Hi Robbie, All I can say is don't give up. I believe there are a few subscribers to the OKPUSHMA list that are from Antlers or Pushmataha County. The list has been real quiet since it started, but I'm thinking and hoping it will pick up after the first of the year, after all the holidays are over. And usually, people at Christmas get a new computer, and we usually see an influx of new people on the internet in January and February. Unfortunately, I do not live in Antlers or Pushmataha County. I live in Idaho. Have you looked on the site for important addresses for historical societies in and around Pushmataha County? Should be a few you can contact. There are a few subscribers to this list that have access to some cemetery books. Off the top of my head, I can't remember who they are, but if you would go to the web site and read the guest book, they signed in there and stated what they have at their disposal for look ups. Hope this helps. Good luck. Jacque Hopkins Wolski hopkinsj@ida.net Pushmataha County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: gavinu2 <gavinu2@gateway.net> To: <hopkinsj@ida.net> Cc: gavinu2 <gavinu2@gateway.net> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 9:45 PM Subject: Martha Josephine Fitzgerald in Anthlers, Pushmataha Co., OK > Hello, > > I posted the item below on your Pushmataha Co., Ok site 6 months ago. I > haven't had any answers and no > luck in other palces I have searched. I am hoping that you can point me in > the direction of someone that > may be able to help me in finding out about Martha Josephine FITZGERALD and > her son, Robert D. > FITZGERALD's family. They were living in Antlers as of the 1910 census. I > have reason to believe that > Martha Josephine died there. > I sent off to the approporate department in Oklahoma to try to get her death > certificate. Since the > deathdate on the tombstone in the photo said 1914, I expected they probably > had it. They wrote back > that they could not find one for her. I had indicated that she might be > under Martha Fitzgerald or Josephine > Fitzgerald, since she was always called by her middle name. Still no luck. I > have checked the Texas Death > Index just in case, because some of her children eventually ended up in > Texas. There was noting under any > possiblity spelling of her name there either. I got to look at a book of > Pushmataha Cemeteries for a few mins. > once before a library close and couldn't find anything Fitzgerald. I'm > really wondering what to do now. > I'm at a loss. I really want to find out more about her and I know little or > nothing about her son Robert's family. > Is there any one or any kind of genealogy or historical society around that > in located in Antlers or at least > researches Pushmataha Co. that I might be able to contact? > > Thank you, > Robbie Robinson > > FITZGERALD, ROBBINS, KISTLER Robbie Robinson > Posted: 5-1-99 > I'm searching for info on my g-g-grandmother, Martha Josephine FITZGERALD. > She was in the Pushmataha Co. 1910 census of Antlers living with her son > Robert D. FITZGERALD (38), his wife Lola B. (33), & their children Alfred > (14), Luther D. (13), & Walter Dall (6). She was the 69 year old widow of > Alfred McElroy FITZGERALD w/her own income (maybe a Civil War Pension) & was > born in North Carolina. Her maiden name was KISTLER. Her children had all > been born in Mississippi & Texas. I've found a photo of her daughter Maggie > S. FITZGERALD (Mrs. Wiley ROBBINS) standing by a 4 ft tall grave monument > that read, as far as I can tell, Martha FITZGERALD April 10, 1848 to Sept. > 2, 1914. I think it might have been taken in the 1930's. I suspect she died > in or near Antlers & would love to be able to confirm it. Robert's family > was in Finley in the 1920 census w/out her, of course. I've not been able to > find them in the 1900 Indian Territory census although all of Martha's other > children & their families were in Coalgate in the future Coal County. I'd be > very interested in finding out more about Robert's family, too. In 1920, > Robert's son Alfred (24) was newly married to Jenne (16) & living 2 families > away from his parents in Finley. Thank you. > > >