Sue, Odds are an obit in the Galena paper would have also appeared in the Joplin Globe or Joplin News Herald in Joplin, MO. It would not necessarily have appeared in both editions of Joplin papers. If it did, it would usually be death notice in the 1st paper and the final arrangements in the 2nd paper. Time of death could determine which paper it appeared in first. The Joplin Public Library http://www.joplinpubliclibrary.org/ or someone on the mailing list or Jasper County MO Message board http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper might check since you have a date. They'll apparently just have to search for the surnames Weir or Wear since you don't seem to know the given name. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you checked the Census Records? I found a number of names etc. wrong, but I have to admit my familiarity with the names made it easy for me to see their mistakes. http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ks/cherokee/ 1920 PG# LN# ED SH# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE BIRTHPLACE FILE-NAME 96A 29 20 2A Weir David Joe 10 Kansas ed20-pg095a.txt 96A 26 20 2A Weir David K. 51 Scotland ed20-pg095a.txt 96A 27 20 2A Weir Eliza J. 32 Indiana ed20-pg095a.txt 96A 28 20 2A Weir Mildred 17 Kansas ed20-pg095a.txt http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ks/cherokee/1920/ed20-pg095a.txt What I don't understand is why HeritageQuest shows these and they don't Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year WEIR H P 57 M W IL KS CHEROKEE 2-WD; WEIR 1920 WEIR WATSON 38 M W KS KS CHEROKEE PLEASANT VIEW TWP 1920 WEIR WILLIAM L 50 M W IL KS CHEROKEE 2-WD; WEIR 1920 yet HQ doesn't show the Weir, David K. Family. They are definitely there, the handwriting isn't great but after looking at the 4 of them, Weir is the logical assumption. They don't show any Weir in Cherokee County in 1930. Since HQ doesn't have 1930 searchable yet, I don't know if they are right. ~~~~~~~~~~~ 1929 Telephone Directory for Galena, Kansas Weir, D. K., res., 514 Galena Ave. ....................... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Galena is in Cherokee County Kansas, you might want to post a message on http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.cherokee or join the Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/KS/cherokee.html This is the Mailing List archives. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/KSCHEROK/ I have a listing of Galena's Oak Hill Cemetery stones done by Marilyn Schmitt http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/cherokee/society/cckghs.html and it does not have the names you have mentioned. "Frank Weir or a Will/William Weir. Will Wear is buried in Oak Hill cemetery and has dates 1869 -1936." These are the Weir and there is no Wear in this Oak Hill Cemetery listing. 26 is Marilyn's location # for her own use. Weir, David K. 26 1870 1937 Burial 4/01/1937 [Galena Times Obit dated April 2, 1937] This is certainly close. Weir, Eliza J. 26 1886 1964 Burial 4/27/1964 Weir, Mildred E. 26 8/25/1917 4/17/1989 In City Hall Oak Hill records there was a Wear, Mary Ellen xx 3/12/1957 is record date, which may be a purchase or burial date. There is no stone. Are you sure he was buried and has a stone in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Galena, Kansas. It may be possible the stone was missed or was unreadable. Oak Hill is a popular cemetery name. I checked Timberhill/Oak Hill and there wasn't any Weir there. http://www.kshs.org/library/news.htm These are the Kansas papers that may have it. Many obits also appeared in the County seat papers at Columbus, KS. Title Dates Published in County State Reel Number Galena Times-Republican 2/12/1937--6/14/1940 Galena Cherokee KS G 1564 Columbus Daily Advocate 1/1/1937--1/31/1938 Columbus Cherokee KS C 1187 Modern Light 5/7/1936--1/27/1938 Columbus Cherokee KS C 1316 By the way, if the Wear is a typo, I managed last night to spell my own name in my email address wrong in a post, and it let me do it! It's always stopped me before when I did something wrong. I guess I can't depend on it anymore. Orlena Carolyn Smith <[email protected]> wrote: I am trying to locate an obit that appeared in the Galena Times dated April 2, 1937 for a Frank Weir or a Will/William Weir. Will Wear is buried in Oak Hill cemetery and has dates 1869 -1936. Hope someone might be able to help. Thanks, Sue
Orlena, Thank you for all of the information. You never stop amazing me. Sue -----Original Message----- From: Orlena [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Galena Times Sue, Odds are an obit in the Galena paper would have also appeared in the Joplin Globe or Joplin News Herald in Joplin, MO. It would not necessarily have appeared in both editions of Joplin papers. If it did, it would usually be death notice in the 1st paper and the final arrangements in the 2nd paper. Time of death could determine which paper it appeared in first. The Joplin Public Library http://www.joplinpubliclibrary.org/ or someone on the mailing list or Jasper County MO Message board http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa. states.missouri.counties.jasper might check since you have a date. They'll apparently just have to search for the surnames Weir or Wear since you don't seem to know the given name. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you checked the Census Records? I found a number of names etc. wrong, but I have to admit my familiarity with the names made it easy for me to see their mistakes. http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ks/cherokee/ 1920 PG# LN# ED SH# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE BIRTHPLACE FILE-NAME 96A 29 20 2A Weir David Joe 10 Kansas ed20-pg095a.txt 96A 26 20 2A Weir David K. 51 Scotland ed20-pg095a.txt 96A 27 20 2A Weir Eliza J. 32 Indiana ed20-pg095a.txt 96A 28 20 2A Weir Mildred 17 Kansas ed20-pg095a.txt http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ks/cherokee/1920/ed20-pg095a. txt What I don't understand is why HeritageQuest shows these and they don't Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year WEIR H P 57 M W IL KS CHEROKEE 2-WD; WEIR 1920 WEIR WATSON 38 M W KS KS CHEROKEE PLEASANT VIEW TWP 1920 WEIR WILLIAM L 50 M W IL KS CHEROKEE 2-WD; WEIR 1920 yet HQ doesn't show the Weir, David K. Family. They are definitely there, the handwriting isn't great but after looking at the 4 of them, Weir is the logical assumption. They don't show any Weir in Cherokee County in 1930. Since HQ doesn't have 1930 searchable yet, I don't know if they are right. ~~~~~~~~~~~ 1929 Telephone Directory for Galena, Kansas Weir, D. K., res., 514 Galena Ave. ....................... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Galena is in Cherokee County Kansas, you might want to post a message on http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa. states.kansas.counties.cherokee or join the Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/KS/cherokee.html This is the Mailing List archives. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/KSCHEROK/ I have a listing of Galena's Oak Hill Cemetery stones done by Marilyn Schmitt http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/cherokee/society/cckghs.html and it does not have the names you have mentioned. "Frank Weir or a Will/William Weir. Will Wear is buried in Oak Hill cemetery and has dates 1869 -1936." These are the Weir and there is no Wear in this Oak Hill Cemetery listing. 26 is Marilyn's location # for her own use. Weir, David K. 26 1870 1937 Burial 4/01/1937 [Galena Times Obit dated April 2, 1937] This is certainly close. Weir, Eliza J. 26 1886 1964 Burial 4/27/1964 Weir, Mildred E. 26 8/25/1917 4/17/1989 In City Hall Oak Hill records there was a Wear, Mary Ellen xx 3/12/1957 is record date, which may be a purchase or burial date. There is no stone. Are you sure he was buried and has a stone in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Galena, Kansas. It may be possible the stone was missed or was unreadable. Oak Hill is a popular cemetery name. I checked Timberhill/Oak Hill and there wasn't any Weir there. http://www.kshs.org/library/news.htm These are the Kansas papers that may have it. Many obits also appeared in the County seat papers at Columbus, KS. Title Dates Published in County State Reel Number Galena Times-Republican 2/12/1937--6/14/1940 Galena Cherokee KS G 1564 Columbus Daily Advocate 1/1/1937--1/31/1938 Columbus Cherokee KS C 1187 Modern Light 5/7/1936--1/27/1938 Columbus Cherokee KS C 1316 By the way, if the Wear is a typo, I managed last night to spell my own name in my email address wrong in a post, and it let me do it! It's always stopped me before when I did something wrong. I guess I can't depend on it anymore. Orlena Carolyn Smith <[email protected]> wrote: I am trying to locate an obit that appeared in the Galena Times dated April 2, 1937 for a Frank Weir or a Will/William Weir. Will Wear is buried in Oak Hill cemetery and has dates 1869 -1936. Hope someone might be able to help. Thanks, Sue