Relative possibly Cherokee.?

Question

The family says we have a great grandmother who sat in the rocker smoking a pipe. Lived in Ohio named GOLDIE I JANE'S.,   Supposedly she was 100% Cherokee the problem is I do not know how to find out.

Her father was JOHN JANES. I am not at home where I have her D.O.B. if you ask later I will have more details.

Answer 1

Hi Toni, Welcome to WikiTree.

I did not find anything about Cherokee ancestry, but I did find a source for the marriage of Carl and Goldie.  Her birth year is 1898 according to this source.

* Name:    Carl F. Moore
Titles and Terms:    
Event Type:    Marriage
Event Date:    13 Jul 1915
Event Place:    Fulton, Ohio, United States
Age:    24
Birth Date:    28 Sep
Birth Year (Estimated):    1891
Birthplace:    Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Father's Name:    Henry Moore
Father's Titles and Terms:    
Mother's Name:    Julia Ricker
Mother's Titles and Terms:    
Spouse's Name:    Goldie I. Janes
Spouse's Titles and Terms:    
Spouse's Age:    17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):    1898
Spouse's Birthplace:    Holgate, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Father's Name:    John Janes
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:    
Spouse's Mother's Name:    Mary Briner
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:    
Reference ID:    3227
GS Film Number:    423607
Digital Folder Number:    004016746
Image Number:    00106
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPS-3B6 : 26 September 2017), Carl F. Moore and Goldie I. Janes, 13 Jul 1915; citing Fulton, Ohio, United States, reference 3227; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 423,607.

Answer 2

A good way to find out is to look at census records. She is consistently listed as white, as are both of her parents. Like so many of these claims of Cherokee ancestry, including a few in my own family, it should be taken with a very large grain of salt.