Re: Gardner's in Colesville, Afton, Unadilla, Sidney, Greene New York area
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Gardner's in Colesville, Afton, Unadilla, Sidney, Greene New York area
Laurie Gardner 5/23/10
I'm not related but thanks for posting such detail. Too many postings are little more than looking for John Smith married to Mary Jones. No dates or much other detail.
While you are at the town clerk's office look into getting some death certificates. Obituaries will help a great deal and may list parents' names and surviving siblings. Check with the local library and historical society to see if they can help you. Getting the marriage records may be a bit harder since they moved around.
Alfred probably did marry twice if not three times. The 1910 census shows him married twice. Eva may have been his second wife. The Mary shown as his wife in the 1920 and 1930 censuses was probably not his mother mistakenly listed as his wife, certainly not twice. She was born ca 1860 in Pennsylvania in both censuses and his mother ca 1841 in NY. Yes she's a much older woman but it won't be the first time a man married a woman 20 years his senior.
Mary Barber may have been the one who died in 1914. Eva probably died during the same decade. Death certificates, marriage records and obituaries will help clear this up.
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Re: Gardner's in Colesville, Afton, Unadilla, Sidney, Greene New York area
Laurie Gardner 5/24/10