Jane... please tell me what you know about this adoption of your great-grandmother, Mary Baker Womer, or about the circumstances... the whens and whereabouts, dates & locations... anything that could give us a clue or lead to possible BAKER names. Bette Baker McIntosh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [WVJackson] Marriage Record Look-up > Jackson SMITH to Nancy, ca. 1840s > THis info sorta helps me too, because Jackson Smiths sister Lydia Smith > Donohue, her step son James Donohue adopted a Baker child from a infant, > and this is my great grandmother Mary Baker Womer, I have been hunting for > Baker connections forever for her, altho she was b. in 1872 here is at > least one Baker connection. thanks. Jane Donohue Boucher. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bette McIntosh" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:37 PM > Subject: [WVJackson] Marriage Record Look-up > Jackson SMITH to Nancy, ca. > 1840s > > >> Hello Betty, Jane (& Judy), >> Thanks for looking for the marriage of Jackson SMITH. I see that he did >> not >> marry a BAKER. The reason that I asked was because my ancestor, Jacob >> BAKER, sold Jackson County property to this Jackson SMITH as early as >> 1843. >> My hypothesis was that perhaps SMITH's wife, Nancy, who is mentioned in >> the >> property deed, was a BAKER... a daughter of Jacob BAKER. No such luck. >> I >> am trying to find some mention of either the sons or the daughters of the >> Jacob BAKER who was present in Mason & Jackson Co. ca. 1820-1846 (per >> Census >> records). I am beginning to think that the children of Jacob BAKER >> removed >> to other areas, like Ohio or even KY, at about 1830-1840 and therefore no >> papertrail in either Mason or Jackson Co. BUT, shouldn't there be some >> marriages recorded? Any body have any ideas along these lines? >> >> Bette >> >> >> > Bette, >> > >> > I have a Jackson Smith married to Nancy Caroline Ankrum 27 Oct 1839 in >> > Jackson Co. >> > >> > Jackson Co marriage records: >> > Jackson Smith >> > Caroline Ankrum >> > 27 Oct 1839 >> >> >> >> ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== >> Take a look at the Message Boards for Jackson County. >> Do you have items that you can add? >> >> > > > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Do not forget to post your family reunion information to the list. You > may find some new cousins out there. > >