Jan, I have checked in the Baxter Springs Cemetery Book and find no Weiman , but have a Wyman listed -- Unnamed March 1, 1918 Picher -- Loyd Feb 23, 1918 -- Roy Feb. 23, 1918 Picher - Unfortunatly they only list the date of Death. I find nothing close in the G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami, Ok. Miami is south of Picher and Baxter Springs is North of Picher . Cardin is South West of Picher. If I can be of any Help further let me know. I was born in Whitebird Additon of Cardin, Oklahoma in 1938 lived there until I was in 7 th grade and moved to Commerce, Ok. which is So. of Cardin and No. of Miami. George E. Turner P.S. You can find the Dobson Museum on the Net. It is in Miami ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:57 PM Subject: [OKOTTAWA] looking for Wiman (Weiman, Weman) descendants > Dear list -- > > I have sent my family info awhile back, but would like to try again. > > Last year I visited Miami & Picher, OK in search of information on the > descendants of my great Uncle, Carl Henry Wiman (sometimes spelled Weiman or > Weman). (He went by "Henry"). Henry moved from Bonne Terre, MO to OK - His > obituary says Hockerville - which no longer exists - and we have a US Bureau > of Mines card (from April 2, 1929) that states he lived in Cardin, OK - > supposedly he worked in the Picher Mines. Henry died on July 18, 1937. > > I found his obituary in the microfilms of the Miami Daily News-Record- 1937 > newspapers in the Miami Library, but since my time was short, I couldn't find > much else. He didn't show up in the Census of 1920 - but we are not sure > when he actually moved to OK. > > I have written to the OK vital statistics and they claim there is no death > certificate. The reason may be because Henry's sister, Edna - who lived in > MO, had his body shipped back to Bonne Terre, MO to be buried there. > > His body was taken care of by the Mitchelson Undertaking Co. (of Commerce, > OK), which is no longer around. The books from Mitchelson was taken over by > the Guilford Thomas funeral home" of Miami, OK. I visited with the owners - > at first they had every book but the book listing my great uncle's info - but > it was later found at the Ottawa County Genealogical Society - the only info > in that book was the same obituary I had found earlier. > > It was decided that in looking at the past records of other deaths around > that time, the Mitchelson funeral director did not always keep good records. > So, it is suspected that he made the arrangements to have Henry's body > shipped to Bonne Terre, MO and had the obituary put in the paper, but > neglected to send in the papers to the State of OK to have a death > certificate made. > > His obituary in OK did tell us something we did not know. It stated that his > wife, Ruby Henderson and Henry had one son -- but it did not mention the name > of the son. Henry had been married before in MO and had 2 sons - one of > which is still living today. It is not known if Henry married Ruby in MO or > OK - so I would like to find more info on her also. But, I am very > interested in knowing the name of their son -- I cannot find anything on this > son. > > I would appreciate it if anybody knows anything on my family above or where I > could go from here. Henry's son, here in MO, is very interested to know if > there is still family alive. He is almost 80 years old and has never known > that there was another son born to his father, since he lost contact with his > father as a very young child. > > I believe there is a place called Dobson Museum - I was told that I should > have visited this Museum, but I was not told about it while I was there. I > was wondering if they had an e-mail address, if they would do lookups and if > so, how much they charge. > > I have also had a column put in the local newspaper last year, but only heard > from one gentleman. He suggested that I find an elderly lady that used to > work in the Post Office around the area of Picher, Cardin and Hockerville - > he believes she is still alive - says she knew everybody. > > If anybody knows anything about my family or where else we can look, I would > appreciate any help we can get. We desperately need to find the rest of our > family! > > Thank you all for listening to my story!! > Jan (Weiman) Scott >