BREWER FROM ILLINOIS
I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND CONFUSING BUT HERE GOES.
JENNIE REBECCA BOGGS, BORN 1863 IN LOGAN CO OHIO, MARRIED A CHARLES SR BREWER, MAYBE.WHEN WE DON'T KNOW.JENNIE'S REAL NAME WAS MARY RUTH BOGGS, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE (ROSE) BOGGS.WHY SHE CHANGED HER NAME IS A MYSTERY.THIS MARRIAGE WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN ILLINOIS AROUND 189O.THE ILLINOIS STATE MARRIAGE INDEX HAS NO RECORD OF SUCH BUT IN THE 1900 CENSUS FOR DEWITT COUNTY, SHE IS LISTED AS DIVORCED AND HAS AN 8 YEAR OLD SON BY THE NAME OF OTTO C(CHARLES) BREWER.OUR FAMILY HISTORIAN BELIEVES IT MAY HAVE BEEN CHARLES SR.
JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, JENNIE REMARRIED TO IRA YATES OF FARMER CITY.SHE DIED IN 1923.OTTO C BREWER WAS KNOWN AS "JACK".I BELIEVE HE DIED IN CHICAGO, I COULD BE WRONG ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. HE FIRST MARRIED HELEN ZILICH, 2ND TO DAISY THOMAS.WITH DAISY HE HAD 5 CHILDREN; CHARLES NICHOLS, DELILAH, CLYDE, NORMA, AND JACKIE.THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT.
HERE'S THE KICKER.IN TRYING TO FIND HER, I CAME ACROSS A CRIMINAL RECORD FOR A JENNIE BREWER IN DEWITT COUNTY.IN THE SAME RECORD BOX ARE QUITE A FEW BREWERS.JEROME BREWER IS LISTED WITH THE SAME REFERENCE NUMBER.DEWITT COUNTY RECORDS AT ONE TIME WERE THROWN INTO A BOX WHEN MOVED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY OF FINDING THAT RECORD.IT WOULD BE LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK AND THE COUNTY IS NOT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT IN RECTIFYING THE DISORGANIZATION.I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS JEROME WAS ACTUALLY JENNIE'S FORMER HUSBAND OR IF IT WAS CHARLES.IT IS ONLY A COINCIDENCE, A VERY GOOD ONE AT THAT.UP TO THIS POINT, JENNIE HAD BEEN LIVING IN DEWITT COUNTY FOR A FEW YEARS.HER MOTHER DIED BETWEEN 1890-1899, HER FATHER IN 1904.OTTO WAS BORN IN ILLINOIS BUT WHERE, WHERE, WHERE?DEWITT HAS NO RECORD OF HIS BIRTH OR JENNIE'S MARRIAGE.THE ONLY JEROMEINILLINOIS WAS FROM DOWN SOUTH AND MARRIED DIFFERENT WOMEN.LIKE I STATED, IT COULD VERY WELL BE A COINCIDENCE THAT THEY WERE BOTH TRIED FOR LARCENY AT THE SAME TIME.
I HOPE THAT SOMEONE CAN HELP ME WITH THIS, I AM AT A LOSS AT THIS TIME AND RATHER PERPLEXED AS TO WHERE I SHOULD GO FROM HERE.JENNIE REBECCA (MARY RUTH) BOGGS BREWER YATES WAS MY GGGGREAT AUNT.FINDING HER AND HER LIFE MAY LEAD TO FINDING MY GGGGGREAT GRANDMA'S DEATH INFORMATION THAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR 2 YEARS.
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