[or-roots] I've taken leave of my Census

[Darlene]

Reflects the status of some of my searches to a "T" ....... Sometimes 
makes your head spin!!

On 3/29/2013 11:06 AM, Leslie Chapman wrote:
> Trying to find a date of death for the spouse of another one of Aunt 
> Hazel's Uncles I thought it might help me to find her census history. 
> From somewhere I had entered the name Sarah Teeters as his spouse but 
> in the 1880 Cottage Grove Census there is a Miller daughter in law 
> Susan and son William; the significance of this is when I searched the 
> marriage index I found this;
> Name: *John W. Miller *
> Spouse's Name: *Susan E. Teeters*
> Event Date:                 01 Feb 1879
> Event Place: Lane, Oregon
>
> which is the date I had for "Sarah;" searching further I found
>
> Name: *William Henry Miller*
> Gender: Male
> Birth Date: 04 Jan 1880
> Birthplace: Multnomah, Oregon
> Father's Name:             John Wesley Miller
> Mother's Name:  Susan Emaline Teeters
>
> so that seems like enough evidence in my sloppy sort of genealogy to 
> accept I have the right people. I have a Multnomah Co death in 
> December of 1942 for John which may or may not be the correct one 
> since John Miller is such and unusual name, but it would help me to 
> corroborate if I could track John and Susan and William past 1880. One 
> source lists Susan as dead before 1911 but no details and has John 
> still in the Cottage Grove area where I am not finding him after 1880. 
> Oops, I think I just found them, I had one last method, it turns out 
> there are only 358 Oregon born heads of family in 1910 in Oregon and I 
> am pretty sure John W, Emma S with 26 year old son George in Seventh 
> Ward 95th Pct Multnomah county are my folks so the person supplied the 
>  1911 date just jumped a whole bunch in cred since before this I 
> couldn't find corroboration of George's birth.
>
> Huh, now looking again just Miller born in Oregon 1900 there they are 
> in CG where they belong??? I did several different searches for them 
> yesterday and never turned them up?? Must have lost what little I had 
> left of my mind; anyway back to the central question.
>
> Susan aka Sarah is listed as born in Oregon age 22 in 1880 (gee she 
> seems to be only 30 in 1900? must be a clerical error.) and in 1860 in 
> Marion Co there is an SE age 3 dau of H Teeters, but there the trail 
> grows ver ver confused; I do find in Sonoma county a James H about the 
> right age, but born in a different state than listed in 1860 and with 
> a different wife and they are in Cottage Grove in 1880 which would 
> seem evidence of a connection to Susan, but I haven't found her in 
> 1870, nor any clue what happened to her mother unless they are the 
> Angeline and Sarelda in San Luis Obispo in 1870.
>
> I guess at this point I no longer need to know, but why is it so hard 
> to find someone with a name like that unless these are the people.
>
> I believe I just found John and Susan in 1920 in Clackamas so am 
> guessing the before 1911 may be wrong after all, unless it is a 
> different Susan?
>
> There is a death index item that looks good for her now;
>
> Name:Susan E Miller
> Event Type:Death
> Event Date:09 Mar 1943
> Event Place:Portland, Oregon
>
> Maybe I'll just cheat and use that one.
>
> I seem to be coming on here a lot lately for things I should have 
> found a lot faster and easier on my own??
>
> I know I am not supposed to be old enough to be having "senior 
> moments" but remember I inhaled.
>
> Les
>
>
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