From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jun 4 15:56:32 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k54LuWjb019843; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:56:32 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k54LuUnl006382 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:56:30 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k54JL6FI027071 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:21:06 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k54JL6wC027070 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:21:06 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k54ILWFI026930 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:21:32 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k54Kuj2o011209 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:56:45 -0600 X-Envelope-From: cwesemann@charter.net Sun Jun 4 14:56:45 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k54Kujjb011200 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:56:45 -0600 Received: from mxsf21.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf21.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.221]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k54KuhJh020429 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:56:44 -0600 Received: from mxip27a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip27a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.184]) by mxsf21.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k54Kucdd020940 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:56:38 -0400 Received: from 71-81-90-8.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com (HELO [10.0.1.3]) ([71.81.90.8]) by mxip27a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 04 Jun 2006 16:56:38 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,207,1146456000"; d="scan'208"; a="1172596974:sNHT2110378798" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Cathleen Wesemann Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:56:38 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] searching for Sophia DOLLARS DOYLE MANWARING Hello all, I'm hoping someone here can give me some idea of what to do to find my husband's great grandmother, Sophia (Dollars) Doyle Manwaring. Here's what I know about her: She was born 26 Jan 1886 in Murphysboro, Jackson Co., IL (according to her death certificate). According to the Social Security Administration, her birth date is 26 Jan. 1884. Her date of death is 31 Jul 1974 at home (1900 Yale Ave.), St. Louis, MO. I have her SS#, but not sure what to do with it. She is the daughter of Lonie (Lonnie) Dollars and Ida (Bridget) Dollars Swartner Hume. She has a step-brother, Odie Swartner. According to the 1900 census of Murphysboro, Ill., she's 14 and the stepdaughter of John Hume. John and her mother, Ida, apparently were married earlier that same year, but I can't find them in the marriage records for Jackson County. I've looked in Jackson County and Clinton County, Illinois for a birth record for Sophia, but no luck. I also have information that she was born in Missouri, but I don't think that's right. Everything else I have says she was born in Illinois, although, I could very well be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time, and definitely not the last! :-) She married 16 Jan. 1903 in Breese, Clinton Co., IL, to Peter Doyle. They were divorced by 1920. She says she was widowed, but I know for a fact that they were divorced, because my mother-in-law remembers Peter and she was born in 1934. However, by 1920, Sophia was living in St. Louis, Ward 2 with 3 children. She says she was born in Illinois. By 1930, she had a husband and wife boarding with her family. These were the Manwarings. Apparently Sophia made quite an impression on Mr. Manwaring, because he's the one she married sometime later. She's buried in St. Louis by herself -- not by her first husband or her second husband. If anyone has any idea of where to go next to find her parents or her birth certificate, I'd really appreciate it. I'm stuck and don't know what to do next. Thanks! Cathy Wesemann