1930 US Census lookup request: Edith GREEN
David Cornell
Edith GREEN (or GREENE) born abt 1886 in New York State, father born in
NY and mother born in Canada. Her maiden name was CORNELL.
She was married to Charles GREEN (or GREENE) born abt 1885 in
Pennsylvania. Charles was an oil field worker in 1920.
As of 1920, they had a son Max, born 1915 in New York.
I found them in the 1920 Census in Walnut, Butler, Kansas, ED 41, sheet
15B, lines 69 - 72, but they apparently moved around a lot.
In the 1910 and 1920 censuses, Edith's brother Benjamin CORNELL was
living with her. He was born about 1882 in New York.
Many thanks in advance.
David Cornell
ALIDA SPRY
I've tried all sorts of various spellings and date ranges and all states but
no luck on Charles, Edith, Max or Benjamin. Do you know for certain that
they were all still alive in 1930?
Perhaps someone else can have a go at it but I've not been able to find
anything that matches up with your info. I went back and looked at the 1920
census you mentioned and Edith's age was indicated as 28 so that would put
her year of birth around 1892. I researched with that info and still
nothing.
Sorry I couldn't be of any help,
Alida
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David Cornell
Alida,
Thank you very much for taking the time to look for these people. I
don't know when any of them died, so it's possible that none of them
were alive in 1930. I am fairly sure of her approximate birth date, as
I found her and her family in the 1892 NY State Census and also in the
1910 US Census (living with her brother Ben). Her age in both censuses
is compatible with about 1886. I am not that bothered her reduced age
in 1920; my grandmother used to drop anywhere from 6 to 15 years off her
age when the census taker showed up.
I have been looking for Edith and her brothers since I first found about
them after my grandfather died in 1984. So far the 1920 census record
is the most recent record I can find for any of them.
Thanks again for looking for me.
David Cornell
ALIDA SPRY
David,
You're quite welcome. I have a few people like this myself. I've looked
and looked and it's as if they fell off the face of the earth. I'm guessing
that they either were missed in the census, their pages were destroyed or
were illegible, or they were just so badly transcribed that I'll prbably
never find them.
Try www.familysearch.org Maybe you'll find something. Do you know Edith's
parents' names? You mentioned brothers. Did she have other siblings
besides Benjamin?
I'll be glad to dig around a little more. If you give me her parents' info
maybe I can track down someone else who has some info on them.
Alida
Here are a few Max Greens from the SSDI:
U.S. Social Security Death Index
1. Max GREEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 6 May 1914 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: 11
Jun 1988
2. Max GREEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 6 Feb 1915 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: 29
May 1993
3. Max GREENE - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 21 Aug 1916 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death:
Apr 1981
David Cornell
Thanks again for your help. I'm not sure that I want enlist you in what
is likely to be a wild goose chase. But to answer your question, Edith
Cornell had an older sister, Harriet (who is the only one of the four
who can be traced with any certainty), and two brothers, Benjamin and
James. If you like, I will send you an e-mail with what information I
have about them.
My grandfather never talked much about his older half-brothers and
sisters; in fact I didn't know they even existed until after he died and
we came across a few items in his estate that mentioned their names.
The other problem is that after their mother died while they were still
children, they were farmed out to other relatives in the US and Canada
and (with the exception of Edith) seemed not to have maintained contact
with my grandfather.
Thanks for your help.
David
ALIDA SPRY
> Alida,
>
> Thanks again for your help. I'm not sure that I want enlist you in what
> is likely to be a wild goose chase. But to answer your question, Edith
> Cornell had an older sister, Harriet (who is the only one of the four
> who can be traced with any certainty), and two brothers, Benjamin and
> James. If you like, I will send you an e-mail with what information I
> have about them.
>
> My grandfather never talked much about his older half-brothers and
> sisters; in fact I didn't know they even existed until after he died and
> we came across a few items in his estate that mentioned their names.
>
> The other problem is that after their mother died while they were still
> children, they were farmed out to other relatives in the US and Canada
> and (with the exception of Edith) seemed not to have maintained contact
> with my grandfather.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> David
>
David, sure send me the info. I love a challenge! Just ask Bob (Robert
Heiling). He's always posting queries about his elusive ancestors! As for
the children being farmed out, I can sympathesize with you there too. My
best friend is doing her genealogy too and she has the same problem. We've
been looking all over the place for some of her ancestors. We've found a
couple but the weird thing is that the kids were farmed out but the parents
weren't dead so we can't figure out why that happened unless there were just
too many of them for the parents to support and they needed to put the older
ones to work to help out with the income.
Send what you have and I'll give it a whirl.
Alida
Tara
find Ben Cornell and Charles Green's WWI Draft cards. That sounds like
something you might not have yet and at least they have exact birthdates on
them. Let me know if that's something you need and I'll send them along.
--
Tara Larkin
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