In a message dated 6/24/2006 12:01:03 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > X-Message: #2 > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:02:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: Donna <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [DAVIDSON] MELVINA DAVIDSON abt 1848 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com > id k5O506Cs002914 > > Anyone searching the family of MELVINA DAVIDSON b) abt 1848 and married = > 11/8/1866 in Missouri to JOHN R. KEETH b) abt 1840 KY.=20 > =20 > Melvina died about 1876-77 > They lived to Miller Co, Missouri. > =20 > They are my great-grandparents and I would love to know who MELVINA DAV= > IDSON parents were. > =20 > Thank you for any information, > =20 > Donna Hi Donna, We have a Melvina Davidson, born 31 March, 1843 in Maries County, Missouri (on the eastern border of Miller County). We show that her husband is John Wilson, and that they have a daughter, Sarah J., born 1867. I am not sure where the information about John Wilson came from (shame on me) although with some digging could likely find out, but as I look at it today, it appears to have been an error. If it turns out that her husband was John Keeth, the birth of Sarah in 1867 would coincide with the marriage in 1866. If it turns out that her husband was John Keeth, as your record shows, then my next question would be - do you have a record of Jonathan Keeth, born 1 December 1860? We have Melvina's parents Richard D. and Lucinda Burns Davidson, and 11 siblings for Melvina. We have no information on siblings of Richard, nor his parents. Richard and Lucinda were married in Miller County, and her parents and family were living in Miller County for many years, although they moved to Maries County in mid-1850s. If you have siblings for your Melvina, please send that information to me at [email protected] If the siblings are the same as those we show, we have a match. If the siblings are different, it is likely that your Melvina is the daughter of one of Richard's siblings. Families had a custom of each descendent line naming their children with the same names as the other descendent lines. There were Davidson men living in Miller County who could have been brothers or cousins of our Richard. If your Melvina is one of their descendents, and we can determine which one, it would go a long way to helping us locate the generation above Richard - I think. Look forward to hearing from you. Lois Davidson