[or-roots] Request for research assistance

[Jan Keiser]

Yes , it must still be working!
I can’t help you, my family is from clatskanie, OR.
I live in San Francisco, however, which is across the Bay from OAkland

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Jan Keiser 

On Mar 7, 2019, at 9:44 PM, Jeff & Janet Miller <jjmiller2005 at comcast.net> wrote:

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

 
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