Looking for family of George Gauthier, 1868-1934, m. Metta Wood.

Question

George and his wife are among my closest brick-wall ancestors, and the ones who seem most likely to have information available.

Answer 1

There are several records on familysearch.org for this couple.  You can take the information from census data - names/date ranges/locations and plug it into the free search tool to find additional records on each person.  Link below:

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ageorge~%20%2Bsurname%3Agauthier~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AIL~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1867-1869~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Ametta~%20%2Bfather_givenname%3Ajames~%20%2Bfather_surname%3Agauthier~%20%2Bmother_givenname%3A%22hulis%20ulys%22~

 

Looks like Metta was the dau. of Clark A. and Sallie/Sarah (?Myers) Wood.  Marriage to George, son of James Gauthier and Ela/Ula/Ulys LaRoche below.

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ametta~%20%2Bsurname%3Awood~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AIN~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1865-1869~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Ageorge~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3Agauthier~%20%2Bfather_surname%3Awood~

Answer 2

This may be him:

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of originalrecords.

George W Gauthier

Birth 20 Aug 1868

Kankakee, IL

Death 7 Nov 1934

Place Chicago, IL

Burial Kentland, IN

Cemetery Fairlawn

Father James H Gauthier

Father Birthplace Platteburg, NY

Mother Hulia LaRoche

Mother Birthplace Platteburg, NY

Spouse Netta M Gauthier

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