help find a relative whose birth date and death date I cannot find

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I have a relative that is eluding me. I cannot find her actual birth date or actual death date. I've looked and looked. Here's her profile of what I know of her.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=%20107585118

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rayoum-1

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Florance Griffan

 in the 1900 United States Federal Census

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Name:	Florance Griffan [Florance Griffard]
Age:	16
Birth Date:	Sep 1883
Birthplace:	Missouri
Home in 1900:	Beauvais, Ste Genevieve, Missouri
Race:	White
Gender:	Female
Relation to Head of House:	Niece
Marital Status:	Married
Marriage Year:	1900
Years Married:	0
Father's Birthplace:	Missouri
Mother's Birthplace:	Missouri
Mother: number of living children:	0
Mother: How many children:	0
Occupation:	View on Image
Neighbors:	View others on page
Household Members:	Name Age John M Griffan 62 Charles Griffan 21 Florance Griffan 16

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Marriage license lists Alfred Rayoum as father

Charles Griffard

 in the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002

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Name:	Charles Griffard
Marriage Date:	30 Apr 1900
Marriage Place:	Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve, Missouri
Registration Place:	Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Spouse:	Florence Rayoum
Spouse Father:	Alfred Rayoum

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Thank you! For some reason I have trouble finding census records....That helped and I hadn't seen the marriage record yet.

Thank You!

Answer 1

I would first request a photo of the stone at Find a Grave. You'll have to join (it's free). Of course there may be no one doing photos in Minnith Missouri, and sometimes it takes a long time for someone to get around to photoing. I see you've already done this, quite some time ago.

Another thing you can try is contacting the Saline Baptist Cemetery or the Saline Baptist Church. Assuming the death date is basically correct, you should be able to get a burial record, which may or may not list death and birth date.

Or contact the town clerk in Minnith and ask if they have death records. By 1906 most places do. If they don't have them they should be able to tell you where they are. The death record may have also a date of birth and parents listed, but in 1906 that is not a guarantee.

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Thank you!

I didn't think about calling the church... Or the town clerk. Ya, I have an account on Find A Grave and I'll request a photo. But since my grandparents live right up the road from the cemetery I may just go down there sometime and take my own picture. Thank you again that helped and I'll use it for future reference!