How to find “hard to find” death dates
I was tracing the Steinbarger family.
Jacob {27VG-SVL} and Zeralda {27VG-SPG}
they have 5 daughters sourced by Zeralda on the 1900. Census.
Mary {KCT9-XRQ}, Annie {KC2R-N34}
Elizabeth {M545-PSZ},
Emily {M545-PST}, Rosa{KLFW-GNW}.
Mary is in the US census 1870 and 1880
and the Iowa 1895. She married Joseph Breese on August 28 1876. On the 1900 us census he is listed as a widower.
Annie has a tombstone record she is the only one.
The rest have on tombstone or death record I can find.
Elizabeth 1870, 1880, and the 1885 iowa.
death between 1885 and 1900.
Emily 1870, 1880, and 1885 Iowa
same her sister Elizabeth.
Rosa 1880, 1885 Iowa then she gets married in 1889 and has a child in 1889.
according to the 1900 census there were 5 total children and 0 alive in 1900. Would like to know death dates for the 4 daughters.
also concerning this family another problem! If you go forward in time
you find Corrie Benson who on her marriage license it states that her mother is dead and her father has not been with the child sine it was 1 1/2 years the grandmother is legal guardian and is Zeralda Steinbarger.
on the source Iowa Old Age Tax Assistance Records 1934-1958.
it shows Corrie(Connie) look at original record and you can see the transcription error. It says George Benson and Emma Steinbarger are Corrie’s parents. There is only one problem Zeralda did not have a daughter named Emma. Emily would be the closest spelling. As I can find no birth or death records for George or Emma. I cannot prove the existence of Emma or whether Emma is actually Emily?
Please send message not email if email it will get lost in the spam.
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I took a quick look at the sources, and I would agree Emily and Emma likely are one person. So you could merge them, clean up the person page, and add her married name as an Alternate Name.
Or, start from George Benson and his children; develop those person pages and the answer may pop out for you. There is information about George on his children's timelines that you can use to find him. His daughter Carrie Benson's 1900 census record says her father was born in Missouri. She was born in Albia in 1884 or 1885, so you can give him a Residence entry for that detail.
Also, don't rely too much on her mother's 1900 census record. I do not mean it is inaccurate, only that narrowing the death date is useful only when other evidence gives you several possible matches that need to be pared down. Also, sometimes there is no match because the historical record exists on FamilySearch but is indexed incorrectly. Today I found a record indexed into the wrong century. Search for her without a death date. Sometimes less is more.
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i am going to message you. I am a direct descendant of the Steinberger’s; not sure if these are the same branch. If so, I will help you. I have information from the Bartholomew County Library that they have sent me. If this is the same branch we can work on this together, and not worry about it being messed up.
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