03 February 2014

Nearly, but NO!

A couple of notes before the post. First, if you've emailed since New Year's Day I'm sorry I haven't responded! I've gotten behind on answering emails to my blog address. I'm planning on going through those this week. Second, the title of this post is a line from Phantom of the Opera. Hearing the show 8 times a week I can probably recite the entire book. Unfortunately I have no idea what's happening because we can't see anything from the pit. So the title is just to amuse myself ;-)
Okay, on to the post...

 Timeline and Records for Minnie Gertrude Donaldson

 1870 Birth in Illinois
 1880 Residence in Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois
         U.S. Federal Census: Minnie Donaldson, born abt 1871 in Illinois

 1892 Marriage to Elijah Harvey Randles
 1900 Residence in Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois
         U.S. Federal Census: Minnie G Randle, born Nov 1870 in Illinois
 1910 Residence in Ricks, Christian, Illinois
         U.S. Federal Census: Minnie Randle, born abt 1871 in Illinois
 1920 Residence in Spring Valley, Shannon, Missouri
         U.S. Federal Census: Minnie Randle, born abt 1871 in Illinois
 1923 Death
         Find A Grave Index, Missouri
         Minnie G Randle, 1872-1923 [memorial includes a photo of the stone]
 1925 Residence in Brooklyn, Kings, New York
         N.Y. State Census: Minnie G Donaldson, born abt 1870 in United States
 1935 Residence in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
 1940 Residence in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
         U.S. Federal Census:  Minnie Donaldson, born abt 1870 in Illinois
 [no date] Burial in Summersville, Texas County, Missouri
         Find A Grave Index, Missouri         Minnie G Randle, 1872-1923 [memorial includes a photo of the stone]

Some info not included above, mostly because I couldn't figure out how to show it without it looking like the jumbled mess that it is. From census info Minnie and Elijah have at least 4 children. The profile on this tree shows one. After Minnie rises from the dead and moves to New York she is living with her 6 children who all have the Donaldson surname. When she moves to Nebraska she's living with her brother, Alex Lendberg. Makes perfect sense.
In the last couple of days the tree owner has deleted the events after death so maybe there's hope. The records are still attached which means everyone else who has Minnie Gertrude Donaldson in their tree will be getting those records as hints. How many of them will attach the records without a thought?


Thanks to Shirley for the link to this profile ;-)

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1 comment:

  1. Three words: Weekend at Bernie's. I can only assume her family carted her corpse around for a bit.

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