That's a huge family mystery! My dad died in 2001, so can't get any info there (only he and his brother in the family and Johnny died in the 70's) and no one ever mentioned a 1st marriage. I've posted messages in the Benefield forums and in the Moseley forums, but no hits after a couple of years. The folks who are left in the family always assumed he was only married once. I didn't even know anything about it until I found my grandmother's bible...the skeletons we find! Thanks for looking for me, Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >I don't know how much info you have on the Moseleys but here is the only >tree I could find for them: > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1721562&id=I7529 > > Johnny nor Mary are in the Moseley household in 1930. I see neither under > any surname similar to Benefield in > 1930 (anywhere in the US). The Moseleys and the Benefields are in > Montgomery county in 1920 and 1930 but never > very close together. Wonder how Johnny and Mary got together? > > Melissa Parker wrote: > >> I wonder if Johnny is maybe listed in a Moseley household in 1930, >> perhaps >> as a son-in-law, with wife Mary, and his last name isn't listed? Thanks, >> >> Melissa >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> >> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:42 AM >> Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >> >> >I couldn't find him in 1930 either but that 1930 record that Linda >> >posted >> >is his family and I am wondering if >> > the James age 8 is really Johnny age 18. Stranger mistakes have >> > happened. >> > Here is the 1920: >> > 1920 Montgomery Co, AL, wd-1, page 30 >> > (all birthplaces AL) >> > Tom Benefield 35 carpenter-stockyard >> > Maggie (wife) 27 >> > Johnny 8 (son) >> > >> > >> > Melissa Parker wrote: >> > >> >> I appreciate the lookup, Linda. That's just another one of my family >> >> mysteries. All I have is an old bible saying that Johnny Benefield >> >> married >> >> Mary Moseley in 1929. He would have been only a little older than 17 >> >> and >> >> she would have been only 14...was thinking there might be a child >> >> involved. >> >> >> >> Would you mind giving me the Benefield family that you found? Thank >> >> you. >> >> >> >> Melissa >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Linda Murray" <lhmurray@bellsouth.net> >> >> To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:32 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >> >> >> >> > Melissa, >> >> > There's only one Benefield family indexed in 1930 Montgomery County, >> >> > and >> >> > that one contains no John and no Mary. >> >> > There are many John and J. Benefields indexed throughout the state >> >> > for >> >> > 1930, but none born ca 1911, none with a wife named Mary. >> >> > >> >> > Sorry I wasn't able to help. Hopefully someone else on the list >> >> > will >> >> > have >> >> > better luck. >> >> > Linda in Georgia >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> >> > From: Melissa Parker >> >> > To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >> >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:36 PM >> >> > Subject: [AL-CEN] Montgomery/1930/Benefield >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I'm looking for the family of John or Johnny Benefield, caucasian, >> >> > born >> >> > in 1911, so should be about 18 or 19 in the census. I'm thinking >> >> > his >> >> > wife >> >> > should be listed (Mary Archie Moseley) with him and possibly a >> >> > child. >> >> > They may be living with his parents (Benefield) or hers (Moseley). >> >> > Thanks >> >> > for your efforts. >> >> > >> >> > Melissa >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >> >> > Free Soundex code converter >> >> > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter >> >> > >> >> > ============================== >> >> > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> >> > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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