[or-roots] Searching for Godfrey/Stevens family

[Leslie Chapman]

Tina;

Okay you can ignore the last half of this letter as by the time I typed it
Sue came up with the info I needed to actually help; I just left it in
incase the info is of use to someone else.

Looking for Stevens born in Indiana in Or 1910 Census I came up blank, but
in Iowa;

Series: T624  Roll: 399  Page: 261
 Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location
Year
 STEVENS  THOMAS    37   M     W     IN       IA      DALLAS  WASHINGTON TWP
1910

Dwelling 50 household 51
Stevens Thomas age 37 m. 13                     Indiana, Ohio Mass      Farm
Steward
        Minnie(sp?)  36  13 1ch 1 living        Iowa       Ohio Ohio
        Bessie M     12                         Iowa      Ind  Iowa

Going back to 1900 then I find them in;

Series: T623  Roll: 427  Page: 109
 Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location
Year
STEVENS  THOMAS  28  M  W  IN  IA  DALLAS  LINCOLN TWP  1900

Thomas lists birthdate of June 1872     m. 3
Minnie                  april 1874(?)
Bessie                  Jan 1898

oddly enough he lists parent's birthplaces as Michigan and Indiana?? every
thing else checks out too well for this not to be them. for what that's
worth, it makes these folks look very good for his family;

      Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
       William STEPHENS   Self   M   Male   W   39   MI   Farming   ENG
ENG
       Louise STEPHENS   Wife   M   Female   W   36   IN   Keeping
use   ---   ---
       Florence STEPHENS   Dau      Female   W   17   IN   At Home   MI   IN
       Cora B. STEPHENS   Dau      Female   W   15   IN   At Home   MI   IN
       Blanche STEPHENS   Dau   S   Female   W   12   IN   At Home   MI   IN
       Finette STEPHENS   Dau   S   Female   W   10   IN   At Home   MI   IN
       Thomas STEPHENS   Son   S   Male   W   8   IN      MI   IN
       Stella STEPHENS   Dau   S   Female   W   5   IN      MI   IN
Source Information:
        Census Place Colfax, Dallas, Iowa
        Family History Library Film   1254335
        NA Film Number   T9-0335
        Page Number   227A


Of the seven Thomas Stevens's b. bet 1870 and 1874 listed in this 1880 LDS
index that is the only  likely looking pair.


I was going to pass on this one because it is very hard to pin someone down
with just a name, but checking against the death index stuffpat came up with
andlooking in Marion county in 1900 I came up with some interesting names,
they probably "aren't" your folks and it is just coincidence;

Series: T623  Roll: 1349  Page: 41


Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location
Year
STEVENS  BENJAMIN P  74  M  W  MA  OR  MARION  GERVAIS PCT  1900

  Dwelling 144 household 145
Stevens, Benjamin (J?)  b. July 1826 age 73 m. 27
Mass. Mass. Mass.       no occup listed
           Tabitha (sp?)           Jan(?) 1847   53 m. 27 8 ch 6living  Iowa
Ohio Ohio  "
           Sumner (sp?)      Feb 1875      25 s
Oregon Ia       MA      Barber
           Bessie                  Jan(?) 1882   18 s
Oregon " "
           Anna E                  April 1890    10 s
Oregon " "              at school

Now you ask yourself why with the age discrepencies I bother to post this,
well it is just because of the over powereing coincidence of the next
dwelling up the page;

Godfrey Frank b. Aug 1862 age 37 m. 12                  Ill Kt Kt  Carpenter
          Rose     Dec 1863     36 m 12   2 ch 2 living Ill Ill Ill
          Ralph    Aug 1888     11 s                            " " "
          Ruth  Nov 1892        7  s                            "  " "

As I say, these can't be your folks, but I have had folks turn up looking a
lot like this that down the road I discovered were really who I was looking
for becaue the wife lied about her age on a lot of things to look younger
than hubby and somewhere down the road Ralph wanted to become Homer.

If you had some more info such as where they might have been in 1900 - 1920
or where Bessie or Homer were born I might be able to back track them to
their parents for you.

Les C


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Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:00 AM
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Subject: [or-roots] Searching for Godfrey/Stevens family


Hi everyone!

I am searching for information on Bessie Mae Stevens and Homer Godfrey.
They both died in Oregon.

Thank you!

Tina Jacobson

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