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    1. Dora Stephens1910?
    2. Bill, I ~may~ have found Dora and her daughters in the 1910 census of Fulton Co, 2nd Ward Atlanta GA page 43. However...that is a big ~MAYBE~. This needs someone to look at the census page...hopefully some different microfilm that is in better shape...and see what they see out of it. The index indicates there is a 34 year old white female born in GA on that page by the name of Ana L Stephen. The writing is horribly faded on the copy that Heritage Quest has on line. The ages are readable...and I went through those carefully and found the 34 year old female. It said she was a widow, had been married 10 years and was the mother of three children/three of whom were still living. That much is clear enough not to question and fits perfectly with what we know to be ...that Dora married Jonathan Lafayette Stephens just before 1900 census(10 years) and had three little girls, the smallest a baby when J. L. Stephens died in early 1910. The age of this woman also matches Dora's age in the 1900 census where she was 24. The writing over the area of the names is the worst part...the most faded, so it's very possible that Ana L. was your Dora L. There are three little girls in the household...ages 10, 7(looks like a 7...I ~think~ it is...or else it's a 4 or 5) and 2/12 months, 3/12 months or 5/12 months or 8/12months...I can't distinguish the actual top number for the baby, but it's definately a baby not a year old yet. The baby's name appears to end in an ~ine~...so she could be Pauline. The 2nd child appears to end in a D...and I can possible make out an M and another high letter in the middle...so it could be Mildred....and then there is the first child...for whom I think I can make out an ~ona~...so she could be Nona. There's also a brother listed...age 17....also born in GA....listed as a laborer. He's apparently the breadwinner for the bunch...as Ana L. was not employed. The ages for the little girls looks soooo good...and Ana L...is pretty close to Dora L....when you're trying to read writing that is so very faint. The names of the kids....what I gave you above was my best guess as to what I can see. The two boys...Byron G. and Dorris L. were missing from this household if this is indeed your Dora and her three small daughters. I'd say there's a good chance the boys were out on their own working out somewhere since they would have been 15 and 20 years old and their father having recently died. I have not been able to find them separately though from Dora's household. Since I found Dora and family in Atlanta, Fulton Co in the 1920 census, I'd say there's a good chance this is Dora in 1910 Julie Bissell Tupker

    03/18/2005 05:19:46