John Meek, Mary's father-in-law.
I've contacted the owner of the tree, and offered the information, including photos that I have of Mary.
I just love it when this happens.
This was a seven year brick wall. And as so often happens, I had to go back and look at records I already had.
The 1900 census...in Russellville, Pope Co., AR.
Mary was a 62 year old widow. Her son and daughter were married and lived with their families in Pope Co. In that census, her 22 year old nephew, Curtis Conner, lived with her.
Only the enumerator had listed him as Conner Curtis, and for seven years, I just blew by that.
So it was on to discover who Curtis' father was, because he had to be Mary's brother.
And he was.
I found a lone family tree at Ancestry that was heavily sourced with lots of details about James Alfred Conner, Mary's older brother. Mary was in the tree, but the tree's owner didn't know anything about her, or many of the other siblings.
There's a photograph of their mother on that tree, in addition to lots of information about James Conner. James served in the Civil War, and I just spent about an hour on Footnote, reviewing muster roll and other military records on him. When he enlisted at Sardis, MS, he was enrolled by Capt. Jefferson John Meek, Mary's father-in-law.
I've contacted the owner of the tree, and offered the information, including photos that I have of Mary.
I just love it when this happens.