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From: "Heidi" <>
Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] RE MOLAWREN Garlock 1910 lookup
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:28:12 -0500
References: <s162b089.043@smtp.nara.gov>


Thank you so much for your time and trouble. Your suggestions are very
helpful
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Cameron" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] RE MOLAWREN Garlock 1910 lookup


> Heidi,
>
> The published transcription lists Henry C. Mullen's occupation as Teacher.
However, checking the census, it is preacher instead of teacher. Also, you
might note that he is married and has been married two years, so his wife
must be living elsewhere.
>
> The notice in the Aurora newspaper would indicate that Ida Garlock did not
die in Aurora and probably not anywhere nearby, but that is about the only
conclusion that can be drawn.
>
> I would suggest that you search the newspapers where the Garlocks were
buried, Muscatine, Iowa, for an obituary for one or both of them. It is
likely that there would have been an obituary or funeral/burial notice in
the local papers where the burial occurred. It might at least state where
the person died or what local funeral home handled the local arrangements.
Sometimes the cemetery or local funeral home has records indicating where
the death occurred or from where the body was shipped for burial.
>
> If you believe the relative may be correct about Adelmer dying in
Missouri, you could request and pay for a copy of the death certificate for
Adelmer from the Missouri Vital Records Office. However, they will not
refund the money if they don't find one.
>
> I have primarily Lawrence County records so I can't help with marriage
records in Iowa.
>
> I cannot evaluate the accuracy of the various marriage information without
knowing the sources. There is much genealogical information published in
family histories in print and available on websites which is not accurate.
Often times it is a "best guess" and not proven or based on what some
distant relative said and someone else's interpretation or memory of the
name. It is often a deduction or guess based on the information available
to the person at the time that the genealogy was compiled. Likewise, there
are also errors in names in published records and even in original records.
If you can find Ida's death certificate, it would be likely to give her
maiden name and parents names. Also, because Adelmer was still living, he
would likely have been the informant for the death certificate and may have
given correct information. Unfortunately, death certificates are often not
accurate about information other than the name and date of death of the
person. No single sou!
> rce is sufficient. The more sources, especially primary records
(photocopies, not transcriptions), that agree, the more reliable the
information.
>
> Ross
>
> >>> 10/05/04 10:13AM >>>
> Reply to Garlock 1910 lookup by Ross Cameron
> Have Henry C. Mullen as preacher. Can someone take a look. Family Search
has Adelmer Garlock married to Ada Mullen 1881 in Iowa. I have Adelmer
married to Ida Amelia McDonald 1880 in Muscatine, Iowa.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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