This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WALKER, PAXSON, McNEAL, HAWORTH, EDINGTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mh.2ADI/627 Message Board Post: I am looking for Jennie WALKER, who came to Kosciusko Co, IN, late in life. Yes, she really was known by all those names at some point. Born Eliza Jane PAXSON in MI in 1858, she moved from there to Jay Co, IN, where she lived until 1878, when she married Enos WALKER. The couple had 5 children (Lucy, Amanda, Leota, Nina, and Benjamin) in Jay Co before moving to Montpelier, Blackford Co, IN, in about 1890. The following year, they moved back to Jay Co and then separated (they later divorced in 1896). Jennie moved to Wells Co, Blackford Co, and Grant Co, before settling in Winona Lake in 1920. She seems to have died prior to the 1930 Census, but I can find no record of her death. (Much of the trail of her life comes from Enos' Civil War Penison Records.) Jennie's daughter Lucy seems to have also lived in Winona Lake. Lucy and her husband, Charles Frank EDINGTON, were recorded there in the Census in 1920 and in 1930. Lucy died there in 1958. Jennie led a somewhat colorful life. Before arriving in Winona Lake, Jennie operated a brothel in Marion, IN. I think she was run out of town in 1920. When she moved to Winona Lake, she opened a "rooming house for young women students." Regarding her many names, she seems to have been known as Jennie for most of her adult life. She may have married a Mr. McNEAL between 1900 and 1904. In 1904, Jennie was known as Jennie McNEAL in her daughter Leota's marriage record. This was also Jennie's name later in life when grandson Donald HAWORTH was born in 1934, as is written in his baby book. However, between 1904 and 1934, the Census of 1920 shows her as Jennie WALKER. How to reconcile this? One way to provide an answer is to believe the reports of friends and family that Jennie actually did live with a man at some point. Perhaps this man was Mr. McNEAL and she simply told everyone that they were married so they would not be suspicous of her ways. However, she was also known to claim that "he was there helping with the housework." Any leads whatsoever on Jennie's death and/or burial would be very much appreciated. Thanks!