Question

I can't get any info after my grandparents, Dennis Elliott and Fostella Jones

Comments

...you need to develop your grandparents' profiles with birthplaces and sources and other things before you'll easily be able to move back a generation.  Good luck!

Answer 1

 

Dennis Elliott

mentioned in the record of Dennis Elliott and Fostella Jones

Name	Dennis Elliott
Event Type	Marriage
Event Date	01 Jan 1954
Event Place	Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Age	23
Birth Year (Estimated)	1931
Father's Name	Shird Elliott
Mother's Name	Equilla Osborne
Spouse's Name	Fostella Jones
Spouse's Age	16
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated)	1938
Spouse's Father's Name	Butch Jones
Spouse's Mother's Name	Haily Johnson

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Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013

GS Film Number	2251967
Digital Folder Number	005262337
Image Number	03022

Citing this Record

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDM1-D8K : 8 December 2014), Dennis Elliott and Fostella Jones, 01 Jan 1954; citing Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,251,967.

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Dennis Elliott

United States Public Records

Name	Dennis Elliott
Residence Date	01 Jan 1998-01 Jun 1998
Residence Place	Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Address	Ashtabula, Ohio 44004
Record Number	592655454

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United States Public Records, 1970-2009

Citing this Record

"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8Z-38C9 : 23 May 2014), Dennis Elliott, Residence, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

Answer 2

This looks like it might be his parents and grandparents names -marriage cert. And some siblings in the census.

Source: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1G-23N : accessed 5 April 2017), Shird Elliott and Equilla Osborn, 20 Jan 1919; citing Dana, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,943,486.

Name     Shird Elliott
White Male  Age     29      Widowed
Birth  (Est)     1890 Birthplace     Floyd Co., Ky.
Father     James Elliott Mother Phebe Strong
Marriage 20 Jan 1919     Dana, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Spouse     Equilla Osborn
White Female Age 18
Birth  (Est)     1901  Birthplace     Floyd Co., Ky.
Father     King Osborn
Mother     Martha Osborn

Source: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RT-7M6 : accessed 5 April 2017), Sherd Elliott, Magisterial District 3, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-24, sheet 19B, line 69, family 272, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1306.

United States Census, 1940 Magisterial District 3, Floyd, Kentucky

Sherd Elliott            Head     M     49     Kentucky
Equillie Elliott     Wife     F     39     Kentucky
Victoria Elliott     Son            M     23     Kentucky
Curt Elliott             Son            M     19     Kentucky
Annie Bell Elliott     Dau     F     17     Kentucky
Clennis Elliott     Son            M     11     Kentucky
Dennis Elliott     Son            M     9     Kentucky
Bert Elliott             Son            M     7     Kentucky
Tamry Elliott       Son       M     4     Kentucky
Darsie Elliott      Dau     F     1     Kentucky

More on Sherd and Equilla:

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ashird~%20%2Bsurname%3Aellliot~%20%2Bany_place%3Aky~%20%2Bany_year%3A1900-1999~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Aequilla~

 

Answer 3

This might be Fostella in census data? Marriage cert says born in Wyoming, WV

Source: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78H-469 : accessed 5 April 2017), Fostella Jones in household of Butch Jones, Center Magisterial District, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55-6, sheet 7B, line 45, family 124, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, 

United States Census, 1940 Center Magisterial District, Wyoming, West Virginia

Butch Jones

	Head	M	29	Kentucky
Helen Jones	Wife	F	25	Kentucky
Vernice Jones	Daughter	F	7	Kentucky
Butch Jones	Son	M	5	Kentucky
Fostella Jones	Daughter	F	2	West Virginia
Howard Jones	Son	M	0	West Virginia

Comments

And her sister:

"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHL-5XST : 1 July 2015), Vernice Jones, 1932; citing Birth, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

Name     Vernice Jones
Birth     1932 e     Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Mother's Name     Haley Johnston