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wanderlust
wanderlust asked in Arts & HumanitiesGenealogy · 7 years ago

Can you help me find further records on these people?

Can anyone help me find further records for Beatrice, Edward and Fred?

I found these distant relatives of mine in the 1900 US census, living in Fell Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania:

Matthew Branton Head M 39 b. England

Elisabeth A Branton Wife F 42 b. England

William Dawe Stepson M 21 b.England

Jennie Branton Daughter F 5 b. Pennsylvania

Fred Branton Son M 3 b. Pennsylvania

Rena Dawe Stepdaughter F 14 b. Pennsylvania

Susie Branton Daughter F 14 b. Pennsylvania

Beatrice Branton Daughter F 10 b. Pennsylvania

Edward Branton Son M 8 b. Pennsylvania

I have done well in tracing further records on most of these people (I now have full records on Matthew, his first wife, Ann nee Stone, formerly Fawcett and his second wife, Elizabeth, nee Bowden, formerly Dawe, later Blythe. I have also traced marriage records and records of births of children to Jennie, Rena and Susie. I do not need any further information on them).

However, I'm drawing a bit of a blank with some of the others. I have found nothing on Edward after his WW1 draft card, nothing on Beatrice after the 1910 census (when she is living in New Hartford, Oneida, new York, as a boarder in the house of Theodore and Margaret Barret) and nothing on Fred after the 1910 census (when, as "Frederick Brenton", he is living with his mother and two siblings in Avoca, Luzerne County.

Can anyone find anything on Edward, Beatrice or Fred that i've missed?

Update:

ETA: I have now found a possible marriage for Edward in the Lackawanna Co Marriage Index, to a Ruth Coates on 31st July 1917. I need to see the actual register to confirm, but if this is the right Edward Branton, he has died by the 1920 census, as Ruth is listed as a widow and she remarries later that year.

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  • Observer
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
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    I would be attempting to locate death records on Edward and Fred. As far as Beatrice is concerned,

    women are harder to trace because of name changes when married,, but I would look for marriage information between about 1910 and 1920 in New York or in the town that her parents lived in. I would also look for possible death records especially 1916-1918 during the flu epidemic.

    Since you didn't indicate if you have tried these already, I hope this might be helpful.

    You might try researching at a Family History Center, they have about 14 subscriptions sites available at no cost to the patron.

    Source(s): Genealogical researcher 40+ years
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Ehm..

    For a full beckground report about anyone, you can use this online service http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=564

    Best

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