Was he/she in a hospital? Some "patients" were so ill or no one could give care that the person was placed in the county home. County Home record book ledger WAS in the Law Library. Was he/she visiting or living with a relative? Just for fun (lol) have you checked all the relatives you can think of? Anyone out of the area? Is there a County death record? checked all spellings? 1 L, 2 L "ou" and "ow" maybe single "o" and double "oo" (heck, at least the "sp" part will always be the same LOL) born ? Oct. 11, 1873... hmmm not much help huh? did their church do baby baptisms? No idea of cemetery? Judy On 10/7/07, Ruth Sprowls <sprowls@ncweb.com> wrote: > > I need some guidance from my friends - > I am back at work on another child of Obadiah Sprowls. I have a copy of > the black funeral card for Jessie Manerod Sprowls - below name on the card > it has : died Nov. 18, 1880 aged 7 yrs. 1 month 7 days > > NOW - 1880 census for Somerset Twp., Obadiah is listed at ancestry.com > as OLE SPOLL - there is no child listed as Jessie in this census. > > 2nd - normal spelling of Jessie is for FEMALES - Jesse is for MALES - I > was told by my husbands cousin that Jessie was a son - BUT I have proven > him wrong in other instances. > > 3rd - MANEROD - have done many google searches and other searches for > this "name" and zero results - I "think" that IF Jessie was a male, > it could possibly be a misprint / mispelling of Maynard (?). > And IF Jessie is female, that doesn't jive - female Jessie Maynard? > > 4 - Most of Obadiahs family is in Newkirk cemetery - but no Jessie / > Jesse - (possibly buried on the family farm ?) > > 5- I checked the mortality schedule for 1880 - regular census was > done in June 4, 1880 - and found nothing for Jessie - Jesse - or > anythng that looks like it could be him/her. Only Sprowls was an > Edith. And nothing mispelled that could be Sprowls. But if done in > June and Jessie didn't die til Nov., the child SHOULD have been with > the family. > > But knowing the secretiveness of this darn family the child could be > ANYWHERE - > > ANY IDEAS AS TO WHERE TO LOOK OR WHAT TO DO NEXT? > > NOW - WHAT or where do I check next? Anyone have any records that > shows a Jesse/Jessie Sprowls who died in Nov. 1880???? > > Thanks everyone for any leads or suggestions. > Ruth Sprowls >