Who are George W. Stephens 's Parents

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Permalink Reply by Rachel on January 25, 2010 at 11:55am

Hi Patty, Do you have anything else on Mary Elizabeth White? I have a Nancy White, born about 1817, unknown, married to Jordon Vann May 4, 1838 in Talladega County, Alabama. While looking at the census for 1840, I can't remember the county in Alabama, there is a David White who is a neighbor of Jordan and Nancy (White) Vann. I was wondering if there could be a relation between your Mary Elizabeth White, David White and my Nancy White. Good luck on your George W. Stephens. Thank you
Rachel

Permalink Reply by Patty Mitchell on January 27, 2010 at 5:50pm

Hi
I have this marrige record for David White.
Patty


Marriage 1 Mary H. Jones b: ABT 1800 in North Carolina
 Married: 25 APR 1830 in Franklin Co, GA
 Note:
Possible:
Georgia Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Jones, Mary H.
Spouse 2: White, David
Marriage Date: 25 Apr 1830
Marriage Location: Georgia
Franklin County
Source Information:
Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.

Permalink Reply by Liz Loveland on February 9, 2010 at 2:00pm

I find the question of relationships (if any) before the census started explicitly stating them to be really interesting. Sometimes I have sussed out that the person was a relative (most often a sibling, cousin, niece or nephew) and other times they appear to have no connection and later research has shown they were a farm laborer, domestic servant, boarder, or similar. Bear in mind that even in cases where the surname is different, the surname could have changed due to a new marriage or that the head of household could have been adopted and kept their original surname (which I see much more often in older records than in more recent ones), so even the head of household could have started out with the same surname (or in a family where the original HoH had the same surname) as the person living with the family, even if this is no longer the case.