Source confirmation of maiden name - Mary J (unknown) Warner B. 1842

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Im looking for some kind of source confirmation to be able to verify/change the birth name of this contact.

Mary Jane married John Warner in 1860, and info I had from my wifes Aunt had her born in 1842 in Indiana, USA.

I did find further info on a Mary Jane Estes with the same birth date and deathdate that matches the Aunts family tree (B Jan 1842. D. Feb 24 1928 in Illinois). She also had a list of the children and used consensus lists as sources for them.  The one thing that left me unsure on the name was she had her listed as a 'Henderson'. I could not find any records of someone with that name married to John Warner at the time/location.

From my searches, there was some things that listed Mary Estes as from Henderson County (so possible mixup/confusion?)

I also found an external family tree page that has similar details, listing her father has Ransom Estes.  (http://zangerleroots.com/rootspersona-tree/mary-jane-estes/). It didnt list any children and there are no source references quoted, but from our own list (as mentioned above) one of her children also had the name, Ransom. (which I would think would be a unique name, and therefore a little too coincidental?)

If anyone has any Source links I could use to officially change the name for this persons wiki-tree profile, that would be awesome.
WikiTree profile: Mary Warner
in Genealogy Help by Graham Spicer G2G2 (2.7k points)

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I found a death certificate on Ancestry for a Frank R. Warner born 3 Jan 1888 (1900 census says 1887) in Illinois and died on 9 Jul 1952 of a skull fracture in Indiana. It lists his parents as John Warner and Mary Jane Estis (sic).

Others at Ancestry list him as Frank Robert Warner, and he is listed in 1900 census as Robert F. Warner with Mary and brother Alfred -1876 (listed in 1880 census with John, Mary, Oria A and additional siblings) and sister Mary J - 1885. Mary is widowed.

Here's the link on Ancestry: Frank R Warner Death

Eureka! A valid source with a free link. Alfred Methias (sic) Warner Death

by Deb Durham G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
selected by Graham Spicer
Apparently, Frank was killed when the car he was in was struck by a Southern Railroad freight train near Princeton, Indiana.

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