OK, Joseph is definitely out as the father -- Montgomery County marriage records are super-useful! Samuel and Mary, eh? I wonder if they lived in Illinois for a while? > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:36:41 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] NEWLIN > > Marriage Record 5 p 108 Montgomery Co IN Marriages > Groom: Walter P. Newlin age 23 Laborer > Born: Crawfordsville IN > resides C'ville > 2nd marriage > Father; John Newlin > Mother: Mary Lakes > married at C'ville 9-28-1911 by W.Gibbs > > Bride: Bessie May Lowery age 19 > Born: Crawfordsville, IN > resides C'ville > 1st marr > Father; Samuel Lowery > Mother: Mary Mills > > Does that help??? Hope so - KZ > > On 10/15/2010 10:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Author: CoalCreekgal > > Surnames: Newlin, Lowery > > Classification: queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1227.1/mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > These are tough people to find! The marriage was not a problem: Ancestry has the record.It shows the marriage of Bessie Lowery to Walter Newlin on 28 September 1911 in Montgomery County. It also gives birthdates for each: 3 Jan 1888 for Walter, and 29 Nov 1892 for Bessie. Then the 1920 census shows them as a married couple living, as you suggested in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. I did not find them in 1930, so the spelling may have been different. > > I looked for Bessie in 1910 and 1900. > > > > Home in 1900: possibly in Greenfield (Hancock Co) with Joseph and Luella, [Bessie], Goldie, and Eva. The trouble is, his surname is given as Loher - the copy looks like it, too. But a couple who might be his parents are next door, and their name is given as Lohek. The handwriting is neat, but this is a copy from the original notes. If you can find information about siblings, it might confirm this identification. The father, Joseph had 9, eight of whom were living in 1900. A Virginia accent might well have given an Indiana census-taker pause. I've seen worse distortions! If we accept the marriage record as a base line, your Bessie was born in Nov 1892: this Bessie was born in Nov 1892. > > The 1910 record for Bessie Lowery shows only one with the Nov 1892 birthdate. This Bessie is an "inmate" in the state school in Ft. Wayne. Don't take the "feeble-minded" too literally. Epilepsy and a number of other illnesses might have landed a child there. > > If you can find any relatives' names, such as brothers or sisters, it might help confirm or refute these possible identifications. > > Good luck in your search! > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > > > List Manager - [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message