John & Elnora Wyrick wrote: > > Searching for descendants of John Garvin McBee, our family history > reported that he was in CA, 1850-1860 and fathered Twin Sons, that > history does not say he was married to the mother of those boys or give > any names or locations. > > I do find him living alone, on the 1860 Census of Calavares Co., in San > Andreas, Dwelling # 1905, family # 1793, John G. McBee, 36 year old, > male, working as a Miner, born in TN. He lives beside a Merchant, > Robert M Redman age 28 , born in England and his family, wife Esther age > 28, born in MS and their female child age 1/12, name is unreadable, born > in CA. > John Garvin may have abandoned the Woman, and their sons, as I find him > back in Van Zandt Co., TX on the 1870 Census, living with his sister and > her family, where he married my Great Grandmother in 1877 and had 6 more > children. Elnora, have you found him in the 1850 census? And does CA have any state/terr. wide censuses or other indexed records you could check? I know that there are some top-notch California lists/GC/Genweb sites, if you can put him in a *region*. Could he have been a "Forty-Niner"? There are some good CA Gold Rush sites online.... > I have just gotten the copies of divorce petition filed (1858) by his > first wife in Kaufman Co., TX; which charges that he abandoned her and > their first child a daughter (Narcissa Jane) in 1851 and disregarding > his marriage vows, was currently living in the State of CA with another > woman. Since finding that part of the family history is true we want to > find out if the part about the twin sons is also true. Sue Siebert also has twins in her McBee line. Does anyone else find twins often in their McBee lines? > We know the "John G McBee" from IL shown in Tulare Co., CA, who married > Eliza Turman, is NOT our "John Garvin McBee" > > Does any of this sound familiar, is there someone else with similar > Family History. > Appreciate ALL help we can get on this.