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Question

Bessie Streets is my husband's 3rd great-grandmother. I've found as much as I could about her up until 1912. After that, she disappears. I cannot find her on the 1920 census, or proof that she passed away. Can someone please put a set of eyes on this for me?

Answer 1

Bessie remarried 28 Nov 1911 (record shows parents):

"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-VY86 : 28 November 2018), John W Stalder and Bessie Jewell, 28 Nov 1911; citing Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm.

It looks like she died in 1918.  This is the same cemetery where Newton was buried.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 May 2019), memorial page for Bessie May Stalder (26 Oct 1875–27 May 1918), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74739992, citing Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Tony & Cindy Lloyd (contributor 47320243) .

Comments

That’s why couldn’t find anything, the Stalder marriage! Good work, Herbert!

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Thank you, Pip! 

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You beat me to it. I was getting close, I could feel it. lol

I took too much time straightening out the relatives.

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Looks like we lost this race, Thomas.

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I almost missed it, guys, looking for a Bessie Streets marriage.  You never know which name to look for on a remarriage.

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There were a host of Bessie Streets in Minnesota, Ohio, and Cornwall. My head was spinning.

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Thanks Herbert! I appreciate it!

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You're welcome, Alicia!  Thanks for the star! 

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Thomas,

You said "straightening out the relatives." Did I mess up somewhere? This is my husband's family, so I am not ultra-familiar with all the names and could have made some mistakes.

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No, Alicia. I didn't mean on WikiTree, but on FamilySearch. I like to get things straightened up there so it's clear how things should be at WT.

The first profile for Bessie I found had Newton Jewell as her father and George Streets as her husband. I ended up finding and merging a couple of them. I didn't get everything cleared up, but I left it better than I found it.

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Yes, because on the 1910 (I think) census, she is living with her brother. He replies widowed. Newton replies "Partner" to head. And she says wife. It really messed me up for a bit until I found her marriage license. I don't do much on family search other than copy the sources to Wikitree. Most of my stuff is on ancestry.

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I give entirely too much labor to FamilySearch - but I need somewhere for my rough drafts. 

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Hehe! Yeah - I do put a lot of time into this. I just can never figure FamilySearch out. I know a lot of people like it, but I get confused by it.