I am trying to help a lady from Texas find her ancestor. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated: You may or may not have an answer for this but here is the scenario. Emma Hamilton Ward, my gr grandmother, was visiting her Aunt and Uncle Arper in the late 1880's perhaps 1890 there in Oakland/San Francisco area and ended up in the hospital. She died there on the operating table. I cannot find any proof of her death, burial etc. Do you have ANY idea where a good place to look would be? I am subscribed to genealogybank.com but so far a paper that would carry her death either in MN or CA has not been copied. I do not have an exact death date. Thanks for your help. Joyce Newton [newtonjoyce@hotmail.com]

If she died in San Francisco, her death certificate was likely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. If she died in Oakland, Alameda County has no death records prior to 1893. Where might she be buried? Since she was just visiting the Bay Area, her body was probably returned to her home town for burial. Was she married? If yes, try to find out where her husband is buried. If she was not married, try to find out where her parents are buried. Mark Lomax Pasadena, CA On 7/18/08, Linda Hamid <sweeth2o1@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am trying to help a lady from Texas find her ancestor. Any ideas would be > greatly appreciated: > > > > You may or may not have an answer for this but here is the scenario. Emma > Hamilton Ward, my gr grandmother, was visiting her Aunt and Uncle Arper in > the late 1880's perhaps 1890 there in Oakland/San Francisco area and ended > up in the hospital. She died there on the operating table. I cannot find > any proof of her death, burial etc. Do you have ANY idea where a good place > to look would be? I am subscribed to genealogybank.com but so far a paper > that would carry her death either in MN or CA has not been copied. I do > not > have an exact death date. > > Thanks for your help. > > Joyce Newton [newtonjoyce@hotmail.com] > > > > > > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I would start with what you probably know for sure, that she was visiting her aunt and uncle. I would suggest seeing where they lived so you can make a better guess as to which city and/or county to search. Check the 1880 and 1900 censuses for them, they are available online for free from many public libraries. And also try checking city directories in the area around that time. I have some explanations and/or links for free general genealogy resources including the above at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html On 7/18/08, Linda Hamid <sweeth2o1@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to help a lady from Texas find her ancestor. Any ideas would be > greatly appreciated: > > > > You may or may not have an answer for this but here is the scenario. Emma > Hamilton Ward, my gr grandmother, was visiting her Aunt and Uncle Arper in > the late 1880's perhaps 1890 there in Oakland/San Francisco area and ended > up in the hospital. She died there on the operating table. I cannot find > any proof of her death, burial etc. Do you have ANY idea where a good place > to look would be?

I've found a couple in Oakland in the 1900 Census who could be Emma's aunt and uncle: George W. Arper, born March 1856 and Nellie M. Arper, born March 1866. Looks like they're renting at 1219 Magnolia St., Oakland Ward 3, Alameda County. He's a plumber. They've been married 11 years at the time of the Census, so 1888-89 as date of marriage. Hope this helps, and good luck... Barb > From: sweeth2o1@gmail.com> To: casanfra@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:42:01 -0700> CC: newtonjoyce@hotmail.com> Subject: [CASANFRA] 1880-1890's death?> > I am trying to help a lady from Texas find her ancestor. Any ideas would be> greatly appreciated:> > > > You may or may not have an answer for this but here is the scenario. Emma> Hamilton Ward, my gr grandmother, was visiting her Aunt and Uncle Arper in> the late 1880's perhaps 1890 there in Oakland/San Francisco area and ended> up in the hospital. She died there on the operating table. I cannot find> any proof of her death, burial etc. Do you have ANY idea where a good place> to look would be? I am subscribed to genealogybank.com but so far a paper> that would carry her death either in MN or CA has not been copied. I do not> have an exact death date. > > Thanks for your help. > > Joyce Newton [newtonjoyce@hotmail.com] > > > > > > **************************> Visit SFGenealogy.com!> http://www.sfgenealogy.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_mobile_072008