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Missing Great Grandfather Eugene Leea can he be traced after 1899?

Karen Moorhouse
Karen Moorhouse ✭
August 15, 2021 in Search

Looking for a lost Great Grandfather Eugene Leea born Nov 16, 1857 in St Paul Mn. He married Ada Muzetta Mifflin in Cache Utah in apox 1892. She died in 1895 of Typhoid leaving two sons Lawrence Eugene Leea and Ernest Ira Leea and he than married Katherine Bridget Harrigan in Cache Utah in 1898 they had one son John Francis Leea in 1899 than Eugene disappeared! We knew he was a fireman for the RR and left his two sons with Ada with her Mother Celia Mifflin to raise.

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  • MNuttall
    MNuttall ✭✭✭
    August 17, 2021 edited August 17, 2021

    Hello @Karen Moorhouse

    We found your ancestors in Family Tree:

    Eugene N Buzzell ( Leea )

    16 November 1857 – Deceased • LRSZ-LKK

    Ada Muzetta Mifflin

    19 August 1873 – 19 October 1895 • KWVT-3JV

    Katherine Bridget Harrigan

    1 January 1877 – 26 November 1944 • LKMB-3JB

    The first thing we would suggest is that you remove the invalid characters from Eugene's name. If his birth name was Buzzell, then that name should be in the Vitals section: Eugene N Buzzell. By 1893 he was known as Eugene Leea. This name can be entered in Other Information as an "Also Known As" name. Our record hinting algorithms will search both those names for possible sources. There are many sources attached to his record, which is great. But, yes, what happened to him after 1899??

    Could he have gone off to Alaska? There is an entry for E Lea in the 1900 U.S. Census:

    The territory from & including Port Clarence to Cape Darby, Northern District, Alaska Territory, United States

    There are nine men listed as passengers on the Steamer Fulton of San Francisco.

    This may be a brick wall that is difficult to get around. You might try signing up for a virtual genealogy consultation:

    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Virtual_Genealogy_Consultations

    Good luck!

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  • Karen Moorhouse
    Karen Moorhouse ✭
    August 17, 2021

    Thank you for your help. I now have an appt. scheduled for a virtual consultation.

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