Weitergeleitet durch Klaus Riecken ----- Original Message ----- From: <Toothfairy1011@aol.com> To: <NEDOUGLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 3:30 AM Subject: [NEDOUGLA] Need Help With Family "BLACK SHEEP" > Hi Fellow Listers, > > After years of searching for my Great Grandfather, Charles William SIEH, a > 1901 Brooklyn, New York obituary for my Great Great Grandfather mentioned that > his son returned from Omaha, NE for the funeral services. > > Great Grandfather SIEH married in NY in 1877, had a son (my Grandfather) in > 1879, and then seemed to disappear! He does NOT appear in the 1880 census that > I can find. His wife and baby son are shown living with her parents in the > 1880 census, and she is listed as married (not widowed or divorced). I have > come to suspect that he abandoned his wife and son for reasons unknown. > > I think I have found the right Charles William SIEH in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE > in the 1900 census, living as a boarder with the young family of Matthew > Browning, and employed as a day laborer. Thereafter, Charles SIEH is lost again. > He is not buried in the NY family plot, and does not appear in the 1910, > 1920, nor 1930 census reports that I can find. I do have a copy of a sworn > affidavit made by Charles' stepmother in 1920, regarding ownership of the family > plot in NY, where she attests that the whereabouts of Charles are unknown, as he > hasn't been heard of for at least five or six years, and when last heard of he > was in Omaha, NE. > > Does anyone on this list have any suggestions for me as to how I might > further search in Omaha for Charles SIEH? Are there death indexes available > anywhere? Or might there be tax lists/indexes somewhere? PLEASE, I so very much > want to determine the fate of our family's lost Great Grandfather. Any > assistance will be gratefully appreciated! > > Thank you, Jeanne > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >