[or-roots] Request for research assistance

[Bony, Jan]

Hi Glen and Jeff, just so you know, this is the OR-roots email list. It has
been inactive for quite a while, which is why Jeff hasn’t been getting
email from it, and why Glen got an email.

I don’t find anything new in trying to help you, Jeff. So sorry.

Jan

On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 10:28 PM papaglen000--- via or-roots <
or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> wrote:

> DEAR JEFF -
>
>      I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHEREYOU GOT MY E-MAIL ADDRESS, BUT I KNOW NOTHING
> WHATSOVER OF THE NAMES YOU HAD IN YOUR E-MAIL TO ME.  I RESEARCHED MY
> BAILEY
> FAMILIES BACK TO YORKSHIRE ENGLAND SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAVE TRACED THEM
> BACK TO THE 1400'S  MY WIFE CAME FROM A FAMILY NAMED DEMOSS.  SHE IS
> DESCENDED
> FROM A PETER DEMOSS BORN IN 1788 IN VIRGINIA TO PRESENT TIME.  SHE IS ALSO
> DESCENDED FROM THE TOWNSENDS OF CENTRAL ENGLAND.  THEY WERE MARQUESSAS
> AND HAVE A MASSIVE RESIDENCE CALLED RAYNHAM HALL IN NORFOLK.  I AM
> WONDERING
> IF POSSIBLY YOU WERE CORRESPONDING EARLIER WITH SOMEONE ELSE AS I HAVE NO
> MEMORY OF ANY E-MAILS FROM YOU - EVER.
>
>      SORRY,  GLEN BAILEY, PORTLAND, OREGON
> In a message dated 3/7/2019 9:44:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> jjmiller2005 at comcast.net writes:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Is this email list still functioning?  I don’t seem to be getting emails
> from it, and I used to get quite a lot.  If it is, I need some help
> figuring out the identity of one of my great-great-grandfathers.  Here is
> what I know:
>
>
>
> His children were Charles August Murray, b. 26 Jan 1896 and Lilian Murray
> b. around 1898.  Charles was born in Oakland, CA.  It appears Lilian was
> born in WA.
>
> I believe the mother of those children was Ida B. Kroschel, b. about 1869
> in Milford Township, MN.
>
> I think Ida and the father separated before 1900 because Ida is shown as
> head of household with two kids living in Linn County, OR in the census.
>
> According to Charles August Murray’s prison questionnaire, Lilian was
> living in Los Angeles in March 1928.  (His mom is listed as Ida Czarske
> because she remarried.)
>
> The 1910 census shows unknown for the birthplace of the father of Charles
> and Lilian.  But the 1920 census shows MA for birthplace of his father and
> MN for mother.  I looked at all CA,OR, WA 1900 census records for Murray
> with birthplace of MA and did not find anything.
>
> 1930 census for Charles shows dad from Minnesota so who knows.
>
> My parents both did the autosomal DNA test with Ancestry.com, but I don’t
> know how to use it to solve this puzzle.
>
> I’ve had this brick wall for years now.  Any leads or tips will be most
> appreciated.  If you don’t have any tips, I would appreciate at least one
> response just to know this list is still live.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff Miller
>
>
> --
Jan
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