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Where in the World is Willis George Dollaway?

Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: ,

Where in the World is Willis G. Dollaway?


Once I have identified an ancestor, I start my research by finding the ancestor I am researching in the census records.  Usually, I start with the most recent census date and work backwards.  I am creating tables for each ancestor with the census information.  This helps me to see where I am missing information and what next steps I need to take in my research.  Below is the table for Kirk's great grandfather, Willis G. Dollaway, who married Francis Denny.  I have been unable to find Willis in the 1920 U.S. Federal Census.   Willis and Francis Dollaway would have had teenage children in the home during 1920.  I found Wm. and his daughter, Leona, Dollaway living at 150 Maple Street in Grand Rapids, in 1921, through the 1921 Grand Rapids City Directory.  There is not a listing in the 1920 Grand Rapids City Directory for them.  Where are you hiding Willis G. Dollaway?

FACT
DATE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT/PAGE ID./DWELLING
Birth
29 Oct 1863
Havana, Schuyler, New York, United States

Census
1870
Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan, United States
/61/477
Census
1880
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
139/324A/223
Marriage
3 Oct 1885
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Census
1900
Lowell Township, Kent, Michigan, United States
94/13B/293
Census
1910
Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States
0128/1B/20
Census
1920


City Directory
1921
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
p384
Census
1930
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
79/7A/81
Census
1940
Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States
41-23/15A/Line 27
Death
28 June 1940
Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Where in the World is Helen Schmitt?

Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: ,

Once I have identified an ancestor, I start my research by finding the ancestor I am researching in the census records.  Usually, I start with the most recent census date and work backwards.  I am creating tables for each ancestor with the census information.  This helps me to see where I am missing information and what next steps I need to take in my research.  Below is the table for Kirk's great grandmother, Helen Schmitt, who married Timothy Corcoran.  I have been unable to find Helen Schmitt in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census.  She was not recorded in the home of her father and she wasn't married yet to be included with Timothy Corcoran.  I have added that to my to do list and hope to locate her one of these days.

Where in the World is Helen Schmitt?

FACT
DATE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT/PAGE ID./DWELLING
Birth
16 Aug 1882
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Census
1900
Unable to locate; not in father’s home

Marriage
5 June 1900
Pullman, Cook, Illinois, United States

Census
1910
Monroe, Newaygo, Michigan, United States
113/2B/22
Census
1920
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
82/3B/63
Census
1930
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
41-79/10B/159
Census
1940
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
86-145/5A/107
Death
10 Apr 1949
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Where in the World is Timothy F. Corcoran?

Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: ,

Where in the World is Timothy F. Corcoran?

One of the first records I look for when researching an ancestor is the census record.  I try to follow my subject through the years in the census.  Nothing frustrates me more than when I cannot locate the ancestor in the census record.  I know he/she did not fall off the face of the earth, so where are they hiding?  In the case of Timothy Corcoran, I can't find him in two censuses. 

Timothy would be four years old in 1880, but I cannot find his family, who I believe is father, Timothy; sisters, Hannah and Josie; brothers, John, James, and Patrick.  Timothy was born in Chicago, Illinois and I thought they would be living in Illinois during this time.  Timothy was 23 in the 1900 Census.  The census that year was taken in June.  Timothy married Helen Smith (Schmitt) on 5 June 1900 in Pullman, Cook, Illinois.  Did this contribute to my not finding him?  I have been known to go through the census, page by page, but I am not ready to attempt that for Chicago!

The table below shows where in the world Timothy Corcoran was?  If you have any information on this family, please leave a note.  I am going to find Timothy in the other census dates.

FACT
DATE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT/PAGE ID./DWELLING
Birth
27 Oct 1876
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Census
1880


Census
1900


Census
1910
Monroe, Newaygo, Michigan, United States
113/2B/22
Census
1920
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
82/3B/63
Census
1930
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
41-79/10B/159
Census
1940
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
86-145/5A/107
Death
17 Apr 1952
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Where in the World is Leona Dollaway Corcoran?

Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: , ,


Where in the World is Leona Dollaway Corcoran?

One of the first place a genealogist looks for family information is in census records.  I have decided to make census tables showing the place of residence for each ancestor.  The census table below is for Kirk's maternal grandmother, Leona Dollaway who married Bertrand Corcoran, in 1925.  I am having trouble locating Leona, and the Dollaway's, in the 1920 United States Census.  I believe they were living in Lowell Township, Kent, Michigan at this time.  I went page by page for Lowell census records and didn't find them.  I used Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com and Family Search census records.  I even searched for all the Leona's in Michigan at Heritage Quest.  

FACT
DATE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT/PAGE ID./DWELLING
Birth
30 May 1905
Lowell Township, Kent, Michigan, United States

Census
1910
Lowell Township, Kent, Michigan, United States
0128/1B/20
Census
1920


Census
1930
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
79/7A/81
Census
1940
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
86-105/7A/124
Death
2 July 2005
Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States



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Neeltje van den Bos Luyendyk Kennedy Census Records

Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: ,


Where in the World is Neeltje van den Bos Luyendyk Kennedy?

FACT
DATE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT/PAGE ID./DWELLING
Birth
29 July 1877
Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Netherlands

Immigration
1881
New York, United States

Census
1900
Paris Township, Kent, Michigan, United States
86/21/485
Census
1910
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
1328/12B/189
Death
22 August 1910
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States














Neeltje van den Bos lived in quite a few places in her short thirty three years of life.  She came to the United States at the age of three with her parents, Marinus and Lena van den Bos settling in the Grand Rapids area. She was found in the 1900 United States Census with her husband, Cornelius Luyendyk, who she married at the age of sixteen.  It is indexed as Lundyk.  Neeltje Kennedy was found in the 1910 United States Census with her husband, Addison B. Kennedy, shortly before her death.  

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Where in the World is Cornelius Luyendyk?

Author: Brenda Leyndyke / Labels: , ,

Where in the World is Cornelius Luyendyk?
 
One of the first record groups that a family researcher looks for is the census records.  Below is a table with the census records for Cornelius Luyendyk, Kirk's great grandfather.  I included how the last name was indexed, too.  It took awhile to find Cornelius in the census records with all the different spellings.  Since the 1890 census records are unavailable I used city directories to fill in the 1890 gap.
 
 
FACT
DATE
Indexed As
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT/PAGE ID./DWELLING
Birth
15 Feb 1859
 
Owasco, Cayuga, New York, USA
 
Census
1860
Lwendeck
Owasco, Cayuga, New York, USA
/p490/132
Census
1870
Lineback
Wyoming Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
/p656A/275
Census
1880
Luyndyke
Gaines Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
131/167A/74
Directory
1890
Luyendyk
35 Ellsworth Ave.  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
 
Census
1900
Londyk
Paris Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
86/21A/458
Death
16 June 1900
 
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
 


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