The following new message has been posted on Wapello Queries at <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi>. To respond to this message, click on the link below. Respond directly to the message using the form provided. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#35514) Re: My g. Grandfather; JOHN LANIGAN 1870 - 1880 de <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi?rev=35514> AUTHOR: juanita DATE: 9/11/2003 at 09:54:56 Reply To: (#35412) My g. Grandfather; JOHN LANIGAN 1870 - 1880 death Author: Mary Volunteer Date: 9/10/2003 at 10:01:08 Surnames: LANIGAN,LANNIGAN,LANEGAN,DAVIS,BURNS,SELLWOOD,MYERS,MCCARTY,MCDERMOTT,SHEA,STRAIN,COLLETT,CHAPMAN,JONES,CLARK,SONGER Mary - I had the same problem with my gr grandfather, Levi Hampton (1853-1882) in Jefferson Co. Iowa. I knew he had to have died sometime within about a year but could find no death record in the county....nor anything really about him. I had a birth record for his youngest child in Apr 1881 and a record of the child being given up for adoption in 1882 by his "widow", according to the document. I started reading Fairfield newspapers, line by line beginning around the first of 1880...and finally found a small 3-4 line article in the local news in Feb 1882 saying "Lee Hampton" had gotten sick on Sat., and died the following Tuesday. There's no other record apparently of his death, or his burial. I'm still trying to find what happened to his widow, Clara Hampton, who was about 24 yrs. old. Have you checked the spelling of LANIGAN as perhaps being recorded as two words - maybe as just "John Gan" or even three, "John Lane Gan"? Or perhaps the name "Lanigan John", with "John" being the surname? Did his wife have a Will? I've seen Wills state when the person became a widow or some kind of reference to her deceased husband. Have you checked land records to see when the Title to any property he owned may have been changed @ his death? And, of course, I suppose you've checked to see what if any probate took place when he died. Another thought - are you sure he died between 1870 & 1880 - maybe your gr grandmother's status as a "widow" is incorrect, or could there have been a divorce? I remember my Dad talking about women who had divorced when he was a child (in the 1890's) calling themselves "grass widows". Good luck to you - hopefully you'll find it in the most unsuspected place or record. juanita *************************************************************************** This is an automatically-generated notice. To be removed from the Message Board list, you may (Un)Subscribe at Wapello Queries at <http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/queries/index.cgi>, or send your request to iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!