Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Looking For Lenora - Part 4

Utilizing the surname "Abbott" on Lenora's 1923 marriage to Ezra Lebroke has revealed the strong possibility that her previous marriage was to a George W Abbott. That opened up a number of census records that seems to show Lenora sharing a household with George in 1900, 1910, and 1920. Moreover, a Maine marriage record indicates Lenora and George were married on September 27, 1890. Armed with this data, my profile page for Lenora has grown considerably from the page I posted on Looking For Lenora - Part 1.  The newer expanded page is shown below:

Lenora (Webber) Abbott - profile page on Ancestry.com

So it appears we've made progress in looking for Lenora. But progress in this case comes with puzzles attached.  The 1890 marriage record is not for Lenora Webber. Rather, the bride is listed as Lenora GROVER! So is this Lenora nee Webber or another Lenora? Could Lenora Webber have been married three (or more) times?  I've tried to cover my butt on the 1890 marriage entry with the notation, "This fact and two sources need further investigation."  The two sources are the 1890 marriage record of Lenora Grover and the 1900 Federal Census records that appears to be Lenora but the handwritten entry lists her name as "Lemarice."  Here's a copy of the marriage record:

Obviously, more research has to be done to help on my search for Lenora. And to that end my search goes on.
 
 
 
 





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