Looks like your Edmond may have been from Mississippi- acording to the 1930 census- see below ========================== City Directory for Concil Bluff, Iowa 1929- Sansing on right had side of scanned page http://distantcousin.com/Directories/IA/CouncilBluffs/1929/Page.asp?Page=311 ============================ 1930 census index Name Home in 1930 (City,County,State) Age in 1930 stimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation to head-of-house Isora E Sansing Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA age 37 born 1892 Wife ============================ from census image sorry forgot to get the page numbers, ED, etc. Edmund D. Sansing age 39 property 2500 b. MS both parents born MS occupation clerk for RR Isora E.Sansing age 36 b. TX father born AL mother born MO occupation proprietor grocery store Age at first marriage- he was 36, she was 34, so the had not been married but 2-3 years- ============================= There were 164 ISORA given names in the 1920 census, and due the inaccuracy of the census, in both estimated birth year and place of birth, it is hard to tell, but these are the three living in Iowa in 1920- all showing as born in Iowa Name Home in 1920 (City,County,State) Age in 1920 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race =================================== Aldridge, Isora V Fremont, Mahaska, IA age 21 1898 Iowa White ==================================== Mccoy, Isora Des Moines, Polk, IA age 24 1895 Iowa White This one was a lodger in the household of Fike or something close, several other lodgers, too- saleslady in a dry goods store- showed her and parents as born in Iowa, but probably she did not give the information =================================== Wagner, Isora Sioux City, Woodbury, IA age 27 1892 Iowa White =================================== IF her mother was born in MO., that may be why they were in MO at the time you mentioned- Hope this help os some Betty Brooks From: "Bill and Kay Winter" <wcwinter@pcisys.net> To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:25 PM Subject: RE: [MOAUDRAI] Isora and Edmond D. Sansing > Thanks for this info. As you said, "How many could there be" I hadn't > thought of the SS death index. That's a real good idea. I appreciate your > help. Maybe this Edmond was originally from Texas. I did a search but > didn't consider Texas! Kay > > -----Original Message----- > From: M. Mallory [mailto:malloryofny@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:50 PM > To: MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOAUDRAI] Isora and Edmond D. Sansing > > This is the only Isora Sansing in the SSDI (Social > security Death Index): > > ISORA SANSING 11 Jan 1893 Jan 1976 79401 (Lubbock, > Lubbock, TX) (none specified) xxx-xx-xxxx Texas > > This is name, birth date, death mo and yr, zip code at > time of death, area covered by that zip (Lubbock) > and her SSN (x'd out) and state where issued (Texas). > > If this sounds like your Isora (how many could there > be?), you might want to send an SS-5 letter to the > Soc. Security Admin. There is a fee by the SSA, I > believe. Just go to the following SSDI site and > search on her name, then click on "SS-5 Letter" to > learn more: > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > > No sign of Edmond, but he may have been a victim of > bad spelling, or he may have had a different first > name for formal use. If he was near Isora's age, he > may not have been on his own (i.e., listed separately) > in the 1920 census and almost surely not in earlier > ones. Your best chance of finding him in a census > would be 1930, if you know where he was then. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com > >