This doesn't help you with your search for Perlina but Julia Galpin was b. about 1871. She was 19 years old when she married John Wesley Pilcher in Daviess Co. on 19 Nov 1890. Good luck with your search. Linda S Auburn, CA > ---------- 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 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:22:46 -0500 > From: Lanita Sconce Smith <ozarkn@grm.net> > Subject: Re: [MODAVIES] Jasper GALPIN and wife Perlina BENNETT > To: modavies@rootsweb.com, loisc@northmo.net > Message-ID: <9d35c3f9543aaaa869a9da1a7f00f365@grm.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > You might also check the name PARTHENA.... doesn't take very much for a > name to get messed up. > > Lanita > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:10:09 EDT > From: VanetteHobbs@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MODAVIES] Jasper GALPIN and wife Perlina BENNETT > To: modavies@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d01.31cf4063.35809c11@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > To Lanita and Lois -- Thanks for your replies. > > Ancestry would have pulled up Paulina for Perlina. In fact it shows a > whole > bunch of Galpins for say, the 1870 census in Daviess County, but not her, > Jasper, or the kids. My biggest problem though -- I can't find her OR > the kids > with Jasper at all, not in 1870 or any other time. > > Neither do I find Julia or Mary Jane with their supposed husbands > (Jonathan > Weston Pilcher and Pete Harlow), or by their married names, and don't > find > Elisa at all. > > It's almost as if several people simply made up names to go with Jasper! > > Vanette > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MODAVIES list administrator, send an email to > MODAVIES-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MODAVIES mailing list, send an email to > MODAVIES@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of MODAVIES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 54 > ***************************************