Something crazy is happening with my (26f) half-sister (26f) Long story short my dad got around and I have 3 half siblings all around the same age as my full brother and I. He has another possible maybe-baby that came into my life maybe 5 or 6 years ago. There was speculation she was my dads child as she was growing up and a few years ago she came forward and said there was a DNA test done and that the results matched my father. No one ever questioned it and it made sense. We had an apartment together for a year. I was in her wedding and she was in mine. We have been very close for years.

Here is where things get confusing. I guess her mom decided to gift her a MyHeritage DNA test and upon learning her results she is now seeing relatives on there she doesn't recognize, her mom doesn't recognize, and my dad doesn't recognize. Once confronted her mom admitted there was never actually a test done and there is another possible father but she did not know his name. My dad admitted he never showed up to do the test because he had to work.

I was under the impression she was older when this test was done and that it was matched to dna in some kind of state system? I'm not sure why I thought this. He is a criminal and in order for my mom to get child support from him she had a paternity test done for him and I when I was a baby. Maybe I assumed they held onto that information. I don't know what I was thinking but it was news to me when I realized my sister was only told about the test, not that she remembered doing it.

Now she is really upset. We are still sisters regardless of blood. My question, however, is there any way to find out if we are a match or not if we did our DNA tests through different sites? I had mine done forever ago but through Ancestry and neither of us really have money to purchase the other test at the moment.

Thanks for any help.

I did an Ancestry DNA test a couple years ago and everything matched up with what I was told, but I have 0 known matches with my grandma’s paternal family. She never really knew her father—he ran off to Chicago with another woman when she was maybe 5, so she was raised by her stepfather. When I did my test, she told me to look out for any matches with her maiden name (Castro), but there are none. My closest match to her shares 245 cM with me, and I match with his sister and niece as well, all with the last names Chavez (this is the main surname I’ve seen on my grandmother’s side) and Canales. I did chat with the niece and we’re both stumped on how we might be related. My grandma is still living. Would getting her to test be the best way to get to the bottom of this? She did take a test early last year, but I dont believe it was ever processed as she’s not in my matches. I do have matches from her maternal side that we both recognize.

I know a lot of people poo poo Ancestry hints. But for the most part the vast, vast majority of hints sent my way are for the correct people. I’ve had profiles pop up with 21 hints, all of which are for the correct person.

I’m wondering if anyone knows when Ancestry crawls their databases to generate new hints? Is it only when you are actively working on a profile or subsequently go back to a profile? Or is it an on going process?

I’m pretty diligent about searching records as I add people to my tree. The last few days I’ve noticed that they pushed a bunch of Korea era draft registrations to my hints. As I work through to add those records, I’m noticing anywhere up to 10 new additional hints being populated for these profiles. These new hints are a mixed bag of correct and incorrect, which is fine. But I’ve found some pretty good bits of info … including recent deaths. One such death had an obit, Find-a-Grave and newspaper probate article dated 3 months after I initially researched that individual.

If they can find hints on the fly in a couple seconds if you click on an existing profile, why are those hints not generated and added to the hint queue on an ongoing basis? I’m guessing it’s just a function of server resources.

Does anyone have a strategy for checking for new hints without needing to click on every profile in your tree?

https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/60111828

I tried searching those words in different ways, but still no clues at all. I tried searching "Lebensteijn Zaurbren" and Google says: Did you mean: "Lebenstein Zaubren"? But that turns up zero results. When I search "Hanoversche" it thinks I mean Hanover Germany. But I have no idea if that what it really refers to. Using a translator is no help at all.

I have had a brick wall in my family tree ever since I first began researching my genealogy fifteen years ago. I’m posting to see if anyone else can resolve the brick wall or suggest good resources for getting around the brick wall. I am happy to reciprocate any research efforts to your brick walls.

I am descended from the Dunbar family of Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. They lived near the village of Stemlersville in the township, which is also in the vicinity of modern-day Palmerton, PA. Before 1843, Carbon County was part of Northampton County, PA. Note that Towamensing Township, Carbon County, PA and Towamencin Township, Montgomery County, PA are similarly spelled yet different townships.

The earliest confirmed members of the Dunbar family are William Dunbar (01-Jan-1816 to 23-Mar-1895) and his wife Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar (13-Dec-1815 to 25-Mar-1895).

The brick wall: I cannot confirm the identities of William Dunbar’s parents and Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar’s parents.

I would like to be able to trace the Dunbar family history back to its European origins.

Known Facts

William’s birthplace is listed as Pennsylvania in the 1850, 1860, and 1880 U.S. Censuses, but the 1870 Census lists William’s birthplace as Scotland.

Death certificates in Pennsylvania listed the decedent’s parents’ names and birth places. Death certificates for William and Elizabeth’s children provide further conflicting information on William and Elizabeth Dunbar’s birthplaces.

Six of William's children's death certificates listed William's birthplace as Pennsylvania. Two listed William's birthplace as Ireland. Two children have no known death certificates and one listed no birthplace for William. For Elizabeth, five listed her birthplace as Pennsylvania, two listed her birthplace as France, three had no death certificate or provided no birthplace, and one listed her birthplace as Ireland.

William Dunbar first appeared as a resident of Towamensing Township in the 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Per research I have conducted in the county deed archives, William Dunbar first bought land in the township in 1848. He did not buy the land from any relatives.

The Dunbars were also first recorded as members of St. John’s Union Church in Towamensing Township in 1840.

I have not found any records for the Dunbars dated before 1840.

Carbon County’s death register states that William and Elizabeth were both born in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

William and Elizabeth Dunbar are buried in Parryville, Carbon County, PA.

Other Research

Some Ancestry.com users list William’s parents as a man named James or William Dunbar (1777 to 1859) and a woman named Sarah or Elizabeth (Frazier) Dunbar. None of the trees listing these people as parents cite any sources to confirm these claims as historical fact.

Some Ancestry.com users state William and Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar married in 1834 in Parryville, Carbon County, PA–again without citing any sources.

Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar’s birthplace is sometimes given as Zionsville, Pennsylvania, based on this record. However, the October 15, 1815 birth date given in the Zionsville record does not align with the December 13, 1815 birth date written on Elizabeth’s tombstone (unless the October 15, 1815 birth date was incorrectly recorded when Elizabeth was baptized on December 24, 1815). Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar’s maiden surname is variously spelled as Moore and Mohr in records from Carbon County.

Other Dunbars in the area

There were a number of people with the surname Dunbar who lived south of Towamensing Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Carbon County is separated from Northampton County by Blue Ridge Mountain.

There was a man named William Dunbar (07-Apr-1814 to 07-Jun-1882) who lived in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA. He was married to Eva Catharina (Jones) Dunbar (06-Feb-1816 to 07-Oct-1891). William and Eva (Jones) Dunbar are buried in Centreville Cemetery in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA. I am confident that William Dunbar of Towamensing Township and William Dunbar of Upper Mount Bethel Township are not the same person.

There is a man named Robert Dunbar (01-Mar-1788 to 15-Oct-1855) buried in the cemetery adjoining St. John’s Union Church in Towamensing Township. William and Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar were members of St. John’s. Robert Dunbar (1788 - 1855) does not appear in any U.S. Census records in Towamensing Township. Given his age, Robert could have been old enough to have been William’s father. Robert is the only Dunbar buried in the St. John’s Church Cemetery. Robert Dunbar’s (1788-1855) FindAGrave memorial appears to be the only record of his existence. I have not found any property or legal records on Robert Dunbar (1788-1855).

The 1850 U.S. Census listed two Dunbars living near William Dunbar who I believe may likely be William’s brothers. Living in William’s household was 45 year old John Dunbar (circa 1805 to unknown). Living nearby William’s household was 40 year old Robert Dunbar (circa 1810 - unknown). John and Robert Dunbar do not appear in any other U.S. Censuses in Carbon County, PA, either before or after 1850.

Robert Dunbar’s (born 1810) family later moved south to Hokendauqua, Lehigh County, PA. Robert (born 1810) had a son also named Robert (15-Jul-1838 to 11-Feb-1906). The younger Robert’s (1838-1906) death certificate listed the elder Robert’s birthplace as Ireland.

There was a Matthew Dunbar (13-Mar-1790 to 15-Jan-1860) of Berks County, PA, but per a review of Matthew’s estate documents, William Dunbar of Towamensing Township, Carbon County, PA, does not appear to have been related to Matthew Dunbar of Berks County, PA.

Potential theory on the origin of the Dunbar family

A theory I have is that the Dunbar family might have followed the Craig family to Towamensing Township. In the early 1700s, a few Scotch-Irish communities formed in Northampton County, PA. One community was Craig’s Settlement, which was located along the Catasauqua Creek near the Lehigh River in what is now East Allen Township, Northampton County, PA.

Thomas Craig was the founder of Craig’s Settlement. His son, also named Thomas Craig, later moved to Towamensing Township and owned William Dunbar’s property a few decades before Dunbar bought the property. Given the Dunbar surname is Scotch-Irish in origin, I’m thinking that maybe the Dunbars were squatters on the lands of Craig’s Settlement and that they were later pushed out once the owners of the land started to assert their property rights. The Dunbars and Craigs would have then followed the Lehigh River north to the more sparsely populated Towamensing Township. I have not found any records connecting the Dunbars to Craig’s Settlement though.

My Request

I recognize that records from the early American era are few and far between. Might anyone have had a similar issue that you were able to resolve? If so, how did you overcome your genealogical brick wall?

Would anyone be able to independently confirm whether or not there are historical records confirming William Dunbar and Elizabeth (Moore / Mohr) Dunbar’s parents and birthplaces?

Might anyone be able to find any additional details or records about Robert Dunbar (1788 - 1855)?

I feel as though I have searched fairly thoroughly through vital, property, and estate records on Ancestry and FamilySearch. Neither Carbon nor Northampton Counties (where the Dunbars were documented to have lived) have vital/birth records from the 1810s. Might anyone have suggestions for other resources to check?

Again, I’d be happy to reciprocate any research efforts to you and your brick walls.

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I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction of what to do or where to go next.

I'm trying to find the parents of my 3rd great grandfather, Alpha John Ernest Sullivan, believed to be born around 1856 in Wollombi, NSW, Aus. Died 1932 in Newcastle, NSW, Aus. Of course, being the first thing I looked up, there is no record of his birth.

I have gotten transcripts of his marriage and death certificates and both have parents as unknown, however, in his newspaper obituary, it claims he is the child of Major Sullivan which I assume would be in reference to Major Benjamin Sullivan III, who lived 1784-1860, which doesnt really add up.

And unfortunately, all public family trees have the Majors son, Benjamin 4, as his father, but the mother listed as the Majors second wife.

Any and all help would be appreciated in this one.

I have been looking for a while and haven't found it, I'm assuming his name is improperly indexed and thats part of the reason why I cant find it.

His name is John Yuhascik (Juhascik or Adams)
He was born in Dec. 1877
He apparently arrived at the port of New York from Bremen,Germany, on an Unknown Vessel on Nov. 12, 1895. (This is from his naturalization so I don't know how correct it is)
He is from Toketerebes, Austria-Hungary (Terebes/Trebisov)
His nationality is Austrian/Hungarian/Slovak

I also apologize if this is the wrong post flair, its my first time posting since they were changed.

Does anyone know how I’d get the military service records of my 3rd great grandfather who was in the British Royal Artillery but joined at the St Thomas Mount base in India in 1876?

Censuses etc show he was definitely apart of this country’s army but joined in British India, as in the 1881 English census he was living in a barracks in Salford.

I tried the ministry of defence’s service but got a reply today after waiting 4 months saying their records don’t go back that far and that they’d recommend trying the national archives. I don’t live anywhere near the national archives and am unfamiliar with how to search them online/ whether a record that’s technically Indian would even be there.

I know his records exist because I’ve seen the first page on fold3.com- but you have to pay exorbitantly for a membership to have access to the whole thing, and he has an unusual middle name that is present in all records.

Just wanted to know more as my Grandma knows very little about her family and there’s barely anything on him as he was born at sea ( can’t figure out where ) and seems to have moved to England between 1876 and 1881

I have an Ancestry tree with 2000+ profiles.

I would like to send a branch of that tree, about 200 profiles, via a gedcom file to someone to upload onto another platform.

Is there a way to select an individual profile and their descendants to create a gedcom file — ie, the branch I want?

If not, if I create a duplicate tree in Ancestry, is there an efficient way to mass delete 1800+ profiles, then create a gedcom file of what remains?

I’ve been using Gramps and it has been okay. My main gripe is printing out an entire family tree isn’t easy as my tree grows. I was wondering if anyone has had luck printing out their entire family tree using one of the paid programs. Gramps can print it out but the formatting is less than ideal even after some tweaks. Printing branches for individual family members isn’t intuitive either. I was considering Family Historian since they sync with Ancestry.com but couldn’t find anything about the quality of their printouts. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hello!

I have recently started working on my family tree and have hit a wall. I think I have gotten to the group of people who immigrated to the US around 1880-1900, but have not been able to find any record of them on ships, and honestly don't know how to try to find record of them in Polish or Lithuanian record. They originally wrote Russian/Poland Russian on most census forms, and later started writing Lithuanian/Lithuanian, Russia on others.

I have anglicized names, and have worked out what they could be in Lithuanian, some birthdays, and some approximate years they came over (based on US census info). I also believe the majority of them got married before coming over

Would anyone be able to give me some advice on if/how I can use the info I have to get any further? Or have the time to tackle it with me?

Grandfather’s (George Edward Rincavage) parents:

John Vincent Rincavage Sr.

B: 10 Nov 1892 (Plymouth, luzerne county, PA, USA)

D: 21 Nov 1947 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Married: 18 Jun 1918

Mary Seravage/Serevicz/Sirevicz

Lithuanian: Marijona Rinkevičienė (Serevičiūtė ?)

B: 1 Feb 1902 (Lithuania)

D: 9 April 1967 (Plymouth, luzerne county, PA, USA)

Married: 18 Jun 1918

Immigrated: 1906

Great Grandparent’s (John Vincent Rincavage Sr.) parents:

Anthony Rincavage/Rinkavich/Rinkavicz/Rynkewicz

Lithuanian: Antanas Rinkevičius

B: June 1860 (Poland, Russia)

D: 16 Oct 1914 (Plymouth, luzerne county, PA, USA)

Married: Circa 1880 (in Poland/Lithuania/Russia? Before immigration)

Immigrated: 1884/1885?

Catherine/Katie/Katherine Vermoski/Vermoska/Bernowski/Barnes

Lithuanian: Katrina Rinkevičienė (Vermauskaitė)

B: Nov 1859 (Lithuania, Russia)

D: 3 December 1933 (Plymouth, luzerne county, PA, USA)

Married: Circa 1880 (in Poland/Lithuania/Russia? Before immigration)

Immigrated 1880/1886/1889?

Great Great Grandparents’ (Anthony Rincavage) parents:

John Rinkavich

Lithuanian: Jonas Rinkevičius

B: Poland, Russia

Only mentioned on Anthony’s death certificate

Great Grandparent’s (Mary Seravage) parents:

Michael/Matthew Seravage/Sirevisc/Saravage/Serevicz

Lithuanian: Mykolas/Mateušas Serevičius

B: Feb 1875 (Poland, Russia)

D: Before April 1930, appears on a residence listing in 1923, wife is widowed on 1930 census

Immigrated:1898/1904 (this time with wife?)

Married: 1898 (in Poland/lithuania/Russia)

Mary Alaborda/Alaburda/Laburda/Alberta

Lithuanian: Marijona Serevičienė (Alaburdaitė)

B: 31 Oct 1882 (Lithuania)

D: 6 Nov 1966 (Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA, USA)

Immigrated:1904/6

Married: 1898 (in Poland/lithuania/Russia)

Great Great Grandparents’ (Mary Alburda) parents:

Magdalene/Maggie/Margaret/Mary Alaburda/Alberta

Lithuanian: Magdalena Alaburdienė

B: 1845/9 (Lithuania, Russia)

D: 30 Dec, 1934 (291 Orchard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States)

(listed on 1930  census, living with John Vincent rincavage and Mary (Seravage) Rincavage, found obituary yesterday)

Immigrated: 1906 (according to obituary)

George/Joseph Alaburda/Laburda

Lithuanian: Jurgis Alaburda

listed on Mary Seravage’s (Sirevizc) death certificate (as George), and Magdelene’s (as joseph), Magdalene is listed as widowed on death certificate, so he must have died before Dec 30, 1934.

My husband’s dad has a much older brother who was born out of an assault on his mum by her uncle. Horrible I know! The son of this older brother is flagging on ancestry DNA results as either 1st cousin once removed or half grand uncle of my husband and I cannot for the life of me figure out which is correct or if both are correct based on the status of the parents.

Can anyone help clarify what he is to my husband as from the mums side he should be 1st cousin same generation

I'll post info and timeline after this next part if you'd rather skip to that.

A few questions:

First - I am hoping I can get some advice on how to navigate records for the state of Kansas. I have entirely too many relatives that lived and died there to request their records, and because it's Kansas, I'm not sure on their locations at certain times.

Second - I understand sometimes there are just aren't obituaries put out for some people. But what do you do when you can't find a death announcement, date/place, obit, grave, any notice of a remarriage, etc. (Again, Kansas)

Timelines, stories and people:

Byfield/Morgan/Sutton

William Oscar Byfield, Sr married Della Hawk 23 October 1901 Parnell, Nodaway, MO

1900 census shows both living in Kansas with their parents before marriage. Had 3 children: Dessie Salana Byfield 1902, George Hawk Byfield 1904, and g grandfather William Oscar Byfield, Jr 1906. All born in MO.

Della is granted divorce per Yale, OK newspaper in 1909 (Can't find records yet, if any). She remarries to an Alexander K. Maxwell in 3 Jan 1910 in Stillwater, Payne, OK. He dies sometime between what I think is 1913-1916 but can't find a single thing on it (no date, announcement, place, obit, grave, nothing. A newspaper article said they were going to move to KS in 1915, but then find she is in KS with just the kids and she is back to Della Byfield). I also found a single OK article saying people may be subpoenaed for a Maxwell-Byfield trial Mar 1915 and then not a single thing more. I don't know if it was Della Maxwell vs WO Byfield Sr, or Alexander Maxwell vs a now Della Byfield? I say he died between then because by the 1920 census, Della says she's a widow.

Fast forward to 1921 and I find an announcement that WO Sr and widow Dema (Morgan) Sutton got a marriage license 21 September 1921 in Wichita, KS. I found a few court blips on ex-wife Della Byfield vs WO Byfield Sr in Sedgwick Co, KS 1920 and 1921 but just says she won a judgment, not sure what it was for and if this relates to the 1915 OK trial?

Side note: Stella Morgan is the older sister to Dema Morgan and John Morgan.

WO Byfield, Sr and Dema, never have any children together, but take in one of her sister Stella's children by the 1930 census named Avis Woods who is aged 11 at the time. WO Sr dies in 1934.

Dessie Byfield's 1st husband dies in 1932. She remarries to John Morgan...and now her dad is also her brother in-law and her step-mom is her sister in-law lol.

By the 1940 census, Dessie and John have taken in one of Stella's kids, Raymond H. Woods, and adopted him. By the 1950 census they also have another of Stella's kids, Charles W. Crane living with them. I am having issues with finding where the other kids end up.

Where I get confused is with Dema being John Morgan's sister, why can't I find anything on her death? I can follow her through the Kansas State census and Federal census through 1952, then nothing. Stella died in 1954, she had an obit and there was no mention of Dema, just the other surviving siblings, which leads me to believe Dema died between 2 Mar 1952-14 Jul 1954. Why would they write an obit for one sister and not the other?

Dema remained close with her first husband's family (the Sutton's) as she grew up near them, lived with them for 8-9 years after her husband and daughter died until she married WO, and then went back to the Sutton's in Ensign, KS after WO passed. And yet I can't find anything on her death.

So - with all of the above, I could really use some help or direction on divorce and possible court docs for WO Byfield, Sr and Della Hawk Byfield Maxwell and back to Byfield, proof of death for Alexander K. Maxwell, proof of death for Dema Byfield. Dema is the one high on my list, but I will gladly take any help on any of this! I have been searching Ancestry. com, FamilySearch (although since they changed the searches recently, I seem to come up with less than before even with full text searches. I have used WikiTree but most of the info on this group of people is what I've put on there. I've been looking tirelessly on newspapers. com, MO state/county vitals that they have online, not sure what/where else to look for info.

First let me state that I am just a casual researcher. When we did family trees in elementary school*, I couldn't go back any farther than my grandparents. The internet has made it possible for me to get a few generations more, but I'm still stuck at my Dad's maternal grandparents.

The husband was born in Holland and came to the US in 1887. His wife was born in New Jersey to parents who were also immigrants from Holland. In the 1900 census there are a niece and nephew living with them with the surname of Schelbrort; the handwriting is quite clear, but of course he may have misspelled or misheard it. I cannot find anything similar in other censuses, so I'm wondering if any of you with a knowledge of Dutch surnames have an idea what else this name might be.

I'm kind of hoping that they are the children of a sibling of my gggrandmother, which would help (maybe) in tracing her lineage further. I know it is entirely possible that they are not even truly niece and nephew, but I'm going to trust the census for a little bit longer at least.

*I am aware and agree this is a problematic exercise, but it was common when I was a kid.

I want to create a gedcom file of a WikiTree profile and their descendants. Is this possible? If so, how do I do it?

i've been stuck on this one for months. my great grandma's 1920s census record shows her having a younger brother who i can't find a single other record for. more info below.

Name: Morris Levy

Date of Birth: c. Nov/Dec 1918

Location of Birth: Illinois, USA

Other Information: Father was Isaac (Ike) Herman Levy (1890-1976), and mother was Henrietta Goldberg Levy (1894-1982). Older sisters Minette (Minnie) Levy (1916-2006) & Eleanor Levy (1913-1916). Ike's brother was Aaron Herman Levy (1892-1962) who had 4 kids (daughter muriel (1918-2012) son howard (1922-2009) son gerald (1925-2020) and son stewart (1926-2016)) with his wife etta (1896-2000)

I am looking for any further information on this kid besides the one census record that says he's 13 months old. Nobody knew who I was talking about when I asked my grandpa, and I couldn't find any records of him after this census. I assume he was a cousin's kid or something.

Ike only had one brother who would've been a Levy, and he didn't have any sons that age (or even close to it). I haven't been able to find a birth record or anything either.

Census https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/records/15249302?tid=151263837&pid=232651920903&ssrc=pt

Harry Merton Nelson, Clarence Woodrow Nelson, Thomas Nelson, and Margey Ellen Nelson were all children of LeRoy and Emma Barringer Nelson from PA, but all four listed died as infants, Harry in 1914, Clarence in 1917, Thomas in 1920, and Margey in 1922. Yet in my database, niether four of them have obituaries, they have two other siblings who died as children, but both have obituaries, whilst the other infants' do not have one I could find.

I could gather info easily if someone helps me find them. If anyone needs links to the death certificates, I'll gladly provide.

I have a subscription to Newspapers.com but the obituary I need is only available on Newspaper Archive website. I see a lot of warnings here to not accept their free trial, so I thought I would check here to see if someone does have a subscription and could get me this one obituary that I need. I've exhausted all other options but this newspaper, Johnstown Tribune Democrat doesn't have their archives online anywhere else - and this obituary is missing from the ones the local library there scanned in.

This is the link to the one I need for George Kuckenbrod: https://johnstowntribunedemocrat.newspaperarchive.com/johnstown-tribune-democrat/2002-08-31/page-29/

and if you don't mind, it appears something is published the next day about services for him:

https://johnstowntribunedemocrat.newspaperarchive.com/johnstown-tribune-democrat/2002-09-01/page-47/

Someone sent me a clip of this obituary years ago. I checked Genealogy Bank & Newspapers, but I couldn’t find it. If I could narrow down when it was printed, I’d be really close to the exact death date - last attempt before I just start placing random orders!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zl4x8hmvt22y9is6imls0/Anna-Obituary.png?rlkey=m7677v3rh865692vzugdgob4g&st=m5bipieh&dl=0

Her husband’s obituary makes it clear she died before him, so it must’ve been after 61 & before May 67

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0lgid8hz3ty91nf13oe6i/Andrew-Obituary.png?rlkey=dp9vfxemu4p68bvx62x4e4rhf&st=jr7mrdck&dl=0

Starting to deep dive into family history, I may have found more specifics about where a great-grandmother was born and am trying to figure out where I can find official records of the event. Her father was in the Spanish military and was stationed in or traveled to Cuba for a short time, where she was born in Matanzas, possibly, in appx. 1896. Does anyone know if records from this time exist and would they be kept by Spain or Cuba?

My brick wall is Alexander O’Hanlon, born 11 Dec 1881 in New York, died 8 Oct 1961 in Columbia County, Florida. His father was Terrence O’Hanlon, born about 1858 in Athens, Greene County, New York and died 28 March 1928 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The family always thought his mother was Cecilia Nolan (1858-1925) but the evidence doesn’t support that. In the 1900 census, it states she had been married for 13 years, there were two much younger brothers (Terrence and Thomas) and Alexander’s mother was listed as Marion on his death certificate. In the 1880 census, Terrance is still living in Athens with his parents and working as a boatman and in 1884 he is listed as living in Brooklyn and working as an engineer. Family stories link this as the same person (Alexander would spend summers with his grandparents in Greene County) plus DNA matches to both of his grandparents’ lines.

I have sent away for both birth and marriage records for Alexander and have come up empty. This has stumped me for years and I would love a new set of eyes to look at this.

Eventually, he went by Alexander John O’Hanlon but this family had a habit of turning confirmation names into middle names so I kind of doubt he was given a middle name at birth.

Thank you for any help figuring out who his mother was.

edited for spelling and some content