ham biscuits, heh? Good taste by the hostess. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Emaress Nova made a donation for the > perpetual care of her grave - > got 2 ham biscuits, some potato salad and a > great glass of tea from some > ladies who were fixing lunch for the next day! > > I have tried the newspapers, but I will be at > it again as so many ppl have > responded & found my great grandfather & my > great great grandfather on the > Census for Rockingham Co, VA. Now I have > many more names which means many > more leads....More detective work. Woo Hoo. > Thank you so much for taking the time, > Erin T. Crowe > > > > Try the newspapers for that area. A story > like that should have been > fairly > > prominent. > > > > Bev > > > > ========Original Message======== > > Subj: [VAROOTS] Harry Crow(e) born abt > 1890 VA > > Date: 1/4/2004 3:19:50 PM Eastern > Standard Time > > From: Poetrywaif@comcast.net > > Reply-to: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > > > > > Dear Listers, > > My biggest brickwall is with my own last > name. LOL. Not a living > relative > > exists besides my father. So here is my > quandry. My great grandfather > was > > Harry Edward Crowe, (maybe his real first > name, maybe not) born in > Virginia abt > > 1890. He had a brother (maybe a cousin) > Joseph. He and Joseph moved to > Ohio > > and Harry married my great grandmother Emma > C. Ahlers b abt 1889. There > was a > > story that he was head of the Ohio numbers > racket for the Detroit mob & > that he > > got killed/commited suicide somewhere > around 1949. This is told to me by > my > > father, however, I cannot find a single > death for him, I have tried every > > variation of Harry & have even tried using > the name of Edward as a > possible first > > name. My father also doesn't know if he > really died at that time because > he > > didn't go to a funeral. He was just told > that he died and was found in > the > > house. The only place I can find him > existing, is on the census' for > 1920 > & 1930 > > in Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio. "Harry" > had two step ! > > children Leona & Elmer (Ahlers) Crowe, and > two biological children Ralph > > Edward Crowe & Thelma Crowe. I can find > information on Joseph, I have > his > death > > record, it shows his parents as being > Samuel Crowe & Ida Gardner. Though > on > > the 1900 census they show up in Rockingham > County, VA w/Joseph but not > Harry. > > Ancestry doesn't let you view this census > as a picture, just as the names > that > > appear on there (one by one). The "e" is > not present on their name at > this > > time. I know they are from the same family > because of the page, roll, & > line > > numbers given for the individual. If any > of this sounds familiar to > anyone, I > > would greatly appreciate the help. My > father thinks they might have been > from > > the Roanoke/Rockingham areas of Virginia as > he did go to visit relatives > there > > often. > > Thank you kindly, > > Erin T. Crowe > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names > including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names > including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names > including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including > the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including > the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237