Elmer Edward McCurdy born 1864 in Indiana
I have been looking diligently for Elmer Edward McCurdy's roots.He is my great grandfather.I know he was born in Indiana and died in Battle Creek, MI.He was born around 1864 and I have conflicting census reports from Ancestry.com.
He married Amanda Jane Bolte, from West Virginia--> Kansas...where they lived and had the following children:William Oliver (my grandfather), Charles A, Harvey, Harley, Myrtle McCurdy (Appel) and Elsie Belle McCurdy (Heyden).
The census and other information on Ancestry.com is not forthcoming re: his roots...does ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MAN??? SO I CAN GET PAST HIM AND GET ON WITH THE REST OF MY GENEOLOGY?
I know that Amanda Jane and Elmer divorced by the 1930's census and she remarried a Mr. Folks and moved from Wichita back to Sitka, KS.....and Elmer married a lady named Della and moved from Kansas to Battle Creek, MI.....
surprisingly, he lived near some McCurdy's that I thought maybe were relatives...named ASA and a few others...but I can't find a connection....maybe some of you who have already finished your geneaology have?
All my Uncles and Aunts and my father from William Olivers union with Lillian Heyden McCurdy (he married a Heyden like Elsie McCurdy married a Heyden....double cousin)...are gone now....and all my fathers first double cousins are gone now too...so I am on my own figuring this out....as my own first cousins don't know much.
It seems that no one really wanted to discuss their ancestors growing up....Elmer and Amanda must have had a really bad divorce...somebody must have really done something wrong!!! ooopsie:-ut oh well....these things happen!!the bad has to come out with the good!
Anyway...there is a whole line of McCurdy's that is just waiting to find out their roots....and they are depending on me....all my first cousins...along with my first cousins once removed (the Heyden kids)...and a bunch of Winkels, Bolte's, Appels, and whomever else married into this funny family....we are spread from Wisconsin--->Kansas---->Texas----Colorado----Wyoming-----me...in San Diego, California.
Thank you in advance for anything you guys can do to help...
By the way, I know what the McCurdy plaid or tartan looks like...if anyone is interested.....aside from the Stewart tartan.....
JMcCurdy Robinson
San Diego, CA
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