Have you considered that perhaps the original name was PAULINA instead of Perlina? Questions,questions, questions!!! LC ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: VanetteHobbs@aol.com Reply-To: modavies@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:57:30 EDT >Hi, everyone, > >I'm seeking info mostly on Perlina; looked at her name today and realized I >know nothing about her, not even her approximate birth year. > >I have Jasper Galpin, s/o John and Rebecca PLACE GALPIN, marrying Perlina >BENNETT in Daviess Co. on 20 Sept, 1866. I have five children for them, > >Julia b. abt. 1864 ( supposedly married Jonathan Weston PILCHER - yes, birth >date is before marriage of parents but may well be wrong). > >Mary Jane b. abt 1866 m. Pete HARLOW > >Isaac Newton b. 1868 m. Elnora E. "Nora" Worley (his death cert is online - >Ripley Co. MO) > >Elisa b. abt 1870, nothing further on her > >James Arthur b. August 22, 1874 d. 1943, m. Bessie Gertrude Jones -- have >good to excellent info on them and descendants & on Bessie's ancestors. (Glad >to share of course if anyone wants it). > >Much of the above, except for James Arthur, came from a Harold Ward; >_haroldw1@juno.com_ (mailto:haroldw1@juno.com) ; Family Tree on Rootsweb.com. I >think most events were in Daviess Co. > >I have Jasper on censuses in 1860 & 1880, both Daviess Co.; and 1910 when he >is in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth, KS. > >I can't find him, Perlina, or any of the kids in 1870 anywhere (have >searched using given names only also), and I don't have Perlina on ANY census. I >show her born in MO only because of censuses of her children where they show >"mother born in MO." I almost wonder if she existed at all! In 1880 Jasper >is living with brother Newton, shown as "W" -- assume widowed though they >usually write "Wd" and none of the children are with him. > >There is a divorce filed by Jasper Galpin in 1886 in Daviess Co.; from >Paulina (sic) but it does not say whether it was granted. > >This is a mess. Can anyone help clear it up? > >I see a few places where I need to check more census records and MO death >certificates now that so many more are online but I'm sure I'll need more help >than that. > >Thanks in advance for anything at all! > >Vanette > > > > >**************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best >2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MODAVIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You might also check the name PARTHENA.... doesn't take very much for a name to get messed up. Lanita